QUOTE(Grits and Shins @ 2/5/05 05:28pm)
Won't the agnostics and aethists in this group be offended by the term "christian name"?
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"Your first name is the one that comes first when you give your full name, Alexander Graham Bell or Mary Baker Eddy. The rest of the terms in the list are synonyms for first name, although baptismal name and Christian name apply, technically at least, only to Christians or others following Christian conventions. Given name comes about because we are born with an automatic family name, but others then give us a first name, and perhaps a middle name or two as well."
Technically you could be correct. However, in the last 40 years or so, I haven't heard anyone say (or write) anything but Christian name.
AND A BIG HOWEVER to anyone being offended since the below is absolutely true:
"There are no athiests in a fox hole."
And one more HOWEVER.... tailgate subjects are not apropos to this forum... so, shhhhhh!