# Why is the Cross Worshipped?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-cross-worshipped/659825>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [June 1, 2013, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-cross-worshipped/659825 "2013-06-01T00:37:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-cross-worshipped/659825/161 "2013-06-13T23:10:45Z")

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> [@Kimstu](#):
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> Yeahbut, I think **Norma** is referring to the Biblical name “Eve”, usually derived from Hebrew _hawah_ (het-yod-he). I still want to see how she gets “eye of life” out of that, though.

The passage quoted preceeding the odd reference to “i-v” had a reference to the evening and no reference to the wife of Adam.

When I first saw the single sentence you quoted, my first thought was that “i-v” was a really silly explanation for the name _Hawah_/Life. However, when I tracked it down on the linked site, I discovered the “evening” connection. (It is interesting–in an odd way–that she tried to connect her “eye queen” to the word eve, since the passage quoted uses only the unshortened form, evening.)

Just more silliness.

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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-cross-worshipped/659825/162 "2013-06-14T05:23:38Z")

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Norma: We’re still waiting on the list of your academic degrees. Let me save you some trouble, though. “Mail-order/Diploma Mill” degrees don’t count.

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**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-cross-worshipped/659825/163 "2013-06-14T13:42:24Z")

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> [@Kimstu](#):
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> Personally, what I want to see more of are your hilarious folk etymologies.

No Kidding.

Hers are almost as tortured as:

Fuck = Fornication Under Consent of King  
Golf = Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden  
and Cop = Constable on Patrol

sadly I know people who honestly believe those as well.

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