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An Anthropomorphism right?





Manny

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Originally posted by menace71
An Anthropomorphism right?





Manny
Naturally, but why is okay to anthropomorphise gods but then reject any sort of reasonable analysis of the semantics of our language?

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Originally posted by amannion
What the?
Maybe it'stime to head back to your box ...

On second thoughts, maybe you could explain something: Why is this god thing a father? Why not a mother? Or a sister or brother? Why any sort of family connection at all?
You think its a Freudian thing? 🙂
(serious)

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No argument 🙂 I think it is a legitimate argument. Though in the bible god calls himself a father. This may be why.





Manny

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Originally posted by menace71
No argument 🙂 I think it is a legitimate argument. Though in the bible god calls himself a father. This may be why.





Manny
No, that's not in the entire Bible, that's only in the New Testament. The NT is taking some liberties in that regard because 1) It's Jesus' perspective, and 2) It supports the patriarchal organizational and cultural ideas of Christian church leaders in all these centuries following the life and death of Jesus of Nazareth.

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Originally posted by Badwater
No, that's not in the entire Bible, that's only in the New Testament. The NT is taking some liberties in that regard because 1) It's Jesus' perspective, and 2) It supports the patriarchal organizational and cultural ideas of Christian church leaders in all these centuries following the life and death of Jesus of Nazareth.
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Though in the bible god calls himself a father. This may be why.

You:
No, that's not in the entire Bible, that's only in the New Testament. The NT is taking some liberties in that regard because 1) It's Jesus' perspective, and 2) It supports the patriarchal organizational and cultural ideas of Christian church leaders in all these centuries following the life and death of Jesus of Nazareth.
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These are Old Testament passages which demonstrate that you are misrepresenting the biblical facts:

"But now, Jehovah, You are our Father; We are the clay and You our Potter ..." (Isaiah 64:8)

"For You are our Father, Since Abraham does not know us, And Israel does not acknolwedge us." (Isaiah 63:16)

"A son honors his father, and a servant his lord. Therefore, if I am a Father, where is My honor? And if I am the Lord, where is My fear? says Jehovah of hosts ..." (Malachi 1:6)

And here the Apostle Paul is quoting a couple of verses in the Old Testament when he reminds the Corinthian Chistians:

"And I will be a Father to you, and you will be sons and daughters to Me, says the Lord Almighty." (2 Cor. 6:18 comp 2 Sam. 7:14; Hosea 1:10; Isa. 43:6)