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Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
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Sun, 5 Mar 2000 05:44:22 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Peter Callaway writes:
It's on what he did do. He did call God "Father" and "He", and therefore we
(Christians) do too.

I'm not saying that referring to God as masculine is wrong, just that doing
otherwise is equally right.  You're implying that doing otherwise means that
someone is not a Christian.  That's the silly part IMHO.

Ben Roller



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  Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
 
(...) Well, as *some people* may say, Christians try to model their life on Jesus. Since I can't prove that Jesus referred to God in the feminine, but can prove He referred to God in the masculine, that's what I'm gonna do. I didn't mean to imply (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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(...) I think this is getting a tad silly. The focus isn't on what Jesus didn't do. It's on what he did do. He did call God "Father" and "He", and therefore we (Christians) do too. Pete Callaway (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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