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Is AOL playing God with new AIM slogan?

IamaimAOL is using the phrase “I am,” a reordering of the letters AIM, as a sentence opener in current marketing for its AIM instant messenger—“I am instant messaging,” “I am e-mail,” “I am video chat” and so on. What’s the big deal? Some consider the new slogan to be blasphemy. “I am” is also the English translation of Yahweh, the self-proclaimed name of God, according to Exodus 3:13-15. (“And God said unto Moses, I am that I am.”) WorldNetDaily reports that a God-fearing man named Ian Miller sent a furious letter to AOL that read, in part, “This new marketing idea is bad corporate policy. I implore you to change the name of your programs and rebuke the marketing team who came up with this vile idea. I will stop using AIM and urge all of my colleagues to convert to your competitors, if this is not changed very soon.” We can’t imagine there’ll be much rebuking going on anytime soon.

—Posted by Tim Nudd

February 3, 2006 | Permalink

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they should really change it because it is over used in advertising/marketing.

Posted by: Dillon | Feb 3, 2006 10:57:28 AM

go to church and leave the rest of the world alone. seriously, get a life.

Posted by: bobby digital | Feb 3, 2006 11:19:28 AM

WOW that is soooo out there! Lets say that since it's RED it must be communist! Lets say since they have a little running man that they will be chasing you down and that is you running to save yourself from them, to be safe in the hands of god.

Posted by: Shawn | Feb 3, 2006 2:53:25 PM

Has this story been written just to take up space on your blog. It seems worthless.

Posted by: Piers Fawkes | Feb 4, 2006 9:35:17 AM

Isn't "I yam what I yam" what Popeye used to say?

Posted by: I am... IRONMAN! | Feb 6, 2006 2:56:34 PM

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