Messiah

[Bazile]

Martin ( apologies to all Martins out there ) , just doesn't have the same ring , does it ?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23665106

[bookbinder]

I'm just waiting for all those 'celebrities' who've given their offspring strange names to line up outside courthouses all over the western world. Apart from that, I don't care who 'saves' me at Judgement Day, and I don't care what his name might be.

[Bazile]

//..I don't care who 'saves' me at Judgement Day, ..//

What makes you think , your'e going to be saved ?

[anotheoldgit]

Ok for them to call their child Mohammed then?

[LazyGun]

" He is not the messiah - he is a very naughty boy" ;)

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/harry-and-amelia-top-most-popular-baby-names-list-for-2012-8757167.html

/// The data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) is also broken down by region, and Amelia was the most common girls’ name everywhere in both England and Wales. Muhammad came out on top in London, Jack climbed highest in the North East and Jacob was king of the hill in Wales, with Harry most popular everywhere else. ///

[Baldric]

AOG,
from your beloved Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1324194/Mohammed-popular-baby-boys-ahead-Jack-Harry.html

[mikey4444]

He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy :::

[Baldric]

So it ^^^ must be true!

[andy-hughes]

I would agree with the parents on this - names are a parents' choice - the fact that some parents don't exercise that choice particularly well is no reason for a judge to take that choice away from them based on her viewpoint.

[netibiza]

Here in Spain many men are called Jesus (hey sus)

[jim360]

It did seem as if the judge was making the decision on religious grounds rather than legal ones.

[naomi24]

//"The word Messiah is a title and it's a title that has only been earned by one person and that one person is Jesus Christ," she said.//

She needs to do her homework.

[ludwig]

This proves that sometimes two wrongs do make a right.

Wrong one - idiot parents give their child a stupid name.
Wrong two - misguided judge renames it.
Right - Child ends up with sensible name.

[mibn2cweus]

//Here in Spain many men are called Jesus (hey sus)//

. . . and here all this time I thought they were saying, "Hey Zeus." :o/

[naomi24]

^^ Haaa! :o)