Name Change On Religious Conversion
Further information: Religious nameAdherents of various religions change their name upon conversion or confirmation. The name adopted may not have any legal status but will represent their adopted religious beliefs.
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Famous quotes containing the words change, religious and/or conversion:
“I cant change the teachings of Christ. I cant change the teachings of Christ!... Ive looked on a lot of women with lust ... and God forgives me for it.... Christ says, Dont consider yourself better than someone else.”
—Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)
“I esteem it the happiness of this country that its settlers, whilst they were exploring their granted and natural rights and determining the power of the magistrate, were united by personal affection. Members of a church before whose searching covenant all rank was abolished, they stood in awe of each other, as religious men.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)
“The conversion of a savage to Christianity is the conversion of Christianity to savagery.”
—George Bernard Shaw (18561950)