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GUYS, I have a question.
Is it biblical to change your name?
It seems to be morally neutral. It isn’t discussed at all, which would suggest it probably wasn’t important enough to mention.
I’m going to have to disagree here. Abraham was Abram, Sarah was Sarai, Israel was Jacob, Paul was Saul, etc. Let’s not forget that the diety himself, according to the extra-biblical historical documentation, had many names. Theologically significant name changes appear in Hosea 1:6–8, where Hosea’s daughter was named “Not-pitied” and his son was named “Not-my-people”. But in Hosea 2:1, 23 the names were changed to “My-people” and “She-was-pitied”. According to John 1:42, Simon the brother of Andrew had his name changed upon his first encounter with Jesus.
Here is a partial list of people who had their names changed in the Bible.
http://www.ccmlinks.com/posts.php?id=109
It is apparent that God allowed, and even prescribed, name changes in the Bible. Thankfully, none of this matters.
Yes, but the original discussion involved changing one’s own name, not having it changed by God, which makes all examples of God changing names kind of a moot point.
Of course it matters. Whether or not you disagree with it has no bearing on whether or not it matters.
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n1ghtcrwler reblogged this from chvnx and added:
So, aside from the ‘not being discussed’ aspect, you’re actually saying the exact same thing I did.
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