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It means what it means, not what it is often interpreted as meaning. Our challenge is to discover its intent.....and who has the courage for that?

When exactly do you become a Christian? Christianity is a culture which manifests differently in different parts of the World. The Christian culture generally is at war with itself, each faction trying to win over others from the other or prove the other wrong. Christian culture has little to...

According To Webster, What Is A Strong Delusion? When those who are dead and patently decaying are deemed alive and either enjoying bliss like a continual orgasm or endlessly jumping from one red hot plate to the other cursing the God who maintains it.

Opinion and interpretation are bedfellows of us all. Not to see this is to ones disservice. For example, is Jesus promoting cannibalism when he tells us to drink his blood and eat his flesh? ....and if we literalism is high on the agenda, 3 days in the grave is hardly accurate.

Ahhhh, advice! Have you noticed all the advice dished out? What is painful is the flattery the giver pats herself with.....particularly when advice is unasked for. Yeah, I'm a grade school kid and a hungry sponge able to determine the difference between talking with and preaching at! :Broadly:

relying on? Intuition! do you think that's a valid guide.....or is it purely in ones head?

Ohhh AJ! too many words, far too many. Are you not aware that I have taken your advice to not read them.....a long time ago. A cursory overview confirms your rattling. The repetitions don't cease. I guess you assume you are talking to a grade school kid!

why not look at the text?

I'm glad the belief in gravity is in the consciousness of many. Imagine the carnage if the majority insisted on a different persuasion. :Broadly:

Canada officially recognizes the State of Palestine So do I. Does it count?

hmmmm. Could it be because the scriptures were written by males in a society that saw women as 'second class' citizens? Do you think the characteristics of God revealed to Moses on the mountain when Moses asked to see God are predominantly the domain of males? Exodus 34: 6-7.. 'The Lord, the...

Rapture ... this week? 11.59pm Thursday...wearing a MAGA hat! :IDK:

'Sole purpose of reproduction'...hmmm. Sounds limiting to me. Obvious? I know women can break stones and men can change nappies. I know women can fight and men kill each other. Maybe you mean women like pink and men like any colour except pink? Tell me what is 'obvious' to you AJ.

We use gender terms because it's the only way we can separate the genders. We ascribe gender to God because of our limitation. It appears we are able to reproduce (create new life) I understand angels don't have this ability, at least I've never heard of baby angels or angels with breasts. As to...

What I'm saying is that ascribing genders to God as we understand them is limited and flawed. God is Spirit and does not have a penis or a vagina.....yet both characteristics/ qualities/ motivations are embodied in God.

in all the Hebrew.

Could we stretch the NC to include the OC peoples? Could we stretch it to include ALL of Earth's inhabitants from ALL time in every tribe, nation and people?

The West has gendersied God as male. The Spirit in Hebrew is referenced as female An interesting consideration.....Genesis 1:26-27 'Let US make man in OUR image.......so God created man in his OWN IIMAGE; in the image of God he created them; MALE and FEMALE he created them.

The question is raised, are numbers representative of other than the sum of its digits. I would suggest yes. Are the names of the tribes....even the name of their collective 'Israel' other than the literal. I would suggest yes.

Does God have independent gender?