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Kay

2009-10-28

Mark wrote: “I’m glad that you are disagreeing between yourselves as to whether there are physiological differences. It is helpful to see where everyone is coming from. It is hard in my opinion to deny that there are such differences. Women and men most definately are not the same.”

In Isaiah God is described in both masculine and feminine terms in succession.
“The LORD will go forth like a warrior,
He will arouse His zeal like a man of war
He will utter a shout, yes, He will raise a war cry
He will prevail against His enemies.
The Blindness of the People
I have kept silent for a long time,
I have kept still and restrained Myself.
Now like a woman in labor I will groan,
I will both gasp and pant.” Isaiah 42:13-14

“You shall not make a carved image for yourself.” This commandment warns us against shaping God according to human or any other image. God is God and we must never forget that. While God may display emotions of love, compassion, mercy and truth which we as humans can relate to as a part of our humanity, God is more than we can ever be or understand. This commandment affirms the truth that God is transcendent, beyond human comprehension and any image we may use will only reveal to us a small part of who God is. Human language may begin to gain insight into God through metaphor, but the truth of the matter is that all metaphors we use for God will always fall short of describing ALL there is to know and understand about God.

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