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OOPS :>)
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Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 10:59
PM
Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Rightousness (jd
2 cd)
DAVEH: Since I posted that, I rather regret
my haste in doing so. Since then, I've been browsing a bit and should
have noticed the next verse.......
[27] So God
created man in his own image, in the image of God
created he him; male and female created he them.
.......the own
is italicized, indicating it has been added for clarification. Therefore
your original quote.......in his
image.......may accurately reflect the
message.
I understand your beliefs regarding the
absence of a female creator. From my LDS perspective though, it is not a
possibility most LDS folks would deny.
Taylor wrote:
Do any of the translations use that phrase, Bill?
As to your question, DaveH, good
point: not that I know of. As for the rest of your
post, I do not believe in any female God(desse)s, creators or not. I do
believe, however, that the plural "our" can only strengthen my
case.
God's blessings to ya, dude.
Bill
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
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