Episcopal diocese of Washington to drop male pronouns for God

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Next step: Drop God

Yes because obviously if God can't be masculine then he's not really God and not worth having.

Well, the Bible actually says God is our Father.

Jesus refers to God as his Father in the Bible as well.

Not genderless being. Not mother. Father. God the Father.

And don't Episcopalians pray the Our Father like all Christian religions? That prayer is universal in Christianity.

Don't Episcopalians baptize in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit? This is also universal in much of Christianity.

If Episcopalian leadership really wants to deviate so far from Biblical teachings, then they should just bite the bullet and separate entirely from Christianity and the Bible.

They can announce that they are no longer Christian and create some sort of fellowship with UUs.

If the Bible is simply a suggestion and the teachings and words of Christ are irrelevant in their leadership's mind then it is really a joke for them to call themselves Christian.

There are many progressive Christians who call themselves "followers of Jesus" rather than believers in Christ.

[Anonymous]

Then why don't they just stop.calling themselves Christians if they do not believe the Bible is the Word of God?

Episcopian leadership just needs to be honest with their membership and openly admit they are rejecting Christianity in favor of creating their own new religion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Next step: Drop God

Yes because obviously if God can't be masculine then he's not really God and not worth having.

A penis is required to be ruler of the universe?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Next step: Drop God

Yes because obviously if God can't be masculine then he's not really God and not worth having.

Well, the Bible actually says God is our Father.

Jesus refers to God as his Father in the Bible as well.

Not genderless being. Not mother. Father. God the Father.

And don't Episcopalians pray the Our Father like all Christian religions? That prayer is universal in Christianity.

Don't Episcopalians baptize in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit? This is also universal in much of Christianity.

If Episcopalian leadership really wants to deviate so far from Biblical teachings, then they should just bite the bullet and separate entirely from Christianity and the Bible.

They can announce that they are no longer Christian and create some sort of fellowship with UUs.

If the Bible is simply a suggestion and the teachings and words of Christ are irrelevant in their leadership's mind then it is really a joke for them to call themselves Christian.

There are many progressive Christians who call themselves "followers of Jesus" rather than believers in Christ.

If they are followers of Jesus, well Jesus makes it crystal clear that God is our Father, not our mom and not some adrogenous being.

If Episcopalians want to recreate God into a god that fits whatever narrative they have, that is their perogative. But then call yourself something else besides Christian. They are being blasphemous and completely dishonest.

[Anonymous]

More than a few Episcopal bishops have challenged the divinity of Jesus and other tenets of the faith.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Next step: Drop God

Yep.

That is wher e the Episcopalian "church" is leading.

They are working towards making the Bible a general suggestion and not the Word of God.

Episcopalians haven't taken the Bible literally for centuries -- because they study the human origins of the Bible

This is the essence of unbelief. If you don't accept Scripture as divinely inspired, you do not believe, and you are not a Christian. I'm not sure why some people insist that they are followers of a faith they don't have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Next step: Drop God

Yep.

That is wher e the Episcopalian "church" is leading.

They are working towards making the Bible a general suggestion and not the Word of God.

Episcopalians haven't taken the Bible literally for centuries -- because they study the human origins of the Bible

This is the essence of unbelief. If you don't accept Scripture as divinely inspired, you do not believe, and you are not a Christian. I'm not sure why some people insist that they are followers of a faith they don't have.

He who believes in me . . .

Not he who believes in me and interprets the Bible in one specific way.

Of course if one is literal then that verse means women don’t go to Heaven.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Next step: Drop God

Yep.

That is wher e the Episcopalian "church" is leading.

They are working towards making the Bible a general suggestion and not the Word of God.

Episcopalians haven't taken the Bible literally for centuries -- because they study the human origins of the Bible

This is the essence of unbelief. If you don't accept Scripture as divinely inspired, you do not believe, and you are not a Christian. I'm not sure why some people insist that they are followers of a faith they don't have.

I'm not sure why some people insist that that's one way of being Christian when there are so many denominations and sects.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Next step: Drop God

Yes because obviously if God can't be masculine then he's not really God and not worth having.

Well, the Bible actually says God is our Father.

Jesus refers to God as his Father in the Bible as well.

Not genderless being. Not mother. Father. God the Father.

And don't Episcopalians pray the Our Father like all Christian religions? That prayer is universal in Christianity.

Don't Episcopalians baptize in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit? This is also universal in much of Christianity.

If Episcopalian leadership really wants to deviate so far from Biblical teachings, then they should just bite the bullet and separate entirely from Christianity and the Bible.

They can announce that they are no longer Christian and create some sort of fellowship with UUs.

If the Bible is simply a suggestion and the teachings and words of Christ are irrelevant in their leadership's mind then it is really a joke for them to call themselves Christian.

There are many progressive Christians who call themselves "followers of Jesus" rather than believers in Christ.

If they are followers of Jesus, well Jesus makes it crystal clear that God is our Father, not our mom and not some adrogenous being.

If Episcopalians want to recreate God into a god that fits whatever narrative they have, that is their perogative. But then call yourself something else besides Christian. They are being blasphemous and completely dishonest.

Recreating God into a preferred narrative is exactly what so many different Christian churches do -- or else there wouldn't be so many different kinds of churches.

[Anonymous]

I have been paying attention to the posts about the Episcopal Church but not commenting much on them, just absorbing others comments but I feel it is time to speak up.

Our church, St. John's has in the past few years lost every single long term staff person or volunteer. 3 associate rectors and has been a ghost town the past several months except for Easter and Christmas but even those days were not as full as usual.

The once dynamic Rector isn't what he used to be. He took a much deserved sabbatical this past summer and to me and some others it just seems like he realized something during it.

The Sunday school enrollment is way down and it seems the entire church -The Episcopal Church has lost it's way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Next step: Drop God

Yep.

That is wher e the Episcopalian "church" is leading.

They are working towards making the Bible a general suggestion and not the Word of God.

Episcopalians haven't taken the Bible literally for centuries -- because they study the human origins of the Bible

This is the essence of unbelief. If you don't accept Scripture as divinely inspired, you do not believe, and you are not a Christian. I'm not sure why some people insist that they are followers of a faith they don't have.

I'm not sure why some people insist that that's one way of being Christian when there are so many denominations and sects.

...that THERE'S....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Next step: Drop God

Yes because obviously if God can't be masculine then he's not really God and not worth having.

Well, the Bible actually says God is our Father.

I can't speak to Greek, but Hebrew does not have a gender neutral word for "parent" . Its either av, or im. When discussing parents or ancestors generally, we use the masculine ("avot") may be used. Similarly for gendering of plural pronouns, children ("Bnei Israel" which is translated children of Israel, really means "sons of Israel" but the female "bnot" is used when females only are referred to, when its a mixed group of children or descendants, its "bnei")

But I suppose to Episcopalians the bible is really an English document

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have been paying attention to the posts about the Episcopal Church but not commenting much on them, just absorbing others comments but I feel it is time to speak up.

Our church, St. John's has in the past few years lost every single long term staff person or volunteer. 3 associate rectors and has been a ghost town the past several months except for Easter and Christmas but even those days were not as full as usual.

The once dynamic Rector isn't what he used to be. He took a much deserved sabbatical this past summer and to me and some others it just seems like he realized something during it.

The Sunday school enrollment is way down and it seems the entire church -The Episcopal Church has lost it's way.

What do you think he realized? Would you ask him?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have been paying attention to the posts about the Episcopal Church but not commenting much on them, just absorbing others comments but I feel it is time to speak up.

Our church, St. John's has in the past few years lost every single long term staff person or volunteer. 3 associate rectors and has been a ghost town the past several months except for Easter and Christmas but even those days were not as full as usual.

The once dynamic Rector isn't what he used to be. He took a much deserved sabbatical this past summer and to me and some others it just seems like he realized something during it.

The Sunday school enrollment is way down and it seems the entire church -The Episcopal Church has lost it's way.

What do you think he realized? Would you ask him?

Not sure, just maybe a vibe many of us at the church have. Could be a mid life thing but with all the staff leaving, all these changes in the church, perhaps it makes for an easy way to make changes if he desires.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Next step: Drop God

Yep.

That is wher e the Episcopalian "church" is leading.

They are working towards making the Bible a general suggestion and not the Word of God.

When they sanctioned gay “marriage” and transgendered, they proved that they are already there