We don't. Really get it. I admit I am a Christian, true and proud because
I believe that I am going to need something more than what is on earth to
help me continue figuring out what life is about. I do not condemn anyone
who is not Christian--I just pray that they too find solace in what every
they chose to trust in. For all I know God could be a women or something
"otherworldly" that is beyond human conceptions, I don't know. I don't have
any answers, but each night I pray to have them answered!
God Bless All,
Mandy
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Burns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: STUDIES IN WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, February 12, 1999 5:00 PM
Subject: Re: ECOFEM digest 1233
>
>>Dear Ecofems; particularly Nicole and Mandy;
> I very rarely post to this list because I live way out in the
>woods and only check my email once a week or so when I come to town to
>the college library.
> Can there be a truce between the monotheistic faiths and feminism?
> It's an important question. I certainly hope so. Of course there
>also needs to be atruce between the monotheistic faiths thamsleves but
>that seems to be slowly coming about in the world; though there's
>certainly a religious element in the conflicts in the Balkans and
>Palestine. I think Angela had a good point that more change might be
>effected by trying to work within the established faiths rather than
>seeking their outright overthrow and replacement by new ones (or older
>ones!) I urge the Christians who read this list to study Christian
>feminism. It's a legitimate study, not an oxymoron. I used to be a
>fundamentalist myself, I've read the Bible cover to cover at least
>twenty times; I assure you it's easy to defend both God imaged as
>female, and a concern on God's part for women and the earth from both
>Testaments. The fact that it's not the usual slant of the Bible only
>makes it stand out all the more and support the claim that the book
>has some inspiration over and beyond the cultures it originates from.
> As for Judgment Day; it begins with the house of God! C.S. Lewis
>called the Magnificat the most terrifying passage in the whole Bible-
>a speech by a woman proclaiming God's opposition to the arrogance and
>pride of men. And then there's Revelation 11, I believe (it's been a
>while!): the day comes "for destroying those who destroy the earth!"
>Believers of all faiths must realize the call to spread love, mercy,
>and compassion. There is plenty and to spare of judgment for
>everyone! I can just see Jesus, Moses, Mohammed, Krishna, Buddha
>(just to pick on the men) up there somewhere weeping in each other's
>arms and saying "they just don't get it yet, do they?"
> -Bob Burns
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