words like: lucky
I can't seem to find the word "luck" or "lucky" in the bible, but I'm hearing that it shouldn't be used because it's a pagan word but not given any reference to how it is.
If you can explain, please give a reference from the bible...
2007-07-31 05:49:50 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"daughter of isis" DUHHH! I know the bible was written in Hebrew and Latin, but in case you haven't seen the version in English that is where I derive my question from!
2007-07-31 06:03:08 · update #1
"Joe"
thank you for understanding where I was coming from. I didn't think that a simple question would get so many people mad...
2007-07-31 06:11:13 · update #2
I know that we use words that are not in the bible, I just wanted to understand about THIS word that is why I WROTE the word and put it to a question
2007-07-31 06:15:03 · update #3
Well, I don't know one way or another, but give it a thought for a minute.
What does it mean when you call somebody lucky, or say "you're lucky that you survived...."?
If luck is true, then that means God can't do everything and is not all powerful. This is not what the Bible teaches.....so naturally, it has to be "pagan". Pagan for religious people means satanic or evil......generally speaking.
Since the bible teaches that God is all powerful, if you are saved from a car crash, you are not lucky, but it was God's will that you be saved.
See how they like to spin that? lol
Luck also implies chance, an act of randomness. This is also anathema to the Bible's teachings.
Personally, I'd rather believe luck exists than that we exist on the whim of a imaginary person who has shown he is all for destruction.
2007-07-31 06:03:00 · answer #1 · answered by Humanist 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A "pagan" word? Well, if we're going to get technical... anything but the original Hebrew of the Bible would be considered "Pagan". lol
BTW, please do a search on the word Pagan in the Bible as well and see what you come up with. Only the more modern Bibles ever use the word Pagan. So, Pagan must be a Pagan word since it isn't in the older versions. (And according to the Hebrew... anyone who is not a Jew would be considered Pagan by default.)
2007-07-31 12:58:23 · answer #2 · answered by River 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
There is nothing Pagan about "luck" -- luck just means something happens that is beyond your personal ability to control or predict -- luck therefore exists for any being that is not omnipotent and omniscient (unless YOU are personally the Godhead, then luck is part of you life, like it or not).
Luck self evident from both logic and common sense, and empirically demonstrated by experience. Why do you expect something so obvious and trivial from the Bible. The Bible isn't really relevant here, but if you must have the Bible, Jesus says rain will fall on the righteous and the unrighteous alike (thus it is luck, since their behavior didn't cause it).
2007-07-31 15:22:20 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. Niceguy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Don't forget "Easter".
Good luck trying to communicate using only words found in the Bible
In fact, the word "bible" comes from the Greek (oh, yes they were pagans) "byblos", a word for Egyptian (pagan again) papyrus.
2007-07-31 13:03:47 · answer #4 · answered by Todd T 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Monday, Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. All derived from pagan Gods, do you think we should change them? I believe that the word luck derives from the pagan God LOKI.
2007-07-31 12:55:24 · answer #5 · answered by Zappster (Deep Thunker) 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If anyone just used words that were used in the Bible, you couldn't ever have a conversation, let alone try to form a sentence.
2007-07-31 12:59:33 · answer #6 · answered by Harlequin 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hate to break it to you, but you use words praising pagan gods every day.
Tuesday - Day honoring the god Tyr (ie Tyr's Day)
Wednesday - Day honoring the god Odin (ie Wodin's Day)
Thursday - Day honoring the god Thor (ie Thor's Day)
Friday - Day honoring the god Frey (ie Frey's day)
Saturday - Day honoring the god Saturn (ie Saturn's Day)
Sunday - Day honoring the Sun, often worshipped by pagans
Monday - Day honoring the Moon, often worshipped by pagans
Let's not even start with the months, but we'll just point out that they start by honoring the god Janus.
Believe me, you use "pagan words" all the freaking time.
2007-07-31 13:06:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is absurd. Is one not supposed to use the word taxi because it isn't in the bible? How about America, dishwasher and a million other words.
2007-07-31 13:05:39 · answer #8 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I have heard that the word lucky is associated with Lucifer. I am not saying I hold to this. Just what I heard.
2007-07-31 12:54:28 · answer #9 · answered by gone 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Or Tuesday (Tyr's day, not to be confused with Thor's day, Thursday).
Purim is a Babylonian holiday, adapted by writing the book of Esther (Ishtar).
2007-07-31 12:54:01 · answer #10 · answered by novangelis 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋