A devout Christian wants to change the name of Mt. Diablo.to Mt. Reagan? Public is against 9 to 1

[Liberal_in_LA]

Getting the devil off the mountain


Reporting from Mt. Diablo State Park - Arthur Mijares never saw it coming when he filed the federal paperwork to change the name of Contra Costa County's most famous landmark from Mt. Diablo to Mt. Reagan.

It's not that he's such a big fan of the 40th president of the United States. It's just that he believes, as a devout Christian, that naming a peak of such beauty and importance after the devil -- even in Spanish -- is "derogatory, pejorative, offensive, obscene, blasphemous and profane."

"I just happen to be an ordinary man that worships God," Mijares said by way of explanation. "He gave me this task in my prayer time. I said, 'Lord, they're going to think I'm a loon.' "

Mijares didn't know the half of it.

In less than a month, more than 80,000 people have joined a Facebook group called "People AGAINST Re-naming Mt. Diablo to Mt. Reagan!!" The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors, which will vote on the name change Tuesday, has been flooded with e-mail; the heated response runs nine to one against the idea, said Supervisor Susan Bonilla, whose district includes the beloved mountain.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-diablo-reagan23-2010feb23,0,7854021.story

[marmar]

1. Diablo, Reagan? ..... At least the word meaning wouldn't change.

:evilgrin:

[Lil Missy]

2. Wonder if he'd agree to renaming it Mt Clinton, or Mt Obama?

[YOY]

3. 'Lord, they're going to think I'm a loon.'

The man is a prophet too!

[Duer 157099]

4. When man talks to God, it's praying

When God talks to man, it's mental illness.

Get this man some help.

[old mark]

5. Would not really be a change - Count the number of letters in Reagan's full name-

Ronald Wilson Reagan = 6 6 6 = The mark of The Beast!!!!

It's a satan worshiper's plot to make god hate America even more than he does for having a Democratic President. Then the world would have Rapture and Americans wouldn't get to go to heaven!

Reagan really was the devil.

Or at least an actor....

mark

[Clio the Leo]

6. I think you mean "a wingnut"....

.... because devout Christians dont waste their time on that BS.

Whoops .... devout Christians also dont say "BS" even abbreviated form.

Crap .... gotta go pray now. :)

[tularetom]

7. Why not name it Mt Jeebus?

Seriously if the reason this dork wants to change the name of the mountain because he is offended by the satanic nature of the current name, it would make a lot more sense to go all the way and name it after the object of his worship instead of some secular politician.

I think he has a hidden agenda that has nothing to do with christianity.

[rufus dog]

8. In the spirit of bipartisanship how about we refer to Reagan

As El Diablo and call it a wash.

[Prof Lester]

9. Already named after the head Repug..

why name it after a low rent stooge?

[Cha]

10. What's the difference?

[Jamastiene]

11. I wouldn't insult Diablo that way.

To be honest, I wouldn't even insult a sewer that way. At least sewer serves some kind of purpose.