Or the Prophet Muhammad.
Would Muslims find this offensive? How offensive?
Note - I am not actually planning on doing this.
It’s probably about like naming your son Jesus Harold Christ.
What’s the debate?
You can name your dog anything you want. But if I were you I wouldn’t bring him to rural Pakistan without changing his name first.
As noted there is no debate topic here. Did you mean to ask a GQ?
At any rate, yep many Muslims would likely find it offensive. Some wouldn’t care one way or another and a few might be okay with the idea. But generally it would be regarded as at the very least as somewhat tacky, up to out and out blasphemy. Publicize it enough and I’m sure you’d garner a death threat or three ( dozen ).
Then again, while you might get fewer death threats ( though maybe not ), more than a few Christians would likely react negatively to you naming your pet dog “Jesus Christ the Redeemer.”
I can even imagine there’d be people who wouldn’t think much of your username, regarding it as a deliberate mockery. Heck, I’m sure of it - I’ve run across a couple who don’t think much of mine and it’s a lot less religiously charged.
Please clarify.
‘Muslims’, in the context of your question is too vague. Which Muslims? Where? Unless you want a cross-referenced list covering the level of offense of Muslims of every sect, ethnicity, nationality, degree of devoutness, age, etc.
Similarly, the question ‘How offensive?’ presumes some kind of standardized measure of offendedness. Can you provide one? Like (in ascending order): not very, sorta, kinda, really, a bunch, more than words can express, and buy life insurance before doing this.
Hey Tammy, my favourite genocidist history-buff – talking of dog names, is it true, that the popularity of the name Hannibal for dogs comes from the Romans, whom during the Punic war when Hannibal the Great was kicking their ass, would name their dog Hannibal, so that when they were in a bad mood and pissed off at Hannibal the Great (presumable after another of their sons had died fighting him) and they couldn’t get to the general, at least they could go out and kick the shit out of the dog? “Fido” is another Roman dog name I believe. Means dependable.
…and, do you have a lot of dogs called “Bush” in the USA just now?
Never heard that one, but it sounds way to “cute” to be true.
Many people like giving pets grandliloquent names, hence the stereotypical “Rex” and “Prince.” Historical figures generally and famous generals in particular aren’t uncommon - my two cats are named Oliver Cromwell ( Ollie ) and Prince Rupert ( Rupert ) for fairly obvious, if extremely geeky reasons. Less eccentrically I’ve known a few Alexanders and Caesars ( both cats and dogs ).
However the names of central figures of touchy Abrahamic religions haven’t really caught on in a big way for reasons which I had assumed were largely self-evident.
Damn. I kinda liked it. I think I’ll just go on and pretend it is true. Truth is overrated anyway. Also it is a bit puzzling how popular the name Hannibal is for dogs. But I think most people will not know much if anything about Hannibal the Great.
This seems a bit too precious for GQ and appears to be attracting comments commensurate with its lofty status.
Off to MPSIMS.
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You should never let truth come in the way of a good story.
Actually, I think it’s potentially a fair bit more severe than that.
Didn’t someone recently get in trouble in the Sudan for naming a teddy bear Muhammad?
Ultimately, it depends on where you are. Some muslims somewhere might take offense.
You should just name the dog “Indiana.”
As long as you also name your cat Siddhartha Gautama to balance things out, all should be well.
My SO’s Betta Splendens is named Judas which gets more than a few raised eyebrows, even after explaining that it’s not Judas Escariot but St. Judas patron saint of lost causes. I would cringe if Judas ran away(after being really impressed with her sudden evolution of legs) and had to call for he through the neighborhood.
I named our new budgie Hammurabi. He’s sassy, but he hasn’t called for any hands to be lopped off yet.
You’re a fucking moron.
It’s a ridiculous question, but personal insults aren’t allowed in this forum. Please refrain from using them.
Marley23–is the OP looking for the bst possible way to display religious bigotry?
If so, why is this permitted?
I recall a wonderful court decision I read someplace about a guy who (after Black family moved in next door) named his new dog Nigger. The family complained because the guy would stand on his porch and yell “Nigger! Nigger!” This confused the dog who was standing right there.
So the family sued to have him change the name.
The judge ruled he had to change the name and in his ruling asked rhetorically how the the gentleman would feel if the next door neighbors bought a dog and named him “Asshole.”
(Which would lead to a most amusing neighborhood if the guy across the street bought two dogs and named both “Idiot!”)