Huldrych
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Originally posted by rapt
Isn't the lying spirit's name "MORON-i" self-degrading?
I've thought of that several times. Usually, names have a very distinctive meaning behind them.
For example, the only named angel in the NT is Gabriel (Luke 1:26). Interesting that he would be given a Hebrew name for a Hebrew-speaking recipient of the message to understand. And the meaning is clear enough: "man of God."
However, the (fallen) angel that supposedly visited the occultist Joseph Smith gave him a very cryptic name--one that sounds like the Greek word for "idiot" or the Hebrew word for "altering something" (it's the closest I could find--There is no Hebrew word "Moroni," which is strange, since the Mormons retain God's name as "Elohim.").
jth
PS: Too bad Sacred Namers don't visit this board. I would love to slap one or two around in a Battle Royale. :thumb: