What's in a name?

A good name is to be more desired than great wealth, Favor is better than silver and gold.
- Proverbs 22:1 NASB

As soon as your parents or guardians filled out the paperwork for your Social Security Number, registering your birth name to the State, they gave your name to the state, your very identity became state property. That they do this willfully shows their ignorance, and that you have grown used to the state-registered name is a tragedy. It was the complete destruction of your good name, and flies in the face of scripture- and why- FOR TAX PURPOSES- to write you off as a child-deduction! Care to research how Jesus felt about taxes?

You want to be known by a name that is not associated with the state. You want to conduct your affairs in a private fashion, and you certainly do not want to be known by a state-controlled name.

So when people think of changing their name, what do they think of? Usually women change their name when they get married, to take their husband's name. That would be fine if both had private names and held a private ceremony, without a marriage license, state-licensed minister, from a 501(c)(3) irs-controlled church. But what usually happens, is women fill out a Social Security form and inform the Social Security office of their new married name. This is the standard by which people have come to think of changing their name! In short- as long as the government is told- willingly or unwillingly, its okay. If you have ever leased a car- ask your finance company how voluntary repossession works! Talk about stupidity and irresponsibility! Whose business is it if you want to change your name, but your own? and maybe your spouse. Go ahead and be traditional, take your husband's name. Which name will you take? His state-name or a truly private identity one or both of you create for yourselves. But this can be assumed, you do not need to inform some government agency just because you decide to change your name.

So what if you did give it up, got the license, told social security, now what?

Well, there is no time like the present to assume a new name, on your own.

We are not really talking about a pseudonym here- which means "false name", because we take the position that the State cannot tell you who you are- even in the unfortunate case of your parents' submission to illegitimate authority. You can be who you want to be, and be known and called how you want to be called. That name is real. It is more real than any name the state may call you. We also believe you can decide for how long and for what purposes you would like to have a name. You can very easily be known by different names in different contexts, and these names can be you- for real. You simply feel comfortable in different contexts being called different names. Just don't call you late for dinner!

This is not easy. You will have public pseudonyms other than even your private assumed name(s)- a set of names you register with state and federal agencies only as necessary- but you should live your life in such a way that tracked activities under any state or federal names for you, happen anywhere else than where you are. This includes the name you were born with that was given a SSN.

Try not to be so complicated that you can't manage it well. It really helps to have someone private who can help you with "a name and a game."

Once you catch the fever for privacy, you may even begin to resent what was done to you by forcing you to self-identify all your life with state and federal ID numbers connected to your name.