Currently the names of the months are those of pagan gods:
January - Janus, two-faced god
February - Febrous, god of de-fibrillators
March - Mars, god of war
April - Avril, goddess of helium and paper airplanes
May - Maia, goddess of fertility
June - Juno, goddess of I forget
July - Julius, god of the back-stab
August - Augusta, son of the god Julius
September - Septima, god of sevens
October - Octo, goddess of eights
November - Nova, god of exploding stars
December - Decius, god of Boxing Day sales.
Were I christian I might ask that they be renamed.
Do you think the names of the twelve disciples would be a good choice?
2007-07-12 04:33:40 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Good, because many of them are incorrect...
January - Named after the Roman god of beginnings and endings Janus (the month Januarius).
February - The name comes either from the old-Italian god Februus or else from februa, signifying the festivals of purification celebrated in Rome during this month.
March - This is the first month of the Roman year. It is named after the Roman god of war, Mars.
April - Called Aprilis, from aperire, "to open". Possible because it is the month in which the buds begin to open.
May - The third month of the Roman calendar. The name probably comes from Maiesta, the Roman goddess of honor and reverence.
June - The fourth month was named in honor of Juno. However, the name might also come from iuniores (young men; juniors) as opposed to maiores (grown men; majors) for May, the two months being dedicated to young and old men.
July - It was the month in which Julius Caesar was born, and named Julius in his honor in 44 BCE, the year of his assassination. Also called Quintilis (fifth month).
August - Originally this month was called Sextilis (from sextus, "six"), but the name was later changed in honor of the first of the Roman emperors, Augustus (because several fortunate events of his life occurred during this month).
September - The name comes from septem, "seven".
October - The name comes from octo, "eight"
November - The name comes from novem, "nine".
December - The name comes from decem, "ten".
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2007-07-12 04:39:40 · answer #1 · answered by Nandina (Bunny Slipper Goddess) 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, why should they be? Pagan gods do not exist so it does not matter if we use words other people use to describe their fantasies.
Maybe Atheists should demand the word Atheist be changed since the word theist is Greek for belief, not specific to religion and Atheist means anti-belief.
So Atheist means one who is anti-belief in anything. While I can believe that atheists do not believe in either education or religion from reading posts on Yahoo I find it hard to believe that self proclaimed atheists are really anti-belief.
We could take a poll for a new word for atheists to use to describe themselves, I can think of some really good ones........but, then again maybe anti-belief in anything does describe atheists well enough.
2007-07-12 04:46:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure...
(however this was the currency of the language at the other time...) but heres my suggested list...
January can be changed to - Santification
February - Obedience
March - Purity
April - Amen
May - Psalms
June - Worship
July- Rightesousness
August - Holiness
Sept - Love
October - Peace
November - Creator God
December - Jesus Christ
2007-07-12 18:46:50 · answer #3 · answered by Abbasangel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm, your list is a bit wrong.
I don't think Febuary, April, July, November or December are right. Actually September through December were named after numbers, being (at that time) the seventh through tenth months.
and I highly doubt that after centuries of January, Febuary, March, we can get used to using John, Luke and Mark.
2007-07-12 04:40:20 · answer #4 · answered by sister steph 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. I think we should be working more on Global Warming and
World Peace so we can have a Planet to live on first. Then maybe we can work on other stuff like slavery and starvation. Then maybe, just maybe we can think about Nuclear Proliferation and then .......
renaming the months of the year
2007-07-12 04:45:24 · answer #5 · answered by TheNewCreationist 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is there any reason to believe that these gods and goddesses are less likely to exist than the Christian God?
2007-07-12 04:42:06 · answer #6 · answered by khard 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hmmm..
Jan - Pauluary
Feb - Maryuary
March - Markuary
April - Peteruary
May - Jamesuary
June - Timothyuary
July - Mosesuary
Aug - Daviduary
Sept - Josephuary
Nov - Johnuary
Dec - Lukeuary
2007-07-12 04:40:56 · answer #7 · answered by Emperor Insania Says Bye! 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nah. But let's leave the names of Corpus Christi, Texas; San Diego, California...and - my favorite - "The City of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels" - my home town - alone as well.
2007-07-12 04:40:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't you holies ever give up ? I would much rather have the months named after traditional gods than after a bunch of guys of no importance.
In your stating the origin of the month names, you advertise your ignorance.
2007-07-12 04:42:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
LoL. Very thoughtful.
Edit.
Juno, Goddess of Canadian Music.
2007-07-12 04:39:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋