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If God created all the good things around us then it means he created all EVIL too
RE: If God created all the good things around us then it means he created all EVIL too
(February 2, 2017 at 6:12 pm)Asmodee Wrote:
(February 2, 2017 at 3:00 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: You're confused. The point is not that God has a gender. 'He' doesn't. The issue is our relationship with God is like that of children with their Father.

You're confused.  My father never wanted to make me his bride.

And I noticed you didn't address my logical proof, which still holds "she" is equally accurate.

And if our relationship with God were ONLY "like that of children with their father" and not ALSO "like that of children with their mother" then that means that God has at least one gender-specific trait, meaning she is not genderless as is being claimed.

Your personal gender stereotypes are irrelevant to Christian theology.
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RE: If God created all the good things around us then it means he created all EVIL too
This thread feels like a bar fight.

*leaves thread*
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RE: If God created all the good things around us then it means he created all EVIL too
(February 1, 2017 at 3:28 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: Because it contradicts the mode of address Jesus explicitly instructed us to use, "Our Father". Also it contradicts the primary metaphor for our relationship to Him - the Divine Marriage. He is the Bridegroom; we are the Bride.

(February 1, 2017 at 12:58 am)Kosh Wrote: Life is cheap.

At least we believe in the possibility of true Justice.

And believing in meaningless crap phrases like that can be so comforting.

(February 1, 2017 at 8:25 pm)AtlasS33 Wrote: My problem with that, is that it puts the idea of "God's absence" on the table.
I don't like those who go absent. An entity that go absent randomly without a clue, is a false God.

Being isolated from God is a punishment; controlled state, just like hell fire or oblivion. God can un-do it at any moment. In other words; he's "not absent", but the victim is a cursed; punished; that's why he can't see or feel God.

God can stop the cold at any moment.

I don't like those who go absent without a reason; at least with God I know the reasons that will lead me to the fate above.

So, because you don't like the idea of god being absent, he isn't.  So convenient.

(February 2, 2017 at 3:00 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote:
(February 2, 2017 at 2:18 pm)Asmodee Wrote: I don't see it as a contradiction but as complimentary.  God is BOTH father AND mother, groom AND bride.  We are the bride?  I have a dick.  God does not.  Don't you people advocate for "traditional gender rolls"?

In reality the things you are saying are contradicted by referring to God in the female sense are, themselves, contradictions to the idea of a genderless God.  You can't, in one breath, say "God is genderless" and in the next say "You MUST refer to God in ONLY the masculine sense."  THAT is a contradiction.  If God is truly genderless then there is no reason to use only the masculine sense.  Your only argument could be to use a gender-neutral word, but I very much doubt you would be okay with "it".

Let me explain it with a logical proof for you, since you apparently only speak Bullshittian.

1) God is genderless
2) To be genderless is to be completely devoid of all gender-specific traits
3) Male and female are equal genders, both God's creation, one not more exalted, important or superior
4) If it is an insult or slur to refer to a male as female then it is equally an insult or slur to refer to a female as male
5) Therefore if it is wrong to refer to a genderless being in the feminine sense it is equally wrong to refer to a genderless being in the masculine sense
6) It is not wrong to refer to God in the masculine sense
7) Therefore it is not wrong to refer to God in the feminine sense

Pick any point you like and prove it wrong.

You're confused. The point is not that God has a gender. 'He' doesn't. The issue is our relationship with God is like that of children with their Father.

It does seem that way.  More like toddlers, though
"The last superstition of the human mind is the superstition that religion in itself is a good thing."  - Samuel Porter Putnam
 
           

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