i have my own idea.
2006-07-20 15:33:40 · 12 answers · asked by ? 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
That was her way of telling you - you are HOT.
2006-07-21 11:10:07 · answer #1 · answered by Alice Chaos 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Although I suspect you looked up the "official" answer already, and if the old lady story is authentic, she was probably doing her uninformed best to say you were either accursed or you were a curse. In its original Greek form anathema could be either good or bad: a thing devoted to God for a blessing or for destruction. Today's evangelical Christians, although poorly informed in the area of Biblical and linguistic history, attempt to demonstrate their elite status by the use of words they should study a little more.
Now, if the "old lady" had told you that you were "katathema" or "katanathema", then she might have been on to something, as this is the intensive prefix used in either noun or verb form.
2006-07-20 22:55:38 · answer #2 · answered by billz 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anathema - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anathema (Greek Word -Îνάθεμα-: meaning originally something lifted up as an offering to the gods; later, with evolving meanings, it came to mean 1. to be formally set apart, 2. ... Because the Greek word 'anathema' meant things offered to God, it was used to translate the Hebrew word ... meaning of the Greek word 'anathema,' under the influence of its association ...
2006-07-20 22:37:59 · answer #3 · answered by artistagent116 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anathema: 1. One who is cursed by ecclesiastical authority. 2. Someone or something intensely disliked or loathed.
Sounds like she knew you pretty well, huh?
2006-07-20 22:46:05 · answer #4 · answered by Ellen J 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe she was trying to wake you up. Maybe she was trying to open your eyes. Maybe she was trying to shake your world. Maybe she cared deeply about you. Who was the lady? Was there a lady? Or do you only wish there was?
2006-07-20 22:57:19 · answer #5 · answered by Tadema 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please, expand on the subject.
Don't trust old people all the time. An old lady once asked me if I was her granddaughter. Old people are called old for a reason.
2006-07-21 00:29:12 · answer #6 · answered by bloody_gothbob 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She meant that you were evil, accursed, or damned. Either she was one mean spirited old hussy, or you were a real pill.
2006-07-20 22:46:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a very old word for curse.
2006-07-20 22:37:58 · answer #8 · answered by strausseman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She musta mistok ye fer a critter.
2006-07-20 22:37:51 · answer #9 · answered by Clem 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Her dentures were'nt in at the time. She was actually calling you an asshole.
2006-07-20 22:36:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋