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Church of Sweden Officially Drops Calling God ‘Lord’, ‘He’ to be More Inclusive
Breitbart ^ | November 23, 2017 | Virginia Hale

Posted on 11/23/2017 10:25:58 AM PST by C19fan

The Church of Sweden has voted to adopt a controversial new handbook which says masculine references to God, such as “He” and “Lord” should be scrapped so as to be more “inclusive”. Despite heavy criticism from organisations including Royal Swedish Academy, on Thursday the church approved the new handbook with a large majority.

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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: lutheran; sweden
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For God so loved the world, that heit gave hisits only begotten Sonoffspring, that whosoever believeth in himit should not perish, but have everlasting life. Fixed it.
1 posted on 11/23/2017 10:25:58 AM PST by C19fan
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Two words:

1 Hlaf-weard - the guardian of the loaf - keep your hands off our bread!

2 Hlaf-dige - the distributor of the loaf - you’re a guest, have a slice!

After a few sound-changes, we ended up with lord and lady.


2 posted on 11/23/2017 10:29:45 AM PST by proxy_user
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Rev. 22:19: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.


3 posted on 11/23/2017 10:32:26 AM PST by Fungi (A fungus for every life.)
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The hidden Nazis inside the Swedish ruling elite have already sold out Sweden to the IslamoNazi invasion. In just a few years, nobody will even be allowed to pray to the one true Creator....everyone will be forced to prostrate themselves 5 times a day on their nice little prayer rugs, to Alluh instead


4 posted on 11/23/2017 10:32:59 AM PST by faithhopecharity (“Politicians aren’t born, they’re excreted.” - Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: proxy_user

Hlaf a loaf is better than none.


5 posted on 11/23/2017 10:34:26 AM PST by kaehurowing
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I cannot add a comment . . . it would not be considered “inclusive”.


6 posted on 11/23/2017 10:38:04 AM PST by rhubarbk (Winning, Winning, Winning . . . MAGA is a beautiful thing!!!)
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Sweden needs to change the national name to Trottelsland while they wait for Uncle Adolf to appear. Waiting for mohammet is not a option as it is a final solution.


7 posted on 11/23/2017 10:38:10 AM PST by himno hero (hadnuff)
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To: faithhopecharity

everyone will be forced to prostrate themselves 5 times a day on their nice little prayer rugs, to Alluh instead ............................ Instead of the non practicing Muslims who are Muslim in name only, like many Christians and Jews, pass the ham,thanks.


8 posted on 11/23/2017 10:43:01 AM PST by Bringbackthedraft (Damn, the tag line disappeared again? Coursors!)
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To: C19fan

If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. (Romans 10:9)

(He who has ears to hear, let him hear.)


9 posted on 11/23/2017 10:44:19 AM PST by kaehurowing
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Fine, but what’ll all their Muslim imports say (or do)?


10 posted on 11/23/2017 10:50:50 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are silly those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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Cut off their heads.


11 posted on 11/23/2017 10:59:54 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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Evangelical Lutheran state church. I wonder if the Orthodox and even some of the major Protestant denominations should hold a conclave to resolve that the Church of Sweden is no longer a Christian church.


12 posted on 11/23/2017 11:10:49 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Globalism is Colonialism)
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Promoting inclusivity, the New PC Bible will have Jesus crucified between two whores. The traditional thieves are right out!


13 posted on 11/23/2017 11:15:51 AM PST by beelzepug (The permanent political class that runs this country is...the great(est) danger we face)
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“Fine, but what’ll all their Muslim imports say (or do)?”

Likely done FOR them, as muslims believe that Jesus was only a prophet.


14 posted on 11/23/2017 11:29:03 AM PST by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: beelzepug

The entire church is feminine (the bride) to God’s masculine.

Changing that, just like changing the “male and female he made them”, is altering our perceptions of God (and the nature of the relationship he intends for us to have with him).


15 posted on 11/23/2017 11:42:51 AM PST by CondorFlight
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Just have to refer to everybody and everything as an “it” I guess.


16 posted on 11/23/2017 11:44:15 AM PST by BusterDog
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May as well replace the Bible with the Koran while their at it because that country is pretty well in the toilet.


17 posted on 11/23/2017 11:53:36 AM PST by Lent
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We laugh, but people in Sweden believe this kind of thinking!


18 posted on 11/23/2017 12:07:18 PM PST by Theodore R. (Let's not squander the golden opportunity of 2017. The golden opportunity is slipping away.)
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Muslims will take this as agreement that Allah is greater.


19 posted on 11/23/2017 12:30:07 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (CNN IS ISIS.)
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Does God have to obey this? I mean it was God who started all this “Lord” and “He” stuff. I’m sure God is really embarrassed by His (oops, force of habit) lack of inclusiveness now that the “error” has been pointed out by the Church of Sweden.


20 posted on 11/23/2017 12:48:34 PM PST by CommerceComet (Hillary: A unique blend of arrogance, incompetence, and corruption.)
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