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Originally Posted by zeek
The word there is επισυναγωγη or episunagoge ( epi+ synagogue?) and it basically means to assemble which is basically what church means.
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Really!?
Really!?
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Just ignore the derision. Those who think it's funny haven't explained why. Maybe they can't.
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Maybe it's funny because support for it is such a stretch.
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This is a thread about the LC lexicon so I presented "churching" for consideration.
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Okay, we can add to the LC lexicon "churching."
But talk about funny:
"Now Webster says that the root of this word "church" is a Saxon word "circe, or circ, or cyric." Those of you who are versed in Greek mythology or in the Greek language should begin to be raising your eyebrows. This information is so embarrassing that Webster did what he could to hide this in his first edition, but later editions made it easy to uncover. In the Original Webster's under the word "circ" are the simple words "see circus.""
"So where did the word Church come from? It comes from the German word KIRKE.The word "KIRKE" is a word whose root goes back to circle - circe (the false goddess). Kirke is similar to the Hebrew word (kikkar) rKK meaning a disk or circle. Or SUN WORSHIP! (see Zech 5:6-11 NAS). The sun was worshipped as baal or lord by a full circle of pagans. Is it any question why some then worship on sun-day?"*
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To me that and "church life" was associated with meetings and service groups and all those things entailed. Mostly working with people in an artificial way where you called on the Lord and pray-read and did menial tasks but you were not supposed to communicate like normal human beings so you never got to know the people you were working with very well.
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Well when you put it that way, and relate it to the local church, it's even funnier.
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