@marks do you realize the significance of this? Pagan gods? So the Sabbath which was changed to Sunday by some religion changed to a day that the Romans worshipped the sun?
Oh mercy...we take for granted what we have been forced to accept as harmless in our lives...I am going to start checking out other everyday words from now on that we use....such as the months of the year...and I am already aware of our holidays being pagan.
I've known this for a long time. But the idol is nothing.
And I Like Christmas, I don't care what the origin, or why the date, I realize the issues, just the same, for me, it's a time of worship.
The days of the week, just names. Some people only say, First Day, Second Day, so on.
I wouldn't say the Sabbath was changed to Sunday, rather, the Sabbath is a Jewish observance, while worship on the 1st day of the week became the Christian practice. And that day was called by some after the name of their god, and that name stuck.
Here's something . . .
When Babylon took captives from Judah,
Daniel 1
6 Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:
7 Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abednego.
Daniel was renamed Belteshazzar, "Bel protect the king".
In Daniel 4:19, the Scripture actually calls Daniel by this name:
19 Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee.
Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies.
So I'm not too concerned about using the same week day names as the rest of the world does.
Much love!