(November 24, 2008 at 12:57 pm)CoxRox Wrote: Daystar:
'By the way, in the Bible there are two gods of luck. One for good and one for bad. In the Bible there was a ship with a god of each which was common for that period.'
Where does it mention these? I don't recall gods of luck or a ship etc??
Apostate Jews of Isaiah's time worshipped "the god of Good Luck" (Hebrew gadh) and the "god of Destiny" (Hebrew meni - Isaiah 65:11-12)
Assyrians and Babylonians also would prepare food and drink for their "Lord of Luck." Jerome commented on Isaiah 65:11: "in all cities, and especially in Egypt and Alexandria, there was an ancient idolatrous custom, that on the last day of the final month of their year they would spread a table covered with various kinds of foods, and a cup mixed with sweet wine, ensuring good luck for the fertility either of the past or the coming year." - Corpus Christianorum, Series Latina, LXXIII A, S. Hieronymi presbyteri opera, Pars. 1, 2A, Tyrnholt, 1963, p. 754.
The scripture I referred to is Acts 28:11. Translations vary but some read it as the gods of Luck. From Greek and Roman mythology Pollux and Castor were the twin sons of Leda and offspring of Zeus (Jupiter) and called Dioscuri (Sons of Zeus). Among other things they were regarded as protectors of mariners. When Paul sailed as prisoner on the Alexandrian boat from Malta to Puteoli en route to Rome the ship bore the figurehead "Sons of Zeus."
