RE: For People Who Think There Was No Historical Jesus
March 2, 2013 at 3:48 pm
(This post was last modified: March 2, 2013 at 3:49 pm by Confused Ape.)
(March 2, 2013 at 2:41 pm)EGross Wrote: Jesus H. Christ as my ex-roomate would say. He never did tell me what the "H." stood for.
I looked it up but nobody really knows. Jesus H Christ
Quote:the most widely accepted derivation is from the divine monogram of Christian symbolism. The symbol, derived from the first three letters of the Greek name of Jesus ( Ἰησοῦς), is transliterated iota-eta-sigma: IHS, ΙΗϹ (with lunate sigma), JHS or JHC. Since the transliteration IHS gave rise to the backronym Iesus Hominum Salvator (Latin for "Jesus, savior of men"), it is plausible that JHC similarly led to Jesus Harold Christ,[4] Harold coming from the mispronunciation of the word "hallowed" of the Lord's Prayer: "Our Father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name."
So now we know that God's real name is Harold.
(March 2, 2013 at 2:41 pm)EGross Wrote: Sweet Jesus!
This reminds me of a Christian site which goes in for humour. They have a section called Gadgets For God. Here's an example of the kind of descriptions they give for the items.
Holy Water Bottle
Quote:Carrying holy water with you? Don't want to use a profane coke bottle? This classy plastic bottle shows Our Lord with a blue screw-top on His head. He sported something similar to gain attention before the Sermon on the Mount. It's just the ticket for keeping your dollop of H2-holy safe.
£0.75
From: St Paul Multimedia
Definitely worth a look are -
Ten plagues finger puppets in Toys, Pets and Games
Inflatable church in Church
Where are the snake and mushroom smilies?