(October 24, 2015 at 8:55 am)JBrentonK Wrote:(October 24, 2015 at 8:08 am)Constable Dorfl Wrote: I'm just going to critique this bit, simply because your reasoning shows a severe lack of scholarship in the area. The name Christ comes from the Roman name or title "Chrestus" which meant literally "the good [man]". There were thousands of people living in Roman Europe during the early Principate who either were called Chrestus or were given the title Chrestus. It was so common that it pretty much lost all meaning. This is one of the major pointers towards the mythical aspect of the Jesus story.Thanks for the information, Constable Dorfl. There are a lot of Killingsworths, believe it or not, even though the name is so strong and high. That really got my attention earlier when I was considering why my parents are such significant people, because too many Killingsworths would mean too many God's. But that turned out not to be the case afterall! There's a bunch of Killingsworths! Almost too many! I was starting to wonder when I would ever see the end of that little joke, but what you said above kind of helps, so thanks!
Oh, and the proper pronunciation of Killingsworth is "kill-ings-worth" not "christ". Just like the proper pronunciation of the surname Bucket is not "booquay"
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