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Default Re: God Hates Iceland! - 04-21-2010, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Rev. Jim Osborne View Post
It's simple. The Bible is based on fact because it is inspired by God. We know God directed the Bible because the Bible tells us. That is why we listen to it and let it be our guide in life.



We have had this conversation before in this thread. Iceland is full of Ice, hence "Ice-land". Why would they name a place that is green "Iceland" and a place full of ice "Greenland"? That doesn't make any sense. Any other place in the world named after geography is accurate. Miami Beach is on a beach, not in the mountains. Desert Hot Springs in California is in....well, the desert. And so on.
Dates back to the viking ages
The name Greenland comes from Scandinavian settlers. In the Norse sagas, it is said that Erik the Red was exiled from Iceland for murder. He, along with his extended family and thralls (slaves), set out in ships to find the land that was rumored to be to the northwest. After settling there, he named the land Grønland ("Greenland"), possibly in order to attract more people to settle there. Greenland was also called Gruntland ("Ground-land") on early maps. Whether Green is an erroneous transcription of Grunt ("Ground"), which refers to shallow bays, or vice versa, is not known. It should also be noted, however, that the southern portion of Greenland (not covered by glacier) is indeed very green, at least in summer.
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