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Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 5:50 pm
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Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 6:06 pm
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Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 7:41 pm
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Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 7:50 pm
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Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 8:09 pm
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Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 8:11 pm
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Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 1:28 am
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Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 8:40 am
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Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 4:07 pm
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Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 7:34 pm
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Like Ixor said, I don't like the reasons for why you feel God is both. Those are all Western concepts of male and female gender.
If anyone's ever read both Wild at Heart and Captivating (the first by John Eldridge, the second by him and his wife), they'll understand that God is neither male nor female. We're based off of Him, formed in His image, but we aren't God ourselves. There is more to God than just "Father" or, as it may be, "Mother." God has all the characteristics of "male" and "female," and He kindly divided some of them up between men and women. God is fierce and consuming, God is proud, God is protective, God is a fighter, God is a pursuer, God is Father and Son and Husband. But God is also caring, also understanding, also emotional, also jealous, also beautiful, and wanting to be pursued. Sure, any of these traits can cross the lines and can be seen in both men and women, and don't necessarily mean anything when they show up in the "non-normative" gender. But men and women certainly do have certain characteristics that are generally specific to their own "gender." God embodies all of them, and we can see how we are each formed in His image by looking at the Person God is, and then looking at the individuals we are.
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High-functioning Businesswoman
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Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 11:09 pm
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Fushigi na Butterfly Like Ixor said, I don't like the reasons for why you feel God is both. Those are all Western concepts of male and female gender.
If anyone's ever read both Wild at Heart and Captivating (the first by John Eldridge, the second by him and his wife), they'll understand that God is neither male nor female. We're based off of Him, formed in His image, but we aren't God ourselves. There is more to God than just "Father" or, as it may be, "Mother." God has all the characteristics of "male" and "female," and He kindly divided some of them up between men and women. God is fierce and consuming, God is proud, God is protective, God is a fighter, God is a pursuer, God is Father and Son and Husband. But God is also caring, also understanding, also emotional, also jealous, also beautiful, and wanting to be pursued. Sure, any of these traits can cross the lines and can be seen in both men and women, and don't necessarily mean anything when they show up in the "non-normative" gender. But men and women certainly do have certain characteristics that are generally specific to their own "gender." God embodies all of them, and we can see how we are each formed in His image but looking at the Person God is, and then looking at the individuals we are. It's important to note that, while gender identity can be said to affect one's personality and its associated traits, character traits are not gender-specific, neither are feelings or emotions. Angels are without gender. Those in heaven will be without gender like the angels, Jesus said. With all this in mind, is it more accurate to say that God is genderless or both genders?
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Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 5:07 am
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Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 12:39 pm
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Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 4:18 pm
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Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 4:31 pm
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