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Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
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Sat, 4 Mar 2000 10:52:42 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dan Boger writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Peter Callaway writes:
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> > It spins me out no end that God cares about us all. Imagine your greatest
> > hero, moviestar, musicstar, etc, someone who you'd do anything to meet. Then
> > imagine actually seeing them somewhere (say, walking down the red carpet to
> > the next Oscar's) and they stop and say "Hi Dan, how are you? Want to join me
> > tonight? I've got a spare seat". Multiply that out the window, and that's how
> > I feel about God's interest in me. God does care about us, He's shown this on
> > numerous occasions. We are His creations. You don't create life and then toss
> > it out in the garbage bin.
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> hurmph. I have still yet to see anything that tells me that God "cares" (not
> to mention exists). The only reason that I can't say I don't believe in god
> is that I admit the possibility that such a being does exist, and it's beyond
> me to comprehend it. I've no proof one way or the other.
What proof have you looked for? Give me some indication and then we can take
this further.
> > P.S. This political correctness thing with calling God "she" is pathetic.
> > Sorry if that offends people, but it is. God the Father, God the Son and God
> > the Holy Spirit. There is no mention anywhere in anyone's Bible of "she" when
> > referring to God, not by Himself, Jesus, or anyone else. It's not sexist,
> > it's the way it is.
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> well now. I've decided years ago that if there is such a thing as god, I'd
> refer to it as a she, just because that will make things more interesting. I
> never said that said God is the one mentioned in the Bible, or the Koran, or
> the Tora... as my wife rightly points out, who cares what chromosomes God
> has, if it's xx or xy? why would god even have a gender?
You've decided that God is a she just to make things more interesting. That's
about as rational as me calling you "Rebecca" just to make things more
interesting. You may say that's OK, I can call you what I want, but the fact
remains that it is not who you are. Calling someone by a different name or
different gender just to make things interesting is arrogant.
The Gender of God is not of paramount importance, but in our label-conscious
world we need to give one to God, so He has chosen to be referred to as God
the Father. Jesus (aka God the Son) refers to Him in this way, and when he
first recited The Lord's Prayer, started it off with "Our Father, who art in
Heaven....". Check the Hebrew and Greek original scripts of the Old and New
Testament if you don't believe me. There is no feminine or neuter form used to
descibe God. Even God the Holy Spirit is referred to as male (John 14:16-18).
> "It's just the way it is"? what way is that again? is that what it says in
> the book you're reading? why would I believe that book, and not the one next
> to it?
Which book do you want to believe? The book that tells it "as it is", or the
book which waters it down and allows you to manipulate things to suit your own
lifestyle, where morality is relative. The Bible is not a role playing game,
where you decide the storyline.
What do you know about the Bible I read? Do you know that it was written by
over 60 different authors over thousands of years, yet combines together as
one consistent historical document.
Aside from the fact that other contemporary texts refer to and equally
accurately describe the events in the Bible, what you need to believe in is
the life of Jesus, and have faith that he is who he says he is. I believe that
he has proved that. It takes faith to believe it, and it takes faith not to
believe it.
Pete Callaway
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| (...) me (...) how (...) on (...) toss (...) well - didn't you say that you feel god's interest? I never felt that, and never saw anything to even make me begin to think that... (...) when (...) first of all, I did read all through the old testament (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
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| (...) Say, this bring up an interesting point (for me, anyway). I'm curious about something... Over my lifetime, I've heard God referred to as He millions of times, and in more recent years, occasionally I've heard Him referred to as She, but I (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
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| (...) Consistent? Hahaha. You may want to review some of the previous threads here which ended up with the christians trying to explain away all the bible's inconsistencies as actually being consistent if you interpreted the words the way that made (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) hurmph. I have still yet to see anything that tells me that God "cares" (not to mention exists). The only reason that I can't say I don't believe in god is that I admit the possibility that such a being does exist, and it's beyond me to (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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