Posted on 02/09/2023 7:32:32 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Will “Father, Son, and Holy Spirit” be replaced with “Mother, Daughter, and Holy Spiritess?” Or none of the above? The Church of England is debating going gender-neutral, not because there is biblical precedent for it, but probably because all of the cool kids are doing it.
By way of total disclosure, I was born and raised in the Episcopal Church, which is a direct descendant of the Church of England. I was an altar boy, a term that was changed to “acolyte” when girls started serving on the altar. I was a member of the church well into my 30s when I began dabbling in agnosticism and Buddhism, before becoming an Evangelical and eventually Greek Orthodox.
As someone who grew up in the Episcopal Church with a feminist mother, I honestly never gave the idea of women priests a second thought. At one point, a prayer addressed to the “God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob” had the phrase “and of Sarah, Rebecca, and Rachel” spontaneously added. It didn’t phase me in the least.
And as I entered the ordination process, I occasionally went to conferences and retreats, because that’s what everyone does. Often I was one of the few men there. On one occasion, I was the only man at one of these gatherings. I got a distinct impression that I was being tolerated, but not welcomed. One of the speakers stood up and asserted that Jesus did not begin his ministry at the direction of God, but rather of Mary. She cited the wedding in Cana in which Mary asks Jesus to fix the wine situation as proof. In her estimation, Jesus could not start his work until his mother told him to do so. Well, whatever works for you, I guess.
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The Evil One’s influence continues to infiltrate the churches.
Daddio, Laddy, and the Spook.
The first two terms are not gender neutral. 🤣😀😆
Will God identify as trinary? Pronouns Me, Myself, and I
I have no idea.
More likely: "Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer."
Regards,
If they are no longer a valid church, who cares what they do. In Revelation, Jesus warns the churches about removing their
lampstands. It’s time to leave and find a live church.
It really pisses off progressives that Jesus is a white, jewish male....
Just wait till these people learn of the real, actual, three personal,
Trinitarian GodHead.
They'll then want to rename God... "Sybils"
The OUR FATHER is still in their way to total wokeness...Unless Jesus was an idiot....
Parent 1, Parent 2, Non-Parent or Offspring.
‘“Mother, Daughter, and Holy Spiritess?” Or none of the above?’
No, that’s still gendered language, so it’s still problematic.
Need something more neutral. Like “God 1, God 2, and God 3”. Or “Original Recipe God, Extra Crispy God, and Spicy God”. I dunno, I’m sure they’ll think of something.
Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame.
They need to know the variety of races is a social construct. In reality God created one human race with an endless variety of skin shades.
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