- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
It's because he's that bible guy (pronounced by Bruce Willis as "hey-zeus") and is going to save the universe by using the power of forgiveness in the end, the reference to John 1:17 is because he started by enforcing Moses's Law/Justice.
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It's because they dearly love a card game that involves eleven's and seven's, and their favorite card dealer's name was John.
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Because his name was John and he was the 117th Spartan, and Spartans were designated by number instead of descriptive phrases like "Vegitarian-Spartan" or "Runs from Battles-Spartan." My favorite was "Drives Warthog Slow-Spartan." Before the Spartan Project was terminated, they were working on "Super-Betrayal Spartan."