Saturday, March 12, 2005
Feminism in Australia
CALI has the scoooooooop.
As a man, portraying God as male doesn't seem to be doing anything for the status of men in the Church. Most of us feel like it's an alien world - it's a bit like when your a kid and your sister has a birthday party and your the only boy there and you have nobody to talk to who thinks the way you do and they make you play silly games only this isn't your sisters party this is the Church and it's supposed to be for everyone.
Christianity doesn't portray God as male, God reveals himself to us using words like "Father" and Christians listen to HIM. Instead of joining Dr Carol Christ in her stupid Ariadne Institute for the study of Myth and Ritual. Let's learn about God by selecting the godesses from the past that we like: "At first the ancient images of the Goddess did not interest me. Athena was warlike and stated that she always sided with men. Aphrodite was a sex object, and so on." eventually you found a Goddess you did like did you? One a lot like yourself was it?
As a man, portraying God as male doesn't seem to be doing anything for the status of men in the Church. Most of us feel like it's an alien world - it's a bit like when your a kid and your sister has a birthday party and your the only boy there and you have nobody to talk to who thinks the way you do and they make you play silly games only this isn't your sisters party this is the Church and it's supposed to be for everyone.
Christianity doesn't portray God as male, God reveals himself to us using words like "Father" and Christians listen to HIM. Instead of joining Dr Carol Christ in her stupid Ariadne Institute for the study of Myth and Ritual. Let's learn about God by selecting the godesses from the past that we like: "At first the ancient images of the Goddess did not interest me. Athena was warlike and stated that she always sided with men. Aphrodite was a sex object, and so on." eventually you found a Goddess you did like did you? One a lot like yourself was it?
