<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">i was told that the reason we are allowed to use the babylonian names of our months (although) they (10 of 12)<br>were names of babylonian gods, is that we are allowed to use the names of gods/months, that appear in the<br>gemmara?? <br>1 is this true; 2. would this reasoning (at all?) apply to our using the names we currently use<br>for our weekdays (eg, sunday= Sun [god], Monday = [Moon (god)] day. etc, <br>.....other names of our weekdays i have read (not verified) are from mercury and other gods that are <br>(or were) once worshiped. <br>isn't there a biblical commandment to not allow the names of foreign gods on our lips??<br></div></div></body></html>