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04-24-2007, 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Truthseeker
I bet i got attention now! 
I was reading a book that was talking about how the church has been feminized and one point he was making is the way services are done in regards to the type of songs that are song. He mentioned Jeses was a man, so don't use feminine words to describe such as "lovely" and such. I've read of others speaking about how some songs seem to be singing to a boyfriend in the sky type.
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I don't think that "romantic" language is necessarily feminine in nature.
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
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"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
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04-24-2007, 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Ferd
NO! let me repeat: NO!
gender neutral is the same as making church NOW friendly. The church is not friendly to feminism. eeeek!
women like men. men do not like sissyboys.
God is still a man.
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Where do you think our sweet mamas get the mothering nature, Ferd? The devil?
Gen 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
God absolutely has feminine characterisitcs...
However, he chooses to refer to himself in the masculine... and Michlow is NOT disputing that.
Take the time to really read what she's said.
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04-24-2007, 02:02 PM
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If God is the Groom (masculine) and the church is the Bride (feminine) then perhaps the men of the church should act a bit less manly.
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04-24-2007, 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by nathan_slatter
If God is the Groom (masculine) and the church is the Bride (feminine) then perhaps the men of the church should act a bit less manly.
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You first. 
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04-24-2007, 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Ronzo
Where do you think our sweet mamas get the mothering nature, Ferd? The devil?
Gen 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
God absolutely has feminine characterisitcs...
However, he chooses to refer to himself in the masculine... and Michlow is NOT disputing that.
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No, it's humans who have characteristics of God. We were created in GOD'S image, not the other way around. So, no, it isn't that God has masculine or feminine characteristics, it's that we have divine characteristics.
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04-24-2007, 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Ronzo
You first. |
ROFLOL -- nah....
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04-24-2007, 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Chan
No, it's humans who have characteristics of God. We were created in GOD'S image, not the other way around. So, no, it isn't that God has masculine or feminine characteristics, it's that we have divine characteristics.
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*grin*
I have to ask: if we, as humanity, are made in the image of God, having divine characteristics (the whole divine label is a bit, shall we say, strange for me), and we (humanity) are both male and female, then isn't it logical that our characteristics being male/female (depending on gender) are both a result of divine characteristics?
Just a question, wondering what your thoughts are.
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04-24-2007, 02:27 PM
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Please let's be careful to consider that the scriptures do NOT witness that WE ARE THE BRIDE of CHRIST, but rather, the scriptures share with us an understanding involving PREPARATION but using something we (in creation) understand...marriage-grooms-brides
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. [ Rev 21:2]
Our understanding of this scene in the Kingdom of God is greatly served because we have an understanding about brides and grooms.
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04-24-2007, 02:32 PM
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*grin* My post was made tongue in cheek... 
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04-24-2007, 04:01 PM
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Originally Posted by nathan_slatter
*grin*
I have to ask: if we, as humanity, are made in the image of God, having divine characteristics (the whole divine label is a bit, shall we say, strange for me), and we (humanity) are both male and female, then isn't it logical that our characteristics being male/female (depending on gender) are both a result of divine characteristics?
Just a question, wondering what your thoughts are.
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Is it really our being male or female that makes us in the image of God? Are the mere animals and birds and fish of the sea that were also created male and female created in the image of God? No, they are not. Thus, being male or female cannot be what makes us humans in God's image.
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