From: trap@necrotheque.demon.co.uk   
      
   Recently, a script from Bob Lawrence arrived, in which they said:   
      
   : I recently read something alleging that the apostle Peter was a   
   : Hellenized Christian adoption of an Egyptian deity named Petra or   
   : Petar, derived from the verb to open pt, because he 'opened' the gates   
   : to Heaven   
      
   The origin of the name Peter given to Simon the Apostle is a pun   
   on the greek word 'petras', meaning "the rock"; there's a famous   
   NT passage in which Jesus tells him that "upon /this rock/ I shall   
   build my church".   
      
   ~R   
   --   
   Romauld - romauld at necrotheque dot dcu   
   "The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the   
    latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he   
    has not been caught." --  H. L. Mencken, 1924   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)