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Re: Mormon bashing again
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sat, 4 Mar 2000 06:07:35 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Ben Roller writes:
> I didn't know Mr. and Mrs. OfNazareth(aka Mary and Joseph) had other kids.
> Seriously though, does anyone know where it tells about His brothers and/or
> sisters? I've always heard He had brothers but never read it anywhere.
Yes. His siblings James, Joses, Simon, and Judas are mentioned in Matthew
13:55; this crew plus their sisters are mentioned in Mark 6:3; and brother
James is mentioned again in Galations 1:19, and probably wrote the Epistle of
James as well as other books in the New Testament.
> Also, where did the "H" in what people call Jesus come from?
Ooh, I have this somewhere. <LOOKING>...</LOOKING> Found it.
It's probably of a semi-profane slang term, of American origin. It might have
originally stood for "Holy" or "Hebrew".
There is another theory, however, that it is the result of a
mistransliteration of IHS -- the Greek abbreviation for the name Jesus Christ
-- as Christianity was passed down to the Romans. The H resembles the Greek
letter eta, but in Latin it has the ever-popular "H" sound. The Romans
assumed it stood for Christ's middle initial, according to this theory.
(souce: _The Straight Dope_ by Cecil Adams, pp. 33-34.)
Cheers,
- jsproat
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