Christian California man wants to change the name of Mt. Diablo to ...

[Emit]

... Mt. Reagan!


:rofl:

Sorry if this has been posted previously - first time I've heard of it, and thought I'd share the humor, lol.

Getting the devil off the mountain

A devout Christian wants to change the name of Mt. Diablo. Who's in favor of Mt. Reagan?

February 23, 2010|By Maria L. LaGanga

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.

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http://articles.latimes.com/2010/feb/23/local/la-me-diablo-reagan23-2010feb23

[3waygeek]

1. But the mountain is already named after Reagan n/t

[baldguy]

2. +1 - The devil by any other name...

... is bound to be a Republican!

[zeemike]

3. How about a compromise.

Call it Mount Reagan de Diablo

[Gormy Cuss]

4. The county supes have already declined to change the name.

And this nutjob just got appointed to a county liquor board by one of the same supervisors> I can't wait to hear his recommendations for that.

[Berry Cool]

5. The very thought of the words "Mount Reagan" frightens me. n/t

[Rhiannon12866]

12. +1

x( :scared:

[ck4829]

6. The 9 to 1 response against it says something. Nice!

[Dead_Parrot]

7. I want to rename the Baja peninsular to "Satan's Weiner".

It's an imperfect world.

[Sebastian Doyle]

8. I've got three words and a number for Mr. Mijares

Ronald 6
Wilson 6
Reagan 6

:evilgrin:

[timtom]

9. Some people are definitely over the edge.

THERE'S a fine example of profound theological understanding....

[louis-t]

10. "I am the Lord, thy God...

thou shall have no strange Gods before me." So, naturally, this nitwit wants a mountain to pray to.

[Initech]

11. Wouldn't be much of a change, really. Reagan is the devil.

[LeftishBrit]

13. I suppose he's one of the 'English-Only' types who wants everything in the English language version?

So probably wants Los Angeles translated as The Angels; Diablo as Reagan; etc.

[Historic NY]

14. NO!!