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God is no longer a man, says Scottish Episcopal church (removes all masculine references to God)
Daily Mail ^ | 09/06/2010

Posted on 09/06/2010 7:54:59 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

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Also, in order not to offend the feminine gender, all references to humans will be stripped of gender related language.

Hence, masculine pronouns will be removed.

As an example, the word 'mankind' has been taken out and replaced with 'world'.

1 posted on 09/06/2010 7:55:05 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Will God be pleased to see itself referred to this way?


2 posted on 09/06/2010 7:56:33 PM PDT by Genoa (Titus 2:13)
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Soooooo, Jesus wasn't a man? What was he/she/it? Androgynous?
3 posted on 09/06/2010 7:57:13 PM PDT by irishtenor (Tag lines, they are not what they used to be...)
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Then, in order to avoid offending Scottish traditionalists, all references in the foreign tongue (English) will be removed.

That pretty well does that eh!

4 posted on 09/06/2010 7:57:27 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: SeekAndFind
Disgusting.
5 posted on 09/06/2010 7:57:44 PM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Ve'al kulam eloha s'lichot, s'lach lanu, m'chal lanu, kaper lanu.)
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Guess Mother Nature is off the list, too.


6 posted on 09/06/2010 7:59:41 PM PDT by Bronzy
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To: SeekAndFind

The trivializing headline, “God no longer a man,” is deliberately confusing the issue. I expected more from the Daily Mail.


7 posted on 09/06/2010 7:59:44 PM PDT by Genoa (Titus 2:13)
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8 posted on 09/06/2010 8:00:42 PM PDT by narses ( 'Prefer nothing to the love of Christ.')
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Perhaps this man will set them straight!

[Double] NOVENA FOR POPE BENEDICT XVI [Ecumenical]

9 posted on 09/06/2010 8:00:50 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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Frivolous people striving for irrelevancy.


10 posted on 09/06/2010 8:00:56 PM PDT by samtheman (1)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

LOL! Good one!


11 posted on 09/06/2010 8:01:38 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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In order to avoid insulting the hierarchy of the Scottish Episcopol Church, all references to Equus africanus asinus will be called "donkeys".
12 posted on 09/06/2010 8:01:41 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Gun control was originally to protect Klansmen from their victims. The basic reason hasn't changed.)
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To: SeekAndFind

God is not inclusive. Perhaps they should just remove Him.


13 posted on 09/06/2010 8:03:14 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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Only the Mormons believe God is man,...an exalted man who scored enough points to become a god.

What the unredeemed and confused Eepies are saying is that they will no longer refer to God as a male entity. Which doesn’t change the facts, btw.

God is not threatened by their announcement. He can handle it.


14 posted on 09/06/2010 8:05:00 PM PDT by lurk
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To: SeekAndFind

I was singing a line from “Be Thou My Vision,” that ancient Irish hymn yesterday. I had no trouble singing “Thou my true father, I thy true son” even though I am a woman. I love thinking of God in masculine terms. It’s powerful and strong and noble. I’m his daughter, but I see myself as being cared for tenderly.

C.S. Lewis said that “God is so masculine, that He makes all of creation seem feminine in comparison.”

If Christ is the Bridegroom and the church is the Bride, it gets a little confusing to not call God “He.”

Christ called God Father.


15 posted on 09/06/2010 8:05:26 PM PDT by agrarianlady
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To: SeekAndFind

This is what is known as missing the point.


16 posted on 09/06/2010 8:05:26 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: KarlInOhio

And they wonder why the denomination is dying.


17 posted on 09/06/2010 8:05:47 PM PDT by Patrick1
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To: Genoa

They don’t need to ask. Arrogance is a substitute for just about everything.


18 posted on 09/06/2010 8:06:17 PM PDT by Goreknowshowtocheat
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To: SeekAndFind

We see this political correctness in lots of ways.

For example, have you noticed that you rarely hear politicians or “talking heads” mention the “Founding Fathers” anymore? They instead label them as the “Founders” or the “Framers” of the constitution. They do this because of women’s lib. Even though every single Founding Father was a man, it is considered offensive to women to refer to them by a title which designated them as men. Hence, we now are told about the “Founders” and “Framers” of the constitution.

It’s the same darn thing with this church. It’s offensive somehow to talk about God the Father, so we will bend over backwards not to offend women.

What if I am offended by this change? Does your opinion count if you are offended by the political correctness? Or does the right to be offended and force these changes only go in one direction???????


19 posted on 09/06/2010 8:07:54 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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Obviously God is “beyond human gender”, but He has revealed Himself as a Father, and in His incarnation Jeseus regerred to “His Father”. So get over it.


20 posted on 09/06/2010 8:20:22 PM PDT by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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