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Originally Posted by LeftHanded Christian
Remember my Christian Brothers and sisters it was the Lord himself who made us to rule over the animal's of the earth and name them. We shouldn't question these names for they were named these by our ancestors for a reason.
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Dear Mr. Christian,
I totally agree. If our ancestors had been
God-fearing True Believers™ free from sin, we could obviously
trust their judgment and their choice of vocabulary. However,
where did this vocabulary come from?
Genesis 11:9
Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
We can clearly see how the
languages (and the associated vocabulary) came into existence
because of sin. This is no surprise as ever since the
Fall of the first woman (Genesis 3:6), mankind has been
corrupted together with all Creation until
Jesus gave us the choice of removing ourselves from this bondage (Romans 8:22).
So,
should we trust their judgment?! Obviously, they were
sinners incapable of doing good!
Psalms 14:1
(To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.) The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Without stretching the definition of the verb "to do" we can include the act of "naming things" into its
definition. Thus, these ancestors, due to their
sinning nature, were incapable of doing good things. Because of this,
also their naming practices were corrupted by sin, and this sin - again, due to its hereditary nature (Exodus 20:5) - has been transmitted into
American dictionaries.
We
should question their acts because of all this. Based on
Bible Study, your nice hypothesis (I always appreciate hypotheses that are actually testable, so good job even if it was not too productive)
fails. It is best we continue warning our Brethren against these abominations.
Yours in Christ,
Elmer