Terms & Their Origins (Dispelling the Myths)

6. Church comes from the Anglo-Saxon root word “circe,” and stems from the Greek name of the goddess “Circe,” the daughter of “Helios,” the Roman Sun-god adopted from Greek mythology. Linked to this goddess in Celtic Pagan worship is the name “Kirce.” From her name comes the word “kirch” which pertained to the building dedicated to Pagan Celtic worship and rituals. The Greek word “kuriakon” was used for the building or “house of Kurios (Lord).”

FyreByrde: Absolutely incorrect. The original word was “kirk”. Anglo-Saxon and Greek are extremely distantly related in the Linguistic Family Tree. (In Old England, there were a number of words which contained a ‘k’, but pronounced either ‘k’ or ’sh’, depending on whether the speaker was Norman, or Anglo-Saxon)

7. Christ/Christian come from the Greek word “Christos” meaning “anointed/anointed one,” and was used in the Pagan Greek and Roman religions to give reference to their Sun-god, “Helios.” Roman Emperor Constantine worshipped “Christos Helios” which means “Christ-The-True-Sun.” Christos originates from the Greek word “Chrestos” which means “good” and alludes to the Greek/Roman god “Chrestos.” “Chrestos” can be seen on a Mithras (Roman cult) relief in the Vatican. “Chrestos” as reverenced by Greeks and Romans was none other than “Osiris,” a Sun-diety of Egypt. Christian comes from the Greek word meaning “good men,” but was derogatorily applied in mockery to Messianic believers because they worshipped “Mashiach/Messiah of Israel” or the “anointed one of Israel” and not the “anointed” Greek god “Chrestos.”

FyreByrde: Check on the reference to “Chrestos”. This appears to be an overcomplication of a simple Greek word.

8. Amen comes from the name of the Egyptian god of life and procreation; identified with the Sun-god as a supreme deity called “Amen-Ra/Amen-Rah/Rah.”

FyreByrde: Utterly incorrect. “Amen” is from Hebrew “Amein” – pronounced “ah-main” – (please don’t ask for the actual characters, this PC is limited to Western scripts). The original meaning of this word would be best translated as “So mote it be”. (Surprise surprise)

9. Fish Symbol was used as a derogatory slur against “Messiah” in conjunction with using the word “christos” as a mockery of “Messiah.” Originally used as a symbol for the Greek fish-deity “Dagon” labeled with the phrase that made up the mystical name of “ICTHUS” which was one of the names of the Greek/Roman Sun-god called “Bacchus/Dionysus/Tammuz,” the symbol became a slur against Messianics and then found on synagogues and artifacts. The five Greek letters of “ICTHUS” mean “Iesous Christos Theou Uios Soter” translated as “Jesus Christ the Son of God the Savior” and reverenced by the Roman Catholic Church. “Iesous” is the name adapted from the name of the Greek goddess of healing “Iesos/Iaso,” the daughter of Apollo, the Sun-deity linked to the Egyptian goddess “Isis” who had a son “Isu.”

FyreByrde: Erm…Dagon? Rather H.P. Lovecraft. No such deity in real life. Also, who is this “Tammuz” fellow? Certainly not either Greek or Roman. Possibly Mesopotamian of sorts.

10. Cross was used as a symbol of the Babylonian/Chaldean Sun-god, the mystical “Tau.” The original form of the “T” became the emblem of the Greek/Roman Sun-god “Tammuz.”

11. Crucify/Crucifixion comes from the Latin word “Crux” and only appears in the Roman Catholic translation of the Greek manuscripts called the Roman Vulgate. The Greek language did not have a word for “crucify” or “crucifixion.” The Greek word used in the manuscripts was “stauros” which implied “impaled on a pole or stake” not a cross.

Steve Hayes: Crucify/Crucifixion comes from the Latin word “Crux” and only appears in the Roman Catholic translation of the Greek manuscripts called the Roman Vulgate. The Greek language did not have a word for “crucify” or “crucifixion.” The Greek word used in the manuscripts was “stauros” which implied “impaled on a pole or stake” not a cross.

Crucifixion was a Roman punishment, and the Greek word “stavros” was used to translate the Latin term into Greek.

FyreByrde: However, the practice of crucifiction was popular in Rome, even before the time of Jesus.

12. Divine/Divinity, Deity, Theos are all related words. The Greek words “dios” and “Theos,” and the Latin word “deus” all refer to Pagan gods: Greek “Dieus/Zeus, Teutonic-Germanic “Ziu,” Roman “Diovis/Jovis/ Jupiter/Zeus were all names for Sun-god deities that “shine, have brightness.”

13. Glory comes from the Latin word “gloria” which is identified with the Sun as being radiant, shining, brilliant, and bright as the sun. “Gloria” was a Roman goddess that was half-naked and held the zodiac signs.

14. Halo comes from the Greek/Roman Sun-god “Helios.” Romans applied the word “gloria” to be a sunburst or ring of light around the head of “Helios.” The use of halos around the heads of angels, the Madonna and Son, and Catholic saints has been extremely popular in paintings, artwork, and statuary connected to the Roman Catholic religion for centuries. The Roman Catholic Church still uses the “gloria” sunburst in the Eucharist.

15. Easter originated from the Pagan festival in honor of “Eostre,” a Teutonic-Germanic dawn, spring and fertility-goddess. “Eostre” comes from the Greek dawn, spring and fertility-goddess named “Eos.” This same dawn, spring and fertility-goddess “Eostre” was also known as “Eastre” and “Ostara,” and dates back to the ancient Babylonian/Canaanite cultures where she was known as “Astarte” (Ashtaroth/Ashtoreh poles). In Ninevah, this same goddess was known as “Ishtar.” The idolatrous worship of this goddess revered as the “Queen of Heaven” is mentioned in the Hebrew Scriptures in Jeremiah 7:18. The worship of this “goddess” spread throughout all the cultures of the world. She is found in India as the Hindu dawn-goddess “Usha/Ushas,” and in Western cultures and religions of today, including Christianity, called “Easter.”

16. Christmas – 25th of December was the largest Pagan festival dedicated to the birthday of the Sun-god deity celebrated by the Mithras (Roman) religion known as “The Nativity of the Sun.” Mithraism was the major rival of the Messianic faith in 321 AD

17. Holy, Holiday, Holy Spirit are all interrelated and come from the Hindu religion. The words are derived from “Holi” which is the great Hindu spring festival held in honor of “Krishna,” the Hindu Sun-god.

18. Bible comes from the Greek word “Biblos/Biblion” which refers to the Egyptian papyrus reed which the Greeks called “Byblos/Byblus.” The papyrus reed was shipped from the Egyptian City “Biblis” named after its female Sun-deity. It was imported through the Greek seaport called “Byblos” named after its Phoenician Sun-deity “Byblis/Byblos” believed to be the granddaughter of Apollo, the Greek Sun-deity.

FyreByrde: I think this is a bit of a thumb-suck. “biblos” in Greek means simply “book”.

19. Grace comes from the Greek word “charis,” and the Latin word “gratia.” “Charis” was a Greek deity, the wife of Vulcan. From the goddess “Charis” comes the Greek “Charities,” three female deities, daughters of “Helios,” the Greek/Roman high Sun-god.

FyreByrde: Ahem! Firstly: Vulcan is a Roman deity. The Greek would be Hephaistos.
Secondly: The wife of Hephaistos was Aphrodite, similarly the wife of Vulcan was Venus.
Finally: Charis was one of several “Charites” which translates as “Graces” – the goddesses of charm, beauty, creativity, etc.

20. Hades was the Greek supreme deity of the underworld and also known as a Sun-deity. The word “Hades” became used for the word “grave,” and is usually mistranslated as “hell” by translators.

Steve Hayes: Hades was the Greek supreme deity of the underworld and also known as a Sun-deity. The word “Hades” became used for the word “grave,” and is usually mistranslated as “hell” by translators.

True as far as it goes. Hades was used to translate the Hebrew “sheol”, referring to the underworld, the grave, the realm of the dead. “Hel” was the Norse deity of the underworld or realm of the dead, and so was the northern European equivalent of the Greek Hades (or Latin Pluto), so it’s not really much of a mistranslation, and Christian mythology uses it in a personified sense – “Hell was angered when it enountered Thee in the lower readongs: it was angered, for it was mocked, it was angered, for it was abolished, It took earth, and encountered heaven, it took flesh, and enountered God face to face.”

FyreByrde: Hades is not, was never, and will never be any form of solar deity! Also: Christians may misunderstand the Greek Underworld for the Christian Hell, but Historians do not.

21. Hallowed comes from the description of the Pagan English fall festival of Halloween or Hallow-even. The festival portrays the Sun-image of the “KromKrauch” who was worshipped at this seasonal festival.

FyreByrde: Absolute bollocks! This is arse-about-face: Hallowe’en comes from “Hallows Eve”, which was an early Christian renaming (due to its occurance prior to “All Saints Day”) of the Celtic festival “Samhain” which roughly translates to the “end of [the tenth month]. This was NOT a solar festival, it was a harvest festival – specifically the final harvest before Winter.
“Hallow” on the other hand means “to make holy” and comes from the Old English, which comes from the Germanic language-branch, and means “to make holy”.

22. Sacred comes from the word “Sakra” pertaining to the Persian/Roman god “Mithra/ Mithras.” “Sakra/Mithra/Mithras” became the Sun-deity called “Sol Invictus,” the unconquered Sun-deity. “Sol Invictus” remains in the Roman Catholic Church today.

FyreByrde: Sacred from the Latin “sacer” which translates roughly to “sacred, dedicated [to the gods], etc.”

23. Sanctified comes from the Latin word “sanctus” which comes from the Greek word “sancus” used expressly for the Greek Sun-god “Apollo.”

FyreByrde: Sanctify comes from the Latin “sanctificare” – “to make holy” – which comes from the common compound word group of “sanctus” – “holy” – and “facere” – “to make”.

24. Sacrifice, Sacrilege, Sacrament are all words derived from the word “Sakra” that pertains to the Persian and Roman god “Mithra/Mithras” who became the Sun-deity called “Sol Invictus” which remains in the Roman Catholic Church even today. Sacrifice means “rob.” Sacrilege and Sacrament do not appear in the Greek manuscripts.

FyreByrde: See the above note on these words’ base “sacred”.

25. Obelisks, Spires, Steeple, Church Towers all come from the Pagan worship practices of Babylon and Egypt called Sun-pillars. These are objects are shaped in various tall aspiring shapes appearing to reach up to the heavens. Ancient Babylon built Sun-pillars that held phallic (male genitalia) symbolism incorporated into their Pagan worship. Egypt also built obelisks as part of their Sun-worship. Exodus 23:24 states that YAHWEH commanded the Israelites to break down these pillars. An obelisk or Sun-pillar still stands at the entrance of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome which was erected as a memorial to the merger of Sun-worship and the Messianic faith to become Rome’s “universal” church or “universal worldwide religion.” Church steeples, towers, and the Washington monument are modern day replicas of the original obelisks, which stood for Sun-worship.

FyreByrde: Not sure that all of these were exclusively for sun-worship, or that they were any more than phallic representations.

26. Luck and Fortune are words that originate from the Sun-deity “Lucifer.” Luck is the abbreviation of the name “Lucifer.” The idea of having “Luck” and “Good Fortune” is unscriptural and points to belief in Gad, the Syrian/Canaanite deity of “Good Luck” or “Fortune.”

FyreByrde: Luck: is directly related to Germanic word variously spelled as “gheluc”(Middle Dutch), “lucke” (German – excuse the lack of uhmlaut), “geluk” (Afrikaans or Modern Dutch). None of which have anything to do with the Latin “Lucifer”, which is related to “lux”(“lucis”), which means “light”. The two have absolutely no common linguistic basis whatsoever. The second half of “Lucifer” is from the Latin verb “ferre”, which means “to bring”. Thus Lucifer would translate directly as “Light-bringer”
“Fortune” on the other hand is directly from the Latin “fortuna” which means chance and luck.
There is absolutely no grammatical formation or extra vocabulary in Latin whih could bring the word “Lucifer” even close to meaning “luck and fortune”!

27. Names of Days and Months on the Gregorian calendar are derived from Roman and Teutonic-Germanic names of Pagan deities. The traditional Jewish calendar contains Babylonian names.

FyreByrde: Unless you’re accepting the Roman nouns, numerals, and emperors as deities, this statement is, when speaking of the months, a gross overstatement. Only January, March, May, June, and in broader terms, April (which actually derives from a genitive noun meaning “of Venus”), are named after the Roman deities Janus, Mars, Maia, and Juno.
February comes from the Latin noun “februa” which means “purifications”.
July is named for Julius Caesar.
August is named after Augustus Caesar.
September through December come from the Roman numbers septem, octo, novem, and decem, indicating that they are the seventh through tenth months of the year.

In terms of the week, Sunday is not named after either the Norse/Teutonic, or Latin deities, in either the Germanic/English or Romance languages. In any of these, its name is self-explanatory.

28. Baal, Bel, Babylon are all interrelated words pertaining to chief Sun-deities of Pagan Sun-worship. Baal means to “shine,” also used for “Lord/husband.” Bel is another name for “Satan”. Babylon was the ancient Canaanite city where Sun-worship began and from there spread to all ancient cultures of the world and remains in the world today as the counterfeit religion of Satan under the guise of the Roman Catholic Church and its off-shoot religions (daughters) including Christianity.

FyreByrde: Actually, “Ba’al” is a generally semitic word, which translates only as “Lord”, and would probably be used as an honorific for all male deities, but without any specific meaning. “Ba’alzebub” is a minor exception, translating directly as “Lord of the Flies.”
Bel is a Babylonian overlord-deity, whose name comes from the Babylonian “belu” which, again, translates only as “lord/master”.
Sun-worship did not have a specific birth-place, and the Babylonians were certainly not the progenators of a standardised sun-religion.