Created in who's image? (soul, mythology, worship, Jews)

[TroutDude]

I cover the gender conundrum by directing my gratitude to the All-Mother and All-Father.

(All-Thing doesn't work for me.)

[mordant]

Originally Posted by Oakback

I agree, and it may be one of the causes of the increased interest in marionology.

(Now calm down. Your lack of a response concerning yet another form of theology, will not be construed as acquiescence. I'm merely making a point)

NP, I have no response about Mary-adoration, anyhow. Kind of off my formerly-protestant radar. :-)

[mordant]

Originally Posted by TroutDude

I cover the gender conundrum by directing my gratitude to the All-Mother and All-Father.

(All-Thing doesn't work for me.)

How about All-Person or All-Being? ;-)

[TroutDude]

Originally Posted by mordant

How about All-Person or All-Being? ;-)

Reasonable.

But lacking a tad in the warm-n-fuzzy department.

[mordant]

Originally Posted by TroutDude

Reasonable.

But lacking a tad in the warm-n-fuzzy department.

Yes. We do not honor our birth-beings or parental-persons. Avoiding gender where it clearly applies and is a positive thing does seem contrived.

[Woodrow LI]

Originally Posted by Oakback

I remember year's ago being surprised when I first heard a priest friend ( he had been one of Mother Theresa's priests in Calcutta) , would start the Lord's prayer by saying "Our Mother and Father....."

But I can't disagree with him.

If someone says the word "God". What pops into mind? Man?, Woman?

I maintain, whatever "pops into mind" is incomplete.

Out of curiosity was your Priest friend a Thomason Catholic? The Mother/Father translation comes from the Aramaic Lord's Prayer and the word Abwun (Pronounced Avoon) translates into English as Mother/Father -- a being that is both, yet has no gender.

[nezlie]

Just my opinion, but it seems to me that people like to talk the good talk and intellectualize God as an invisible spirit, etc., etc. However, when in their deepest most personal thoughts on the subject, they fall back on the representation of the God that they formed their early images of from movies, pictures, artwork and other visuals. That God was the father-like figure that was projected in the scripture stories. And the default goes something like this...

http://files.myopera.com/JanetB/albu...20Computer.gif

[Oakback]

Originally Posted by Woodrow LI

Out of curiosity was your Priest friend a Thomason Catholic? The Mother/Father translation comes from the Aramaic Lord's Prayer and the word Abwun (Pronounced Avoon) translates into English as Mother/Father -- a being that is both, yet has no gender.

I don't remember what "order" he was in. Other than the missions of charity.

[perry335654]

Originally Posted by Ceist

Ask them if they think God has a penis and what he uses it for? If they say no, ask them what makes God male then.

You're pretty crude dude

[TroutDude]

Originally Posted by perry335654

You're pretty crude dude

And you're quite a prude, Dude.