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Old 03-15-2013, 09:19 PM
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Re: Inclusive Bible Laguage?

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Originally Posted by Dedicated Mind View Post
i'm not saying the bible isn't inspired. but i'm not a fundamentalist that thinks it is infallible and i think that much of its' content is cultural that doesn't apply to all times and all circumstances. we can find truth in other writings and cultures. no need for a closed canon.
You sound pretty sure it's not.

But let me point out that God created Adam first not Eve. He created a man. No that was not cultural since no humans existed

Was it a cultural thing to refer to gods as "father" only? No. There were many female goddesses.

As I said, God identified Himself as "Father".

Despite priestesses and Queens ruling nations in the culture of the day, God declared the priest to be a male and the king to be a male.
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