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31st May 2015

God is among us: American man settles dispute over unusual first name

Tom Victor

We’ve heard of people being denied insurance payouts because of acts of God, but what about being denied loans because your name is God?

A New Yorker named God Gazarov has sued a credit agency after they refused to issue him with a credit report on the grounds that his name was “not legitimate”.

The Brooklyn-based Russian native is named after his grandfather, and claims to be one of many Gods in his home country.

At least Joan Osborne has an answer to the question that has been bothering her for 20 years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lLmB8PBsXo

H/T NPR