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[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 23 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Kind of but early Christians did really change their names after joining the faith. Famous example being Saul/Paul who was probably more influential on Christianity than Jesus himself.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Even God did it. Set/Ba'al to Yehwah.

[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

It took me a minute to parse your second phrase; I thought it was a pseudo terminal command.

[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 18 points 8 months ago

sed 's/baal/yahweh/'

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 8 months ago

It's templeOS' version for 'set path' (/s) (yes, templeOS is something that exists)

[–] Kellenved@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Fucking Paul completely screwed up Jesus intentions

[–] glandrid@lemmy.ca 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I blame him for breaking up the Beatles, too!

[–] swab148@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

That was ~~Judas~~ Yoko

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 months ago

I also changed my name because of my faith and not because I'm doing tax fraud