Re: lovegender, reptillianbrain,looong.
ringchild (kring@mail.eclipse.net)
10 Oct 1997 04:09:17 GMT
> Actually, Sky, in the same OT class, we learned that the original wording
of
> Hebrew said: God made man in OUR image.
> Originally, the Hebrews did look at God as both Mother and Father. You
can
> find it in the texts--in Proverbs, I think it was, God wsa described as
being
> the protective father and as the murturing mother. Somewhere along the
line,
> they began to look at God as completely male. So interesting, huh?
>
> Lovin You,
> Julia
>
> (a note from a new guy) There's actually quite a lot of feminine imagery
of related to God and the Spirit in the bible. There's a few good books
i've seen (one by Virginia Mollenkott, I believe). If anyone's interested,
i can dig them up and give you any info that'll help you find them... It's
a difficult subject, however, for those of us for whom ancient hebrew or
koine greek is not a native tongue (i.e., everyone). A "masculine" image
of God is actually reinforced by the english language... In languages like
greek and hebrew, every noun has a gender. So a tree is a "he" and a boat
is "she." a fish is a he, whether it is a male or female fish. and god
happens to be "he." The unfortunate thing that happens when these
languages are translated to english is that fish and trees and boats all
become "its" but God remains "he." When in fact, god is just as assexual
as a boat. Unfortunately, also, is that our idea of "masculinity" is so
twisted. but i suppose that's a whole other subject... We cannot be
surprised, though, that western minds would mistake analogical portraits
of God as scientific descriptions...
Well, i guess the real point is that if one were seeking the spirit
and seeking truth, instead of seeking to preserve empty notions - and if we
have experienced any degree of interaction with the Spirit - we would find
it quite ridiculous to speak of God in any gender specific terms. In fact,
it's often difficult to use words at all, which is why we cry out to the
Spirit in pure syllables which express what words could never...
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