What's the story behind your nick and avatar?

[_Mister Scratch]

I feel that the conversation he has with Neo towards the end of The Matrix Reloaded sums up the contemporary LDS experience quite well.

One of my favorite lines ever:

Hope - it's the quintessential human delusion - simultaneously the source of {our} greatest strength, and {our} greatest weakness.

Precisely! And just think how many facets of Mormonism you can insert into that line in order to make a compelling and provocative statement, e.g.:

The historicity of the BofM---it's the quintessential Mormon delusion---simultaneously the source of TBMs' greatest strength, and their greatest weakness.

Denying the priesthood to women---it's the quintessential Mormon delusion---simultaneously the source of TBMs' greatest strength, and their greatest weakness.

'When our leaders speak, the thinking has been done'---it's the quintessential Mormon.... you get the idea.

I also like the weird dialectical battle that the Architect sketches out, between choice (a.k.a. free agency) vs. fate. Sure, Neo can choose, but does the fact that the choices were predetermined mean that he lacks true free will? Likewise, we have free agency, but does the fact that we can choose eternal salvation through Mormonism, or a far lesser afterlife mean that our agency is actually quite limited? The parallels go on and on....

[_guy sajer]

Guy Sajer is the author (although it is a nom de plume) of an autobiographical book about his experiences as a German combat infantryman on the Russian front during WWII called "The Forgotten Soldier." I have read many, many books on war, and this is, IMHO, the best of them all. (There is, by the way, a rather heated debate as to whether The Forgotten Soldier is really autobiographical or fiction.)

My avatar is Jimmy Chunga, a morning radio DJ on 101.9 The End here in Salt Lake. I don't know why I chose him, as I don't listen to his show (I prefer music to DJs gabbing back and forth), but I like that fact that he's irreverant, and I was just out fishing for an avatar one day and chose him on a whim. (Side note, Chunga has had cameos in some of the Mormon movies, including, I think, Singles Ward, among others, although I don't know his status as per Mormonism.)

[_Runtu]

Guy Sajer is the author (although it is a nom de plume) of an autobiographical book about his experiences as a German combat infantryman on the Russian front during WWII called "The Forgotten Soldier." I have read many, many books on war, and this is, IMHO, the best of them all. (There is, by the way, a rather heated debate as to whether The Forgotten Soldier is really autobiographical or fiction.)

My avatar is Jimmy Chunga, a morning radio DJ on 101.9 The End here in Salt Lake. I don't know why I chose him, as I don't listen to his show (I prefer music to DJs gabbing back and forth), but I like that fact that he's irreverant, and I was just out fishing for an avatar one day and chose him on a whim. (Side note, Chunga has had cameos in some of the Mormon movies, including, I think, Singles Ward, among others, although I don't know his status as per Mormonism.)

I thought I recognized Jimmy Chunga. Jeez, that seems like a lifetime ago when I was living there in Utah. I used to enjoy Radio from Hell in the mornings, closet rebel that I was.

[_moksha]

I would like to say that Moksha comes from my mission to Planet Riesa, and it means, "One who is seeking enlightenment through doing what comes natural on Riesa". Alas, Moksha is the Hindu word for the freedom from the endless cycle of rebirth and the joining together with the Universal consciousness. The avatar rather looks like me, and it has a fig leaf so as not to offend those with a sense of righteousness.

[_KimberlyAnn]

Kimberly Ann is my real life name and that's me in the avatar, which Runtu fixed in Photoshop in order to lower the size of the file. Thank you, Runtu!

KA

[_Seven]

I chose the name "Seven" for it's symbolic meaning from the scriptures, which occur all through the Bible. It means "complete." I think my first thread on Dr. Shades old board was on the passage of Isaiah 4 which indicates there will be seven women to one man during the millenium. Given my rejection and repulsion of the LDS doctrine of polygamy, I wanted to find out the other interpretations of this section. It was part of what gave me the idea to use that name.

On a lighter note, I am a forever fan of Seinfeld reruns and there was an episode where George thought of the best baby name for his future child, if he were ever to have one. The name he had thought of on his own was "Seven." It was a really funny episode.

No avatar yet.....

[_Runtu]

I chose the name "Seven" for it's symbolic meaning from the scriptures, which occur all through the Bible. It means "complete." I think my first thread on Dr. Shades old board was on the passage of Isaiah 4 which indicates there will be seven women to one man during the millenium. Given my rejection and repulsion of the LDS doctrine of polygamy, I wanted to find out the other interpretations of this section. It was part of what gave me the idea to use that name.

On a lighter note, I am a forever fan of Seinfeld reruns and there was an episode where George thought of the best baby name for his future child, if he were ever to have one. The name he had thought of on his own was "Seven." It was a really funny episode.

No avatar yet.....

I told my son his first child must be named "Soda."

[_Sethbag]

My name, unsurprisingly, is Seth, and a friend of my brother's (he and my brother are about 3 years older than me) called me Sethbag when I was hanging out with them trying to play D&D and other things. I don't know why I chose Sethbag as my handle on MAD/Fair, because it's the first time I'd used that in a couple of decades, but I just did, and now it's too late to start over with something new. So it doesn't mean much, just a teenage nickname, and they don't necessarily make sense.

The avatar is, of course, Brian, from Monty Python's "Life of Brian". I think that's a funny movie, and sort of represents some of the irreverence for religion that I think it just hilarious, and very apt.

[_guy sajer]

Guy Sajer is the author (although it is a nom de plume) of an autobiographical book about his experiences as a German combat infantryman on the Russian front during WWII called "The Forgotten Soldier." I have read many, many books on war, and this is, IMHO, the best of them all. (There is, by the way, a rather heated debate as to whether The Forgotten Soldier is really autobiographical or fiction.)

My avatar is Jimmy Chunga, a morning radio DJ on 101.9 The End here in Salt Lake. I don't know why I chose him, as I don't listen to his show (I prefer music to DJs gabbing back and forth), but I like that fact that he's irreverant, and I was just out fishing for an avatar one day and chose him on a whim. (Side note, Chunga has had cameos in some of the Mormon movies, including, I think, Singles Ward, among others, although I don't know his status as per Mormonism.)

I thought I recognized Jimmy Chunga. Jeez, that seems like a lifetime ago when I was living there in Utah. I used to enjoy Radio from Hell in the mornings, closet rebel that I was.

Geez, it's been a long time for you. Radio from Hell is 96.3, Chunga left 96.3 years and years ago (about 10 or so is my guess) and has had his own show on 107.5, which recently changed to 101.9. Now it's the "Chunga and Mister" show.

[_Runtu]

Geez, it's been a long time for you. Radio from Hell is 96.3, Chunga left 96.3 years and years ago (about 10 or so is my guess) and has had his own show on 107.5, which recently changed to 101.9. Now it's the "Chunga and Mister" show.

I moved from Utah to Texas the first week of 2000, so it has been quite a while.