I mean do we call it the sun because jesus is a god of light and all the ancient religions were forms of sun worship? is the story of Jesus just another allegorical personification of the sun.
and is it sunday because it's a holy day?
and does jesus have a halo around him supposing to be solar rays?
2007-08-26 02:14:17 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
mmmm sundae
2007-08-26 02:19:32 · update #1
The word 'son' to mean a male child is from the sanskrit word root 'su' meaning 'born'
The word 'sun' to mean the star comes from primitive Germanic 'sunnen' meaning 'to shine, or glow'
Since both attributes (being born, and shining) are attributed to Jesus, it's likely that the two words became confused.
And yes; most of the mythology surrounding Jesus is lifted almost unchanged from the earlier solar-deity myths.
'Sunday ' gets it's name from the Norse/Germanic deity Sunna (sunna-dagr). It's not a particularly 'holy' day in itself, and, of course, was not the original sabbath.
In English, all the days of the week (except Saturday) are named after Norse/Germanic deities(Sunnadágr, Mánadágr, Tiwsdágr, Odinsdágr (or Wodensdágr), Thorsdágr, Freysdágr)
2007-08-26 02:35:20 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Our weekday names were made by the Romans. The day of the Sun, the son of God, is a deliberate name. It wasn't about Jesus, though, they were talking about Mithris. All the weekday names are for Pagan gods.
2007-08-26 12:29:42 · answer #2 · answered by ninusharra 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All the days of the week were named after pagan "gods". Sunday was named after the sun, which was worshipped as a god. So there is a connection between those two words. Neither of them has any connection to the word "son" however, which comes from an entirely different word root.
2007-08-26 09:21:18 · answer #3 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Yes they are connected, as you suggest.
The story of Jesus mirrors the apparent passage of the Sun around the Earth in many respects.
2007-08-26 09:23:36 · answer #4 · answered by hog b 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
yes ,solar worship evolved into deity worship ie the son of God
2007-08-26 09:19:58 · answer #5 · answered by gasp 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Sun...it is a carry over from the ROmans and Greeks
however Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath and
- appeared on SUnday
- appeared on the next Sunday
- gave the Holy Spirit on Pentecost on a SUnday
- geve the last book of the Bible, Revelation, on Sunday
- raised Eutichus on a SUnday communion service
so SON day is not etymologyical but theologically true
2007-08-26 09:20:30 · answer #6 · answered by whirlingmerc 6 · 1⤊ 7⤋
Jesus is not Apollo. That is another being entirely.
2007-08-26 09:22:41 · answer #7 · answered by Sal D 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
who's the father?
Mary or Maria was a virgin so there was NO father of Jesus
and
God does not give a birth nor a father of anyone.
simple is that.
2007-08-26 09:21:11 · answer #8 · answered by Amy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What about sundae?
2007-08-26 09:18:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋