Reply #5: Makes you wonder how the name Jesus is pronounced.

[evlbstrd]

The doctor's prediction of my son's birthdate was Christmas.

As soon as I heard that, I decided I'd name him Jesus if he was born on Christmas day. And I said so at a social occassion that included my employer and fellow employees at the time. They expressed outrage that I would even consider such a thing, let alone brag about it. I challenged them with the pronunciation argument. I have met many Latino men and boys named Jesus. They didn't seem too upset about them.

Unfortunately, he was born twenty days before Christmas. It just wouldn't have had the same impact.

I am a Recovering Catholic, now an atheist. And, believer or not, the simple message Jesus is said to have taught is worth learning. Kindness and charity and peace. Not dogma.
Religion, as I see it practiced, is a self-imposed handicap.

I count my father as the original evlbstrd. My son is named for the both of us. He is evl3.