I've always thought it was interesting how names tell so much about a person if it suits them. For instance, my name is 'Nathan'. It's simple, easy to remember, but has a deeper meaning. It literally means "Gift from God". This is me because I am simple, easy to remember, but there is more to the story, if you look into it, and when you do, you'll find that I try to be a gift from God to my fellow men. Now, I'm not trying to be self centered. I'm just trying to use what prestige I have to build up to my main point.
As you can see, names can mean a great deal. So, as I was starting this blog, I thought "Maybe I'll let someone else choose the name." (My sister wants to give all of us siblings nicknames) But then I came across a scripture in the book of Moroni. (9:2) It wasn't a great scripture; it didn't blow me away with a great prophecy of the end of the world; at first glance, it didn't contain any muse inspiring principle. It simply tells of a "sore battle with the Lamanites," and then it goes on to tell of a few generals and men who had fallen during said battle. The name 'Archeantus' was among these. He was not a huge name in the Book of Mormon, rather a small seemingly insignificant name. But Archeantus was a military commander fighting with one of the greatest of mankind. More importantly, he was a man of God, fighting for his family, liberty, and beliefs. He is who I consider myself like the most in all the scriptures. Obviously, I hope and try to be like my Savior, Jesus Christ, but it's as the saying goes "Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you'll land among the stars."
So, Archeantus won my vote, and since it's the only one that counts, it also won the competition. I like how it sounds, I like how it looks, and I like how it is at a deeper inspection. It helps that my alternatives were a bit sophomoric in both origin and meaning. I mean it was this or: Crimson Shadow, Redampano Rojo, Nate the Great... we don't need too go to far into it.
Now, for a good sign off line...
