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Old 03-15-2013, 01:22 AM
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Re: Inclusive Bible Laguage?
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Originally Posted by Dedicated Mind View Post
no one is changing the message of the gospel only the names we call God. do you really think that God is a male? Isn't the word creator more apt at describing God than Father? did christ have to be a male? do women need a male savior? can't son be called redeemer and be less offensive to gender sensitive women while preserving an apt description of the son's role? i think this language makes sense.
If you change the word Father to something else then you ARE changing the very words penned by the Apostles and other authors inspired by God.

If Creator is more apt than Father then why did they use the Greek word for Father?

Christ was male. Get over it.
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