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To: Quix

Not to be a stick in the mud or anything, but the picture of the youths shows that four of the seven are young ladies. Would the group really have been referred to as “My sons” by our Lord?


8 posted on 07/11/2008 6:56:25 AM PDT by Ol' Sox
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To: Ol' Sox

I wasn’t there.

Quibble away.

I haven’t felt very successful at trying to read 100% of Jesus’ mind or intent.


12 posted on 07/11/2008 7:12:34 AM PDT by Quix (WE HAVE THE OIL NOW http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3340274697167011147)
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To: Ol' Sox
the picture of the youths shows that four of the seven are young ladies. Would the group really have been referred to as “My sons” by our Lord?

Scripture (and virtually all traditional languages) routinely refers to men AND women using the masculine plural. "Brothers" in New Testament Greek almost always implicitly includes sisters. I can't vouch for these visions, however, there is all kinds of biblical precedence for using a masculine article when including women.

Only from our hyper-sensitive, feminist-twisted (and historically very unusual) society do we feel the need to say "brothers AND sisters" when including both.

Of course this new custom is from the same crowd which brought us abortion...

106 posted on 07/26/2008 12:29:49 PM PDT by AnalogReigns
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