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April 18, 2005
That man can go to Hell!
Religious Man Wants to Rename Mt. Diablo
An Oakley man has asked the federal government to rename Mount Diablo, saying the current name, which means devil in Spanish, is offensive to his religious sensibilities.
I am a good little pagan boy. I keep my head down, I try to respect the Christian Majority around me. I try to understand the culture they have, and I by and large esteem it...
I don’t ask for much in exchange. The freedom to be left alone and practice my spiritual believes as best I can without infringing on the physical wellbeing of others...
So imagine my absolute horror at the notion that someone wants to change the name of one of the (minor) deities in my Pantheon to something he might find more fitting. I do my best to not even mention the name of his deity, the least he can do is leave the names of mine the hell alone...
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Note: Just to clear up a thought before it forms: No, I am not wedded to the name because it is named after the Christian God of Evil, but rather because it’s the name the mountain has had since the dawn of European Settlement of the area. Were the situations reverse, and someone was trying to change the name from Kawukum, To Diablo, I’d be just as annoyed...
(Hat tip to A stitch in Haste
Posted by Andrew at April 18, 2005 08:53 PM
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you know, I would have learned the meaning of Diablo eventually, but as they say, ignorance is bliss. I am forever changed and will now have gloomy thoughts every time I pass by the great mountain. It is the same way that I cringe when I see license plates that say six three times.
Posted by: jay at April 25, 2005 10:44 PM
You lived there _all your life_, and never knew what the name meant? Seriously?
Posted by: Andrew Cory at April 25, 2005 10:46 PM