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Originally Posted by awareness

Really!? Really!? Maybe it's funny because support for it is such a stretch.

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?"*

Well when you put it that way, and relate it to the local church, it's even funnier.

* = http://messianicfellowship.50webs.com/church.html

So you've gone back to using the etymological approach you learned from Lee. "Circle" aptly describes the kind of logic you are traveling in. Maybe it seems funny because it's making you dizzy.