The Church of England is considering whether to stop referring to God as "he" after questions concerning the use of gender-neutral terms were raised by priests.

The topic, which has been discussed by those who follow the Christian faith for many years, is being explored by two commissions in a new joint project.

 

The project has been launched in response to a question asked by Rev Joanna Stobart, vicar of Ilminster and Whitelackington in Somerset at synod, who wished for an update on "more inclusive language" in Church of England services and to refer to God in a "non-gendered way".

Genesis 1:27.

Opening up a big can of worms there i would think.

While they are at it,maybe cancel the bible as a whole?

Too many offending facts in there.

 

50 minutes ago, jvs said:

Genesis 1:27.

Opening up a big can of worms there i would think.

While they are at it,maybe cancel the bible as a whole?

Too many offending facts in there.

 

Perhaps Jesus will be next to get that treatment, and I can just imagine all of the statues/images/icons of the man Jesus being altered to see him wearing perhaps a skirt or something like that, or carrying a handbag – – whatever next, but then again as JVS has suggested, perhaps the bible as a whole should be cancelled. 

3 minutes ago, xylophone said:

Perhaps Jesus will be next to get that treatment, and I can just imagine all of the statues/images/icons of the man Jesus being altered to see him wearing perhaps a skirt or something like that, or carrying a handbag – – whatever next, but then again as JVS has suggested, perhaps the bible as a whole should be cancelled. 

Well he certainly wasn’t white with blue eyes and blond hair.

Membership must really be down ... ????

 

Waiting for Webster's to yet again, redefine words to new meanings ...

 

... all inclusive = we accept everyone's money

5 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Well he certainly wasn’t white with blue eyes and blond hair.

I was going to put the laughing emoji on that post (in agreement) but it seems to have disappeared again??

"Whitelackington"... some things in the Woke world are just too bizarre to be made up.

23 minutes ago, VillageIdiot said:

"Whitelackington"... some things in the Woke world are just too bizarre to be made up.

Why wouldn’t they be, ‘the woke world’ is itself a righting fabrication.

What is the gender neutral term for "imaginary sky wizard" anyway?  

48 minutes ago, xylophone said:

Perhaps Jesus will be next to get that treatment, and I can just imagine all of the statues/images/icons of the man Jesus being altered to see him wearing perhaps a skirt or something like that, or carrying a handbag – – whatever next, but then again as JVS has suggested, perhaps the bible as a whole should be cancelled. 

Whatever next....................

48 minutes ago, xylophone said:

Perhaps Jesus will be next to get that treatment, and I can just imagine all of the statues/images/icons of the man Jesus being altered to see him wearing perhaps a skirt or something like that, or carrying a handbag – – whatever next, but then again as JVS has suggested, perhaps the bible as a whole should be cancelled. 

I thought everyone wore a dress in those days.

The Romans certainly did!

"Our parent who art in heaven....."? 

4 minutes ago, JTXR said:

"Our parent who art in heaven....."? 

Apparently not so ... "hallowed be Thy name"

55 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Well he certainly wasn’t white with blue eyes and blond hair.

I think Surfing Jesus was, but with a California tan, of course.

11 minutes ago, JTXR said:

I think Surfing Jesus was, but with a California tan, of course.

Probably as accurate as any can be, since most mentions of Jesus is 300 yrs after his death.????

 

Maybe one at 55 and one at 125 yrs 'after' death.  And with a life expectancy of 25-33 yrs old back then, that's 2 to 4 whole generations of BS to be passed on.

 

Can we please move the Bible to the fiction section of the library ????

 

 

2 hours ago, jvs said:

Genesis 1:27.

Opening up a big can of worms there i would think.

While they are at it,maybe cancel the bible as a whole?

Too many offending facts in there.

 

Too many facts? Really?

Just as I suspected, GOD was non-binary:

 

Genesis 1:27

New International Version

27 So God created mankind in his own image,
    in the image of God he created them;
    male and female he created them.

There is no God so it's a moot point.

2 hours ago, jvs said:

Genesis 1:27.

Opening up a big can of worms there i would think.

While they are at it,maybe cancel the bible as a whole?

Too many offending facts in there.

 

Are you sure that's what Genesis 1.27 says?????????

12 minutes ago, Lemsta69 said:

There is no God so it's a moot point.

Get the behind me, Satan!

1 hour ago, xylophone said:

Perhaps Jesus will be next to get that treatment, and I can just imagine all of the statues/images/icons of the man Jesus being altered to see him wearing perhaps a skirt or something like that, or carrying a handbag – – whatever next, but then again as JVS has suggested, perhaps the bible as a whole should be cancelled. 

And the other lot's book.

555

 

And now we have no laugh-icon anymore... 

32 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Just as I suspected, GOD was non-binary:

 

Genesis 1:27

New International Version

27 So God created mankind in his own image,
    in the image of God he created them;
    male and female he created them.

The first Bible wasn’t written in English, and in any case what became the first written texts were previously oral stories and poems.

 

The New International Version is way down the line of translations and versions.

 

The transmission, recording, translation, editing and re-editing of the Bible has almost certainly undertaken by men.

 

So I wouldn’t put too much faith on your ‘his own image’ revelation.

 

38 minutes ago, placeholder said:

Too many facts? Really?

Yes really.

3 minutes ago, jvs said:

Yes really.

There are people who are sure there aren't: God is Imaginary - 50 simple proofs

4 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

There are people who are sure there aren't: God is Imaginary - 50 simple proofs

Not sure what you are trying to say.

 

Hope she looks amazing.

1 hour ago, VillageIdiot said:

"Whitelackington"... some things in the Woke world are just too bizarre to be made up.

And most things in the religious world are way too bizarre to have been made up but yet billions of people are brainwashed from childhood to believe all sorts of absurd ridiculous religious garbage. Some go out and try and kill other equally brainwashed people who by pure accident of where they were born believe another version of the nonsense....If u were born in India you were brainwashed Hindu, Italy Catholic, Bagdad, Muslim,  England Protestant , Haiti voodoo, Thailand Buddhist and on and on....never seems to occur to all the religious fanatics that what they believe to their very core has more to do with where they happened to be born and brainwashed  than any other single factor.  Religious zealots however of course think that they alone have seen the "truth".

23 minutes ago, jvs said:

Not sure what you are trying to say.

 

The first 3 words in the link should help, for more details read the whole thing.