TN Judge Changes Messiah's Name to Martin

[billhilly]

This is just sad.  

A judge in Tennessee changed a 7-month-old boy's name to Martin from Messiah, saying the religious name was earned by one person and "that one person is Jesus Christ."

http://reason.com/blog/2013/08/11/tenne ... -is-not-na

[the_antithesis]

Yet another christian with a deplorable lack of understanding of their own religion and the terms therein.

"Messiah" means "anointed one" which means that anyone described as anointed is a messiah. That means king David was a messiah, as was King Saul before him. Probably hundreds if not thousands of others throughout history. To say there is only one messiah is to just air out your ignorance.

[Colanth]

"The anticipated deliverer of the Jews." Its probably more that the name was stolen and applied to Jesus

^This.