Reply to: Christians dying out or..

[_V_]

Well they/them are hardly likely to be white European as believed by most churches if you follow either creation story - "Old testament" or "Out of Africa" God made man in his image or we are descended from apes so the image would be Brown with curly hair.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...t-spanish-town

[NigelJK]

Man created God in his own image, for his own ends.

[vetran]

And black

Artist who painted God as a black woman gets abuse

https://metro.co.uk/2017/05/29/artis...abuse-6668676/

Well they/them are hardly likely to be white European as believed by most churches if you follow either creation story - "Old testament" or "Out of Africa" God made man in his image or we are descended from apes so the image would be Brown with curly hair.

[Paddy]

I find it incredible that people believe god is a man, like he couldn't have a vagina and still be god?

And black

Artist who painted God as a black woman gets abuse

https://metro.co.uk/2017/05/29/artis...abuse-6668676/

[SueEllen]

I'd suggest that contemplating the gender of the tooth fairy is just as serious (and important) as contemplating the gender of any one of the thousands of gods that are worshipped across this planet.

The problem with humans is we anthropomorphise everything.

[SueEllen]

I find it incredible that people believe god is a man, like he couldn't have a vagina and still be god?

(You've become woke!)

That's why some other religions have different faces/visions of God and to many appear to worship many Gods.

[Paralytic]

I find it incredible that people believe god

FTFY

[_V_]

I find it incredible that people believe god is a man, like he couldn't have a vagina and still be god?

[Paralytic]

If you don't want to take part in a grownup conversation, you are welcome to leave. Theology is a serious academic study regardless of faith (there's lots of atheist theologians)

I'd suggest that contemplating the gender of the tooth fairy is just as serious (and important) as contemplating the gender of any one of the thousands of gods that are worshipped across this planet.

[Whorty]

If you don't want to take part in a grownup conversation, you are welcome to leave. Theology is a serious academic study regardless of faith (there's lots of atheist theologians)

I'm good thanks including other fictional, fantasy characters in the conversation. There have been as many eye witness, provable, accounts of the tooth fairy as there have of any god.

Difference is, one fantasy character is aimed at children and so it's accepted doesn't exist. Whilst the other is aimed at adults, so must exist. Even when zero evidence of either.

This is fascinating to me. I'm loving this thread.

[_V_]

So there are plenty of mentions but you don't think that's the correct interpretation... that's very different to there being no mention.

Jesus clearly referred to his Father. A lot of the stuff he said got the Jews pretty upset, but nobody seemed to find that controversial. They had a go at him for picking an ear of corn on Saturday but not for misgendering the Almighty, suggests it was accepted.

It is not accurate to say that Jesus referred to God as his "Father" in a way that would be considered misgendering by today's standards. In the Bible, Jesus often refers to God as his Father, but this does not necessarily imply that God has a gender. The concept of God in the Bible is complex and can be understood in many different ways, depending on one's cultural and religious background.

[sadkingbilly]

If you don't want to take part in a grownup conversation, you are welcome to leave.

your arrogance knows no bounds, does it?

[_V_]

How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?

It is impossible to answer this question as it is a metaphor for a meaningless or insignificant question. The phrase "how many angels can dance on the head of a pin" originated in the Middle Ages and was often used to ridicule theological debates that were considered to be frivolous or irrelevant. The phrase is not intended to be taken literally, but rather as a way of dismissing a question or argument as being insignificant.

[SueEllen]

If you don't want to take part in a grownup conversation, you are welcome to leave. Theology is a serious academic study regardless of faith (there's lots of atheist theologians)

Why did you think what the gender of the tooth fairy is, isn't a serious question?

Or don't you think folklore is also worthy of being studied?

[NotAllThere]

How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?

Just one, Aziraphale. He's the only one who knows gavotte. (Good Omens)