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MoonGod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 12:15 AM
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Does the "God" in my user name offend anybody here?
Edited on Sun Aug-31-03 12:48 AM by MoonGod
Or perhaps the entire "MoonGod"?

I've bumped into people in the past (some family members) who were offended by it and it's always a little nagging concern in the back of my mind... so I was just wondering.

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

edit: "into a people"? what?
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Fovea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 12:18 AM
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1. No
It was just the 'moon' part that stuck in my craw.
</parody>
I prefer small, shaggy Gods myself.
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 12:19 AM
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2. Does A Moongod Cast A Moon Shadow?
And why are you following me?

-- Allen

I like your username.
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Blue_Chill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 12:20 AM
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3. No it reminds me of a comic book
Moon Knight.
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 12:24 AM
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8. heh
I have Moon Knight #1. I wonder if it's worth anything? I've never bothered looking it up.

Oh, and Moongod, you're fine. Not offensive to me. (then again, I'm not easily offended)
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Blue_Chill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 12:48 AM
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16. I have the comic too!
also spawn#1 and Venom#1
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 12:21 AM
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4. I like it
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Sean Reynolds Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 12:21 AM
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5. No not at all.
But this is coming from a guy that uses god all the time.....

Every time I say my name. ;-)
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Mal Donating Member (213 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 01:53 AM
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25. Reminds me of a joke...
The new nurse walks into the asylum's common room, and she notices a man standing one hand inside his coat, and gazing very importantly out the window. Deciding this is as good a time as any to know the patients, she walks up and says "Hello"
"Do not talk to me! I am Napolean!"
"What?" she says, taken aback.
"I said do not talk to me! I AM NAPOLEAN!"
"How do you know you are Napolean?"
With an air of superiority, he answers "God told me I am Napolean".
Then an incensed little voice pipes up from the back of the room, "I DID NOT!!"
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Sean Reynolds Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 02:30 AM
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26. lol
Good one. ;)
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Booberdawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 12:22 AM
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6. Moon really pisses me off!
But better to be pissed off than pissed on.:o

Naw - never gave it any thought.:D
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Khephra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 12:23 AM
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7. As someone who uses a handle that's a god of the sun at midnight
I guess I would have to say that I'm not offended.

:-)
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MoonGod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 12:24 AM
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9. Okay, I got that it does NOT offend a lot of you...
... but are there any other feelings/opinions out there?

Hmm.. maybe I should do this as a poll so people can answer anonymously.. I forgot I have my little now. :)
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SOteric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 12:25 AM
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10. The "Moon" in your name and your sig line offends me.




But seriously, - it doesn't offend me. Unless you're under the impression that you are some sort of God; are about to issue decrees, edicts and proclamations on morality, - as interpretted by you; or are contemplating starting a cult.
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 12:25 AM
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11. I thought it was a reference to "Mooning" God
but still it didn't bother me.
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MoonGod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 12:27 AM
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12. Bahahahahahaha!
I've been using this nick/handle/username for 15-16 years... and that has never even occured to me... at least not that I can remember.

What a bizarre concept.
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rabid_nerd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 12:48 AM
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17. I agree
My first thought was a command to "Moon God", i.e. stick that ass in the air, shake like ya just don't care!
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MoonGod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 12:53 AM
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20. Hmm... I wonder if the fact that you can see Bush's crack...
... in that image has anything to do with this. Maybe people are now predisposed to thinking about butts when they think about me, thanks to that image.

:crazy:
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liberalmuse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 12:35 AM
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13. It makes sense...
because of the photo you display. As MoonGod, you have a perfect view of Bush taking a piss on our Mother Earth, and that must make you angry. SMITE HIM!
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NYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 12:37 AM
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14. No.
.
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Nicholas_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 12:41 AM
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15. No....
Perhaps we are related though...
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Sperk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 12:49 AM
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18. not offended in the least
maybe your "family members" were really upset about something else. Do you put your dirty clothes in the hamper?
Put the seat down when done in the bathroom?
Put the cap back on the toothpaste?
Help around the house?
Walk the dog?
wipe your feet when entering the house?
Say "please" and "thank you"?
Offer complements to loved ones?
Are you a good listener?
Give good gifts at birthdays and holidays?
:evilgrin:
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MoonGod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 12:58 AM
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22. Conservative and Orthodox Jews
Not a good group to be throwing the word "God" around with, especially when immediately preceded by "Moon".
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Cush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 12:51 AM
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19. nope
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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 12:54 AM
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21. You're a rhetorical God
Not the ten commandments kind
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Coffee Coyote Donating Member (949 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 01:09 AM
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23. no
So what if it did? You chose the name, stand by it no matter what a few thin-skinned people may say.

I figure this, their god is supposed to be omniscient and all-powerful. So in the face of an infinite universe with an all-knowing creator, how damaging can a DU user name be?
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MoonGod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 01:17 AM
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24. Umm...
Huh?

Did I miss something? :)
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Andy_Stephenson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 02:38 AM
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27. Does god in my name offend you
Yours does not bother me.
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MoonGod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 03:00 AM
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28. No, but the rest of your name is highly offensive.
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 03:48 AM
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29. I always thought it was whimsical
and kind of existential and starry-eyed in a good way. I don't know if that's you or not, but that's how the name always sort of struck me. I like it, not offensive at all.
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FireHeart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 04:14 AM
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30. Errr...
Why would it bother me?

:shrug:
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Piperay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 04:38 AM
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31. Your name stands out, I noticed
it right away because I like it, I think it's TERRIFIC! :-)
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VOX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 05:00 AM
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32. No.
And no.

:toast:
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Spirochete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 05:40 AM
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33. Wasn't that the name
of Gidget's boyfriend on the old TV show? hehe
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MoonGod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 01:37 PM
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34. Actually... that was MoonDoggy...
... and ppl quite frequently call me that, either for fun or because they misread it...

Bleh.
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Uzybone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 01:54 PM
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35. Not at all
and if God is so powerful, wo are we little humans to be taking offense for him? He can handle his business himself.
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dawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 02:07 PM
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36. I used to wonder if it was a slap at Islam.
Allah was originally the name of a tribal moon god.
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MoonGod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 02:41 PM
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37. Yeah.. I've seen references to that when googling myself...
... but this nick/handle/username dates back to when I was 12-13 years old... long before I knew the first thing about Islam.
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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 03:03 PM
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38. you be dissin' my flava fave celestial bod., homes?
i ain't down wit dat at all, bro. :(
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kayell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 03:08 PM
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39. Only if you expect to be worshipped
or sacrificed to. Then I'd have to put you on ignore, like all the other "gods". ;-)
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