A lover of books (everything, well mostly), film, music (early music, classical, jazz, world and folk, especially music off the beaten track), history (especially ancient and medieval), good food and wine, travel, walking, art (looking at), listening to the radio, and sitting somewhere warm with a cold beer and espresso watching the world go by.
Monday, 14 March 2011
Mrs God
Is there a Mrs God? What a great question? I was also tickled to learn that the use of 'He / She' in common prayer books is becoming more widespread in the Christian church. What a wonderful example of theological 'sitting on the fence'. And doesn't this failed and slightly barmy attempt to offend no-one really just please / displease men / women in equal measure? But is god perhaps beyond gender, gender neutral, or a sort of divine hermaphrodite? Hard to say given the importance of sexual reproduction in the maintenance of the species. And given that the majority of the world's monotheistic religions are patriarchal in nature, patriarchal by tradition and patriarchal in contemporary practice, does it really matter? Answers on a postcard please to anyone but me.
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