Seriously, how do you do this?

[conuly]

How do you introduce yourself as Mr. Jesus Christ while keeping a straight face? How do you deal with the comments that are sure to follow? How the hell do you get a judge to agree to this when I know for a fact you can't get your name legally changed to, for example, Empress of the Universe? I'd really like to know.

Comments

[leora.livejournal.com]

Maybe if his parents had given him a name of his own when he was a baby, he wouldn't have needed to come up with one.

Of course, that didn't work for me, but my parents didn't have the best taste in names.

[conuly]

But he didn't come up with one, if by one you mean "a name of his own". He took somebody else's!

[leora.livejournal.com]

True... but at least it had some time to ripen first.

Maybe if his parents hadn't named him after his father, he wouldn't think names should be chosen based on who your father is. He may view Jesus as his heavenly father and thus find it more fitting than his birth name.

I just think naming kids after their parents is a bad idea. It sets up too much confusion and potential for comparisons, and a bit of the expectation of following in footsteps.

*izzard voice*And those footsteps were: Aaaaahhhh, I'm covered in bees!*/izzard voice*

[conuly]

Seriously, I don't care what your reasoning is, you don't take God's name. In vain or otherwise!

(And this goes for every god. I don't like it when people name their boys Artemis either, and even Diana makes me twitchy)

[ladyshrew.livejournal.com]

Yes, I really despise people naming their kids Athena. What kinda complex are you trying to give them?! So glad someone else hates this too. lol

And they name their BOYS Artemis?! o_O