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Originally Posted by Rekna
my point on arguing was when I read what was said, it seemed to me to be subltle attempt to bait people into commenting on it (which worked). The gender of god (or lack thereof) had nothing to do with the conversation at hand and that comment seemed to be added with the sole intent of baiting people into the conversation. Assigning a gender to god is pretty silly in itself because it suggests god is part of procreation and that there is a counterpart to god that he can procreate with. He is mearly the normal pronoun to use when refering to god and it doesn't imply gender. It doesn't work as a pronoun because it implys a non-living object and Christianity is about a living God. I stand by my statement that he used the pronoun she only to strike an argument if you wish to use a euphamism and call it "discussion" or "thinking about it" go ahead and do it but that wording was clearly chosen for a reason.
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It is simply amazing to watch the results of a simple change in wording. I Use She simply because it has the effect (sometimes) of making people consider the actual form of this GoD entity. If you decide to argue about it (which I have not seen in this thread) that is more a picture into your own personality than anything else. Most people I have found simply ask Why?
In answer.....Why is God a He?
Should you decide to consider
this question....perhaps some measure of enlightenment on the authors of these books will come to light....or perhaps not.