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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hope John Paul was a pretty terrible pope so it’s a hard note for me as a catholic.

If I heard that you named your kid, John Paul, and you were Catholic, I would think you were part of the Steve Bannon club.[/quote]
We are Catholic, but our inspiration comes from St. John the Apostle and St. Paul the Apostle rather than Pope John Paul II. I do see how he would be most people's first thought when hearing the name though (especially because our family is Catholic).

It would probably be easier to pull off if we were Protestant, haha![/quote]

I’m Catholic and I find that all the really problematic and judgmental passages from the Bible are Paul’s letter to some group or another.  I know theologians often rehab those passages by saying that you need to look at them in their historical context…..but my big takeaway is that St. Paul was the kind of guy who persecuted Christians before Damascus and was the same sort of black and white judgemental thinker after conversion.  IMHO, saying St. Paul is worse than JPiI.    “Wives obey your husbands as you obey the Lord” is truly not my favorite parts from the Bible.

Matthew , on the other hand, I can get behind and that’s an under utilized name.  [/quote]

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