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Are there any ship names that bring bad luck?

I have been reading a lot on how renaming a boat is bad luck, but it says nothing about names that are actually bad luck. (Except Friday)

I am not a superstitious person, but I plan on getting a tall ship and would want to follow all of the traditions. For a name I was thinking maybe Nyx after the Greek goddess of the night.

Does naming your boat after a god or goddess cause bad luck? (Like cutting your hair aboard a ship at sea?)

Thanks!

-Tek

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago
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    Christians don't believe their lives are ruled by luck or chance; they believe God is in control.

    Think about it: If life is random or ruled by chance, then it doesn't really have any higher purpose. In fact, if you take it to its logical conclusion it means we are here by accident, and everything that happens to us is strictly accidental and has no meaning. Or we may decide we are ruled by fate and have no control over our destiny. Like the writer of Ecclesiastes in the Old Testament, we'll be tempted to look at life and say, "All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind" (Ecclesiastes 2:17).

    But God tells us otherwise! God created us, and He put us here for a purpose. He loves us, and He cares what happens to us! Life's greatest joy comes from discovering His purpose for our lives, and then (with His help) fulfilling it.

    What is God's purpose for us? Simply this: that we would live for Him instead of for ourselves. This happens as we give our lives to Christ and learn to walk with Him every day. Don't trust "luck" to give you happiness; instead, turn to Christ and put your future into His hands.

    http://peacewithgod.jesus.net/god-so-loved-the-wor...

  • 9 years ago

    There is a story about a man named Vincent the Invincible. He walked into a bar and announced that his name was Vincent the Invincible and he was promptly killed.

    try not going for names that tempt any local deity to say "Oh yeah?"

    Also, it's probably not on subject but an additional FYI, it's bad luck to change the name of a ship, even if it's been bought.

  • 9 years ago

    Ship names can bring bad luck because of how they came up with that name. The Titanic was an prime example, if you go into how it got named that and the false illusions of things they associated it with.

  • 4 years ago

    Media and song being courting love and drama obsessed, human beings over locate their problems with this way of song, is someone extremely shifting on at the same time as their listening to song about their themes? interior the 80's and ninety's song became about taking area in existence and residing the prompt, now majority of that's the option and song has a huge result on human beings and cultures.

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Sinky McSinksalot

  • Jay
    Lv 5
    9 years ago

    i would advise against the titanic.

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