Is the church trying to be relevant again? The supposed sex of a made up being is quite irrelevant to today's problems. I understand that for those that follow such religion it might be important,...
Is the church trying to be relevant again?
The supposed sex of a made up being is quite irrelevant to today's problems. I understand that for those that follow such religion it might be important, but the bible refers to it quite often as male. To now claim that "he isn't male, we just call him that", is a rather weak excuse to avoid to come down on either side of this discussion.
As for the bishop who started this discussion:
I don't want young girls or young boys to hear us constantly refer to God as he,' she said.
I'd rather not want young girls or young boys believe in something like god at all and potentially enter an institution which, quite contrary to it's positive message, preys on the weak and the young especially.
The Church of England, Great Britain's preeminent architecturally-endowed tea society for the elderly, has a long-standing habit of releasing mildly progressive statements, to which the...
Is the church trying to be relevant again?
The Church of England, Great Britain's preeminent architecturally-endowed tea society for the elderly, has a long-standing habit of releasing mildly progressive statements, to which the parishioners go "yes, well that's very nice then", because nobody who chooses to get their religiosity via the CoE actually cares that much one way or another.
Other recent CoE positions which are very nice then, just in the last week, include "ban gambling logos from sports*", "fine the social media giants", and "take part in Spring Clean". All very nice indeed, and you should try the lovely scones that Miriam left by the door.
Short answer -- nah, the CoE's been attempting to harvest this sort of relevancy for about 35 years, after they realized that nobody who chooses CoE is actually too bothered about god and/or Jesus (and thus hellfire isn't much of a deterrent). It doesn't quite work. CoE schools, of which there are over 4,500, educate about a million British children every year, and even with that preposterous arrangement their membership keeps dropping and dropping. Their current position is that you don't even have to go to church to "experience Jesus" or whatever.
*Sports gambling is much less taboo in the UK than in the US; many sporting events carry gambling advertising in one form or another, with some betting sites even directly associated with the sport's broadcasters.
Is the church trying to be relevant again?
The supposed sex of a made up being is quite irrelevant to today's problems. I understand that for those that follow such religion it might be important, but the bible refers to it quite often as male. To now claim that "he isn't male, we just call him that", is a rather weak excuse to avoid to come down on either side of this discussion.
As for the bishop who started this discussion:
I'd rather not want young girls or young boys believe in something like god at all and potentially enter an institution which, quite contrary to it's positive message, preys on the weak and the young especially.
The Church of England, Great Britain's preeminent architecturally-endowed tea society for the elderly, has a long-standing habit of releasing mildly progressive statements, to which the parishioners go "yes, well that's very nice then", because nobody who chooses to get their religiosity via the CoE actually cares that much one way or another.
Other recent CoE positions which are very nice then, just in the last week, include "ban gambling logos from sports*", "fine the social media giants", and "take part in Spring Clean". All very nice indeed, and you should try the lovely scones that Miriam left by the door.
Short answer -- nah, the CoE's been attempting to harvest this sort of relevancy for about 35 years, after they realized that nobody who chooses CoE is actually too bothered about god and/or Jesus (and thus hellfire isn't much of a deterrent). It doesn't quite work. CoE schools, of which there are over 4,500, educate about a million British children every year, and even with that preposterous arrangement their membership keeps dropping and dropping. Their current position is that you don't even have to go to church to "experience Jesus" or whatever.
*Sports gambling is much less taboo in the UK than in the US; many sporting events carry gambling advertising in one form or another, with some betting sites even directly associated with the sport's broadcasters.
How did you make text smaller for your quote?
Just did
<sub> text text text </sub>to make it subscript :) And you can use "sup" for superscript, too!It is relevant for the ones who believe god is not made up. And there’s quite a few of those people.