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Originally Posted by PedOncoDoc
The Bible is not the only holy writing that references God or a supreme being/entity/etc. Calling God "Him" is labeling God as "male" which is entirely consistent with the Christian perspective (or allows for consistency if choosing to use the Christian labeling paradigm). I was stating that doing so right after stating one doesn't want to label God is ironic. I was not challening the correctness of the statement; I was pointing out the contradiction in the 2 statements. MOO, YMMV.  |
Ped, I am not sure if you are trying to be "thought provoking" or just provoking. But I am not contradicting myself when I call God a Him. Jesus, was born a male, the Bible refers to God as Him and if you have not guessed, Sir, I am a Christian. And while you may see the Bible as NOT the only holy writing, it is for me. And I fail to see the irony in my statement.
The labeling I am referring to is the labelling done in the article that Richard shared with us. If you look at the society we live in, we label everything and everyone. If a child is a bit hyper and the parents don't want to control him/her, the child is labelled as ADD or ADHD or whatever the shrink deems necessary. The writings in the article, as I read it, sounds like it was written by a person(s) who does not understand God and is trying to fit HIM in a nice, neat lil box of labels instead of reading the scriptures. And that sort of behavior is one that is usually exemplyfied by liberals or progressives.