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this8384
Jan 17, 2011, 03:58 PM
Would it be considered blasphemous or sacriligeous if someone gave their child the name "Immanuel" either as a first or middle name?

Considering that this is one of the names of Jesus and is translated as "God with us," would it be wrong to give a name like that to a human with a sin nature?

Curlyben
Jan 17, 2011, 04:02 PM
Only if that's what YOU where to believe.

Admittedly the first thing that comes to my mind is Emmanuelle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuelle)

this8384
Jan 17, 2011, 04:18 PM
Only if that's what YOU where to believe.

Admittedly the first thing that comes to my mind is Emmanuelle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuelle)

Well, I do believe Jesus was the Son of God and our Savior. That's why I posed the question.

And I meant this:
Immanuel - Origin and Meaning of the name Immanuel at BabyNames.com (http://www.babynames.com/name/IMMANUEL)

Fr_Chuck
Jan 17, 2011, 04:22 PM
The name will offend some, but no matter what we do, we offend people at times.

Curlyben
Jan 17, 2011, 04:27 PM
I wasn't meaning to sound flippant, but this is really something you need to reconcile personally.

As Chuck mentions, whatever name you chose could offend anyone, such are the times we live in.

Wondergirl
Jan 17, 2011, 04:27 PM
There are males named Joshua and Jesus. A man running for mayor of Chicago is Rahm Israel Emanuel. Manny, the pre-teen character on Modern Family, is probably Immanuel. I know many Catholic women named Mary.

And no matter what you name the child, he/she will be nicknamed by his/her classmates -- Fairy Mary/Hairy Mary/Merry Mary/Don't Marry Mary, etc. My son Jeremy was called Germany and Germy. Ya can't win.

dwashbur
Jan 17, 2011, 08:59 PM
There's nothing wrong with naming a child after someone like Jesus, whether you call him Joshua, Jesus or Emmanuel. It's an act of respect, clearly, so there's really no way it can be blasphemy. If it was blasphemy to do such things, there wouldn't be anybody in the world named Mohammed. But it's the most common boy's name on earth, because it's just the opposite. It's an act of praise. Go for it.