Thursday, November 18, 2010

Helping the GOP: agenda item for 112th Congress

The incoming 112th Congress has a lot on its plate - defunding Medicare, killing the EPA, establishing 0% tax-rate for millionaires.

It may be easier for them if they start with something small - to achieve a victory quickly.
I have a suggestion: calendar reform. Or, more accurately, calendar nomenclature reform.
The current days-of-the-week are all named for pagan gods.
Sunday - from Old English Sunnandæg, "Sun's Day", reflecting pagan worship of the Sun as a deity.

Monday - from Old English mōnandæg, "Moon's Day", reflecting pagan worship of the Moon as a deity.

Tuesday - from Old English Tiwesdæg, "Tiw's Day", reflecting pagan worship of the Proto-Germanic god Tîwaz, or Týr in Norse, a god of war and law.

Wednesday - from Old English Wōdnesdæg, "Woden's Day", reflecting pagan worship of the Anglo-Saxon death-deity, Woden.

Thursday - from the Old English Þunresdæg, "Thunor's Day", reflecting pagan worship of thunder as a deity.

Friday - from the Old English frīgedæg, "Frige's Day", reflecting pagan worship of the Germanic love goddess Frigg or Freyja.

Saturday - from the Old English Sæternesdæg, "Saturn's Day", reflecting pagan worship of the planet Saturn as a deity.
That's right: all our weekdays are named for pagan deities. The use of this nomenclature insidiously, subconsciously, and demonically teaches all of us to worship pagan gods!
"TGIF" is in fact a prayer for unholy, extra-marital sex! - literally!!!

The days of the week must be renamed to reflect America's Christian culture!
Here are some suggestions:
"Sunday" is easy: simply rename it Sonday, for The Son!

Monday through Thursday? - Rename these in honor of the Evangelists:
Marksday, Matthewsday, Lukesday, Johnsday
Friday & Saturday? Rename them to honor the greatest Apostles:
Paulsday and Petersday
(Note: I suggest "Petersday" to replace "Saturday" because Peter was the Apostle to the Jews, and Saturday is the Jewish Sabbath.)
In addition to ridding American culture of an insidious - and demonic - invitation to worship pagan gods, enacting this reform would be economically stimulative: EVERYONE would be compelled to buy a new calendar! The calendar-making companies would get a LOT of extra, non-seasonal business. Not only every PERSON, but every ORGANIZATION (company, charity, etc.) that distributes "free" calendars would be compelled to buy and distribute new calendars! The economic stimulus resulting from these purchases would help lift us out of recession, and contribute to full employment!

If the GOP-led 112th Congress tackled this burning issue FIRST, I believe they'd enjoy success for the rest of the term.

4 comments:

  1. (Note: I suggest "Petersday" to replace "Saturday" because Peter was the Apostle to the Jews, and Saturday is the Jewish Sabbath.)

    Then again, Paul (née Saul) was himself a Jew before he whispered "I see dead people" to the other apostles.

    As, now that I think about it, was Jesus himself...

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  2. Luke is the only one named above not a Jew, but an intriguing idea.

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  3. I'd considered 'months of the year', but figured I'd start small - just days-of-week.
    (Tho' it's very annoying - etymologically - to have September (7) the NINTH month, October (8) the TENTH month, November (9) the ELEVENTH month, and December (10) the TWELFTH month.
    Months named for Roman emperors (July, August) would be easy targets, as would months named for Roman gods (e.g., January, March).

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