About Jonathan M.W. Klassen

• First Given Name: Jonathan 

  • Hebrew name meaning "gift of God" or "God has given". It is derived from the Hebrew elements "Yahweh" (God) and "natan" (to give)

  • Associated with Jonathan, the son of King Saul and close friend of King David in the Old Testament (parents wanted an Old Testament first name)

• First Given Middle Name: Mark

  • Latin origin, derived from the Roman name Marcus, which is associated with Mars, the Roman god of war. Therefore, the name commonly means "consecrated to Mars," or can imply "warlike" or "god of war"

  • Associated with biblical figures such as Mark the Evangelist, attributed author of Gospel of Mark (parents wanted a New Testament middle name)

• Second Given Middle Name (Mother's Maiden Name): Wideman

  • Multiple origins, including German and Swedish, with meanings such as "huntsman" (from the Americanized form of Weidemann), "man from a wide area" or "wide man" (from the German Widemann), and "man of the wood" or someone who lives near a "willow tree"

• Last Name/Surname: Klassen

  • German and Dutch origin, meaning "son of Klas". It is a patronymic name, where "Klas" is a short form of the name Nikolaus (Nicholas). The name Nikolaus comes from the Greek "Nikolaos," meaning "victory of the people". 

Birth Date and Time: 1997/09/02 (Tuesday, September 2, 1997) 11:35pm/23:35 (09:83 in Metric Time) UTC-4/GMT-4/ET/EDT Time Zone

Birth Location: Grand River Hospital (building), KW Hospital (neighbourhood), Kitchener (city), Waterloo Region (regional municipality), Ontario (province), Canada (country), North America (continent), Earth (planet), Solar System (solar system), Milky Way Galaxy (galaxy), Orion Arm (specific galactic location), Local Group (galaxy group), Virgo Supercluster (or Local Supercluster) (supercluster), Laniakea Supercluster (galactic supercluster), Observable Universe (observable part of the universe), Universe (entire universe), Multiverse (speculative collection of universes), Cosmic Bulk (speculative higher-dimensional space) 😁

Religious/Cultural/Ethnic Background: Waterloo Region General Conference (Modern) Mennonite with maternal lineage of "Swiss Mennonite" religious/cultural/ethnic group (1600s immigration from Switzerland/South Germany to Pennsylvania/Ontario) and paternal lineage of "Russian Mennonite" religious/cultural/ethnic group (1600s immigration from Netherlands/Germany to Russia/Ukraine, 1920s immigration from Russia/Ukraine to North & South America - Paraguay in my grandparents case, then immigration to British Columbia in my grandparents/father's case in 1950s).

Current Theological/Spiritual/Morality/Religious Stance (as of 2025/01/01): I hold Judeo-Christian moral values with idea that "God" is a psychological concept that universally exists in all beings, that gives life and grows life in individual beings and collectively, rather than a giant, human-like autonomous divine being which is the typical Judeo-Christian perception of "God". I'm not part of any religious group or organization anymore because of my view that all religions are ideologies and religious groups/gatherings/institutions are highly susceptible to harmful groupthink, cult-like behaviour, violence, and abuse of power emotionally, financially, physically, and sexually by its leaders even if they hold pacifist views and promote welcoming and love of everyone and all creation.

See Personality Metrics Research page

Third-Person Singular Pronouns: 

• He (Subject)

• Him (Object)

• His (Dependent Possessive)

• His (Independent Possessive)

• Himself (Reflexive).

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_personal_pronouns#Complete_table.

• I include more than just the typical two pronouns and am intentional about explaining the grammar involved because I think we need to be precise and comprehensive in our speech in general. I want to encourage people to think about what they are actually trying to achieve by announcing their pronouns when identifying themselves online or in person, as most of the time people do not announce all of their possible pronouns leading to others having to make assumptions which seems counter-productive.

• I believe that we should always try to respect what a person wants to be called or referred to, both their name(s) and pronouns no matter if these names and pronouns aren't what feels most natural or convenient for ourselves to call the person. I am concerned about the idea that this should be legally enforced though.