Meet Optimus Prime

optimusprimeNo, not the leader of the Transformers, but someone who admires him a whole heck of a lot.

This Optimus Prime is a member of Ohio’s 5694th National Guard Unit. According to the story,

He legally changed his name on his 30th birthday and now it’s on everything from his driver’s license, to his military ID, to his uniform.

“They razzed me for three months to no end,” said Prime. “They really dug into me about it.”

Prime says the toy actually filled a void in his life when it came out.

“My dad passed away the year before and I didn’t have anybody really around, so I really latched onto him when I was a kid,” he said.

No word as to whether Optimus has shought baptism since his name change.

Author: Jimmy Akin

Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live."

2 thoughts on “Meet Optimus Prime”

  1. I’ll tell you what, if that wasn’t a name of an action figure it really would be one of the coolest names I have ever heard!!!

  2. I suppose you could always argue that the Transformer was named after the virtue of trying to do your best, and that therefore he was naming himself after the virtue.
    Transformers: more than meets the eye. 😉
    Maureen, not touching the Prime Mover thing.

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