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[Opinions] Re: Would you name your son "Angry"?!

by blythe

8/12/2008, 5:37 PM

I understand that connection, and I think my tone in the original post is a wee bit more harsh than I intended. It still seems a little bizarre to me- introducing yourself as "Hi, I'm Cross!" has the same effect to me as "Hi, I'm Irritated!"-I'm in Canada, and it may be that cross (as in angry) is used more here and in Australia and the UK than it is in the US. Still, that means that it wouldn't translate well outside of America.

While I think I understand the appeal of the crucifix meaning, I also find names like Genesis, Trinity, Nevaeh, etc, a bit unsubtle, and Cross fits into that genre, imo.

Apologies if the tone offended you in the original post, it wasn't meant to.

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- jennifer (guest) +4

8/12/2008, 5:42 PM

Either way, it's a bad name. Either your angry or the wooden form that Jesus was nailed to when he was executed.

- Sabrina Fair (tigerlilly) +3

8/12/2008, 6:08 PM

I think it depends [m]

Depends on how you look at it I don't think the cross as in reference to Jesus is "bad" at all.

For some people (myself included) it's a good/wonderful thing (the meaning/purpose behind why He did it) it's something positive to them in that perspective :).

This message was edited 8/12/2008, 6:17 PM

- jennifer (guest)

8/13/2008, 5:08 AM

I'm not trying to say that Jesus dying for for our sins is negative, but it was a torturous death, and for that I wouldn't use the name.

- Lillian (LillianAMS) +1

8/13/2008, 3:39 AM

ditto

- Fer (jc)

8/13/2008, 7:45 AM

Haven't seen you round Ops in a while. Nice to see a post! :)

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