PHthe word christian! it really does not mean "christ like"....it never did!
The term christian doesn't and never did translate in to "christ like" or "followers of the way", was an intentionally act of multiple translation.
The problem with reading the word in english is that we do not see the original language, the original word used was translated into english, back into greek from english and then back into english.
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cretin (n.)
1779, from French crétin (18c.), from Alpine dialect crestin, "a dwarfed and deformed idiot" of a type formerly found in families in the Alpine lands, a condition caused by a con******* deficiency of thyroid hormones. The word is of uncertain origin. By many it has been identified with Vulgar Latin *christianus "a Christian," a generic term for "anyone," but often with a sense of "poor fellow." Related: Cretinism (1796).
Back before cretin meant “a stupid person,” it was a medical term for a physical deformity that came from a specific disease. Surprisingly, the root of cretin is the Swiss French word crestin, which means “CHRISTIAN.”
It is better to speak the truth that hurts and then heals, than falsehood that comforts and then kills.
The term christian doesn't and never did translate in to "christ like" or "followers of the way", was an intentionally act of multiple translation.
The problem with reading the word in english is that we do not see the original language, the original word used was translated into english, back into greek from english and then back into english.
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cretin (n.)
1779, from French crétin (18c.), from Alpine dialect crestin, "a dwarfed and deformed idiot" of a type formerly found in families in the Alpine lands, a condition caused by a con******* deficiency of thyroid hormones. The word is of uncertain origin. By many it has been identified with Vulgar Latin *christianus "a Christian," a generic term for "anyone," but often with a sense of "poor fellow." Related: Cretinism (1796).
Back before cretin meant “a stupid person,” it was a medical term for a physical deformity that came from a specific disease. Surprisingly, the root of cretin is the Swiss French word crestin, which means “CHRISTIAN.”
It is better to speak the truth that hurts and then heals, than falsehood that comforts and then kills.