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THE gOD NAMED ZEUS This may seem like talking about the past but why don't we ask this questions like; Why do the bodies in the universe bear the names of this deities as a way of honouring or immortalising them, Why do some regions of the world still have their days of the week named after this pagan gods. this same gods is being depicted in the Bible possibly Acts 14 vs7 in which CHRISTIANS who reads the Bible condemns it but little do they know the depth of the scar being left behind, we didn't know that the pagan gods in which the greatest of it known as "ZEUS" is still what is seen around us. the verses in Acts 14 vs 7-11 says(note from different versions of the Bible) KJV:And there they preached the gospel. NIV:where they continued to preach the gospel. 8KJV:And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked: NIV:In Lystra there sat a man who was lame. He had been that way from birth and had never walked. 9KJV:The same heard Paul speak: who steadfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,NIV:He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed 10 KJV:Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked. NIV:and called out, “Stand up on your feet!” At that, the man jumped up and began to walk. 11 KJV:And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men. NIV:When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us in human form! 12 KJV:And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker. NIV:Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes because he was the chief speaker. 13 KJV:Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people. NIV:The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates because he and the crowd wanted to offer sacrifices to them. Now let's zoom in to the god called ZEUS..... The god ZEUS being the great God of the Greeks also known to ancient Romans as Jupiter is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion, who rules as king of the gods of Mount Olympus, his dwelling place and also the highest mountain in Greece. He was the son of Cronus and rhea and had great grand parent known as Gaia ( the goddess of the land) and Uranus. He had brothers namely Hades(the god of the underworld), Poseidon ( The god of the sea) and him (Zeus)as the god of the sky and thunder, they joined hands to defeat THE TITANS (There father's generation gods) to rule the cosmos or the universe in ancient Greeks. ......NOW TODAY HOW DOES THESE ECHOE RIGHT AT US? The Greeks Bible refers the dead as those who has gone to Hades....Hebrew Bible translates it as Sheol Remember Hades is a brother to ZEUS god..... ZEUS is the father of Hermes.....remember acts 14 vs 7.. Hermes married Aphrodite (greek goddess) and bore Hermaphrodite. ZEUS is the father of Heracules also known to the Romans as Hercules who is partially believed to be the founder of Olympic games in greece to honour his father ZEUS. The first Olympic games was held in 776 bc and they were held in honour of Zeus. On Olympic Flame; According to the Ancient Myth of Prometheus, who stole the power of fire from Zeus. fire is the symbol of life, rationalism and freedom as well as inventiveness and was symbolised by the ageless flame that used to burn on the Altar of Prytaneion (the seat of government in ancient Greece) in Ancient Olympia throughout the celebration of the Ancient Olympics. It’s the place where the flame for the Modern Olympics is being lit today.

SOLAR SYSTEMS; Our Solar system naming are almost being immortalzed or named by the generations of ZEUS god romanised as Jupiter or Thor in the Norse mythology (British) Mars (known as god of war also called Ares) son of Zeus or Jupiter Uranus is greatgrand father of Zeus Venus (in Greeks Aphrodite) the goddess of love,desire. Pluto (known as the god of the underworld) in Greeks "Hades", the eldest brother of Zeus etc, Phobos (the god of fear and panic) brother to daemon,children of Ares, grandchildren of Zeus and the two brother named after the sattelite of Mars planet.

WEEK DAYS; Normally we use the days of the week to possibly schedule our daily activities in every aspects of our lives but there are things sensitive which are induced in the pattern of naming of this days. Martin of Braga, formal archbishop of bracara now braga objects the system in his statement "for the infidels have angered God and do not believe wholeheartedly in the faith of Christ,but are such disbelievers that they place the very names of the demons on each day of the week, and speak of the day of Mars and of Mercury and of Jupiter and of Venus and of Saturn, who never created a day, but were evil and wicked men among the race of the Greeks."

SUNDAY in the Greek and Roman mythology is portrayed as the day of the Sun God (deity) but currently, the Romans (Italy) have changed the first day of the week to Duminicus I.e The Lord's Day but the name still remains the same in British and Greek mythology as the day for the Sun deity or Sun-day MONDAY: The day to serve or honour the deity Luna or Selene I.e Moon. Moon-day TUESDAY: The day for the deity Mars or Ares. In old English (British) it is the day to honour the deity Tiw I.e tiwesday or Tuesday for the English (British) speaking areas. WEDNESDAY: The day to serve the god Mercurios or Hermes; this god is stated in the Bible in Acts 14vs12 (Mercury) in old English (British) it is the deity Woden I.e Woden-day or Wednesday. THURSDAY: The day to serve the god Jove or ZEUS Jupiter) (see acts 14 vs 12) in Greek and Roman mythology. Also in old English equivalent, it is the day for the deity Thor I.e Thor's-day. All of the above are all god of thunder and lightning. FRIDAY: The day of the deity Venus or Aphrodite (Venus) in old english it is portrayed as the goddess freyr or Frigg-day i.e Friday. SATURDAY: The day to honour the god Saturnus or Kronos (Saturn) also in old English it's still in it's romanized format Saturn I.e saturn-day, Saturday.

Martin de Dume (520-580 AD) was an Archbishop of Bracara Augusta in Gallaecia (now Braga in Portugal) a missionary, a monastic founder and an Ecclesiastical author objects for the stop in the use of pagan gods for naming of the days of the weeks instead the use of the Ecclesiastical order should be the right order. But some regions around the world are still changing the pattern. Just like the Romans changed Sunday as "The Day Of The Lord" (i.e Duminicus) and in Islamic world which uses Numbers to differentiate the days just like it is in Genesis book of Christian Bible.

Islamic Religion; which is depicted as the second largest religion in the world uses the Days of the week from the Hijri Calendar. In the Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar that comprises 12 months and 354-355 days. a week consists of seven days and each day starts at sunset. Muslims gather at a mosque to pray at noon on the gathering day, which corresponds with Thursday evening when the sun has completely set. Following are the seven days that constitutes a week: 1. Ahad − Translated as ‘the one’, this day corresponds with Sunday 2. Ithnayn − The term means ‘the second’ and corresponds with Monday 3. Thulatha − Meaning ‘the third’ in English, this day corresponds with Tuesday 4. Arbia − Translated as ‘the fourth’, this day corresponds with Wednesday 5. Khamis − It means ‘the fifth’ and corresponds with Thursday 6. Jummah − Meaning ‘the gathering’, corresponds with Friday; Friday prayers are performed in a congregation in a mosque 7. Sabt − Translated as ‘the rest’, this day corresponds with Saturday.

Although Chinese practice Buddhism which is the 5th largest religion in the world have their first two days of the week containing the Sun and Moon respectively which is taken from the Greek mythology but failed to believe the Greek on the remaining five days of the week. This remaining days are being aligned by their cultural belief of the Taoistic Theory of the five elements which is locally believed to be The basic substances of the material world. The Five Elements’ are Fire, Water, Wood, Gold/Metal, Earth. All material things are made of a single or a combination of the Five Elements, since these are the fundamental components.

But today the world has more population of Christians, followed by Islam, but it will sound funny in the sense that this situation still lives among us which seems to create a very heavy problem on who is being worshipped more today; Could it be possibly the deity ZEUS or Jehovah because the system of honouring these gods in which the pagans and scientists who worshipped them declined up to 19th position in the list of World Ranking of Top Religions of the World seems to continue without an update in this 21st century.