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Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
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Date: 
Sun, 5 Mar 2000 08:20:31 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Ben Roller writes:
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

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 that one's Christian status was entirely dependent on
how one referred to God, and my apologies if that's how I'm coming across. But
I still think that Jesus has given us the example on how to address God.


Pete Callaway



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(...) 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 (24 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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