A new prayer book, with all male references removed, has been released by the Movement for Reform Judaism in Britain.
Only 1% of people think of God as female, with 62% considering God to be male, the online survey conducted earlier this month of 1,050 adults in Britain found.
It doesn’t say what the other 37% think God is. Nonexistent? No gender?
I’m trying to picture how this would work.
Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow;
Praise It, all creatures here below;
Praise It above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Adult Caretaker, Dependent Juvenile, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
Blah. Just doesn’t have the same ring to it. I’ll keep my politically incorrect versions, thank you very much.
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Hey Whackette, check this out: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1652271/posts
A couple years ago the Presbyterian USA church was forming a committee to pick some alternate designations for the trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit was apparently too male-centric). At the end of the article, the author writes: