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To: Kaslin

Oh good grief, I can’t look.

The problem with a lot of great lies is that they are partly based on truths.

But this can also be the basis for setting those lies straight.

I’m a Christian now, but there was a time when I was trying to be serious about modern Judaism. I asked a rabbi (of more orthodox bent) once, when I was a child, why we called God “He” and not “She.” Showing a wisdom which I believe was prompted by God, he pointed out that many of God’s attributes are expressed in the feminine gender.

When God made mankind in His image, He was apparently not satisfied with just one sex to express that image. He produced a female sex for mankind out of Adam’s rib, according to the creation account.

The divine assignment for mankind has not changed. There are two normative genders, each one having a forte in a different area. Temporary overlaps of some duties are possible, but in mankind, permanent overlaps are not, and there are also absolute boundaries. Men cannot bear children, nor can women impregnate themselves. Yes, the system is abusable in fallen mankind, requiring some effort of will to manage to a blessing rather than to a curse.


16 posted on 08/15/2016 7:03:09 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
Aye, the need to refer to The Supreme Being as a 'He' or a 'She' reflects our limitations, not His.
50 posted on 08/15/2016 7:43:06 AM PDT by null and void (Has there ever been a death associated with the Clintons that *wasn't* beneficial to them?)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

It’s probably closer to say that God transcends gender, considering that God is the one who created gender in the first place.

But God has chosen to reveal himself to us in the sense of the masculine pronoun. Who are we to say anything different?

Sheesh.


94 posted on 08/15/2016 12:29:11 PM PDT by Luircin (Stomp Hillary, build wall, stop Islam. Any of the above are good reasons to vote. Trump 2016)
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