Re: [TruthTalk] Rightousness (jd 2 cd)

[Dave Hansen]

in his image DAVEH:  Do any of the translations use that phrase, Bill?     Here's something to consider.  The KJV phrase is....... in our image .......which is plural.  I realize you inferred the Triune nature of the Godhead the Father with the Son and the Son with the Father, in and through the Holy Spirit, when defining God in your below comments.  However, IF deity does indeed exhibit gender, is it not possible the our refers to one of the creators who might be of the feminine gender? Taylor wrote: Dean insists  >  To have a masculine quality is to be a male.    When we read that God created humans both male and female in his image, this is not a reference to God's gender; it speaks instead to his nature as a relational being, a being-in-communion: the Father with the Son and the Son with the Father, in and through the Holy Spirit. That being so, there is no "image of God" in humanity apart from relationship: the image of God is persons in relationship with others persons and God himself. It is that which reflects his glory.    Bill   -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dave Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.langlitz.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you wish to receive things I find interesting, I maintain six email lists... JOKESTER, OPINIONS, LDS, STUFF, MOTORCYCLE and CLIPS.