2007-04-13 13:06:31 · 14 answers · asked by Wonderinginnewmexico 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Jesus Hesus Garcia Rodriguez Rodrigues Christ
2007-04-13 13:27:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
By putting the H in the middle maybe they think it's not a sin?
The rest is to be taken lightly
Dear Cecil:
How come people always say "Jesus H. Christ"? Why not Jesus Q. Christ or Jesus R. Christ or something else? Does the H really stand for something? My future peace of mind depends on your answer. --W.B.T., Chicago
Dear W.:
The H stands for Harold, as in, "Our Father, who art in heaven, Harold be thy name" (snort).
Actually, I've heard numerous explanations for the H over the years. The first is that it stands for "Holy," as in Jesus Holy Christ, a common enough blasphemy in the South, abridged to H by fast-talking Northerners. Other colorful Southern epithets include Jesus Hebe Christ and Jesus Hebrew Christ, which abbreviate the same way. The drawback of this account is that it is so boring I can barely type it without falling asleep. Luckily, the other theories are more entertaining:
(1) It stands for "Haploid." This is an old bio major joke, referring to the unique (not to say immaculate) circumstances of Christ's conception. Having no biological father, J.C. was shortchanged in the chromosome department to the tune of one half. Ingenious, I'll admit, but whimsy has no place in a serious investigation such as this.
(2) It recalls the H in the IHS logo emblazoned on much Christian paraphernalia. IHS dates from the earliest years of Christianity, being an abbreviation of "Jesus" in classical Greek characters. The Greek pronunciation is "Iesous," with the E sound being represented by the character eta, which looks like an H. When the symbol passed to Christian Romans, for whom an H was an H, the unaccountable character eventually became accepted as Jesus's middle initial.
(3) Finally, a reader makes the claim that the H derives from the taunting Latin inscription INRH that was supposedly tacked on the cross by Roman soldiers: Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Hebrei (Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Hebrews). Trouble is, the inscription is usually given as INRI: Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum (J.C., King of the Jews).
Nonetheless, this is the kind of creative thinking I like to see from my Teeming Millions. With every passing day, my mission on this earth comes closer to completion.
--CECIL ADAMS
2007-04-13 20:10:46 · answer #2 · answered by wonder woman 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Holy
2007-04-13 20:09:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hiram
2007-04-13 20:09:55 · answer #4 · answered by Screamin' Banshee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well I can think of a few, but all of them would make him the Anti-Christ.
2007-04-13 20:09:22 · answer #5 · answered by Skeptic123 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ha ha
2007-04-14 00:37:12 · answer #6 · answered by Fred 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good question and a good answer from jc... Holy. However, the expression is far from holy and is not recommended for use.
2007-04-13 20:14:51 · answer #7 · answered by John 1:1 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Howard, as in: "Our Father, who art in Heaven, Howard be Thy name..."
If you don't go with that, I think it's Harold and that the angels were named after his middle name in tribute: "Hark, the Harold angels sing..."
2007-04-13 20:13:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I was a child, the full version was still in use and it was Harry.
2007-04-14 11:29:42 · answer #9 · answered by lix 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with the guy up there, it means holy.
2007-04-13 20:14:52 · answer #10 · answered by jennifer p 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋