- Even if Biblical Scripture is essentially the “men’s minutes” of divine history, the women therein generally come off much better than the men – and whenever the women are named, there is growth in the church: Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, Miriam, Deborah, Hannah, etc.
- Because the male gender language has been inclusive, representing the universal, there is no English way for men to refer to themselves in the particularity of being male – no way, in other words, that we can distinctly represent the specifics of being male only. So just who has been more impoverished by this defect?
- When I get away from my emotions, I’m also far from my God … (God is love).
- Argument: It’s possible to do religion without faith, but impossible to maintain a mutually loving connection without faith i.e. trust. Thus, positive relationship exists with the Divine.
- Hosanna and Alleluia as universal expressions of awe and ecstasy.
- Hashem = “the unnamable name” = neutral.
- Adoni = lord = male.
- Elohim = breast = female.
- The idea of “casting spells” is that you can order God/the gods/spirits to do your bidding rather than the other way around.
- Zionism originated to save a language. That is, a language needs a place where it lives.
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In downsizing to a remote fishing village in Downeast Maine, this eclectic writer feels everything's coming together.
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One of the admirable traits of Christianity is its inclusiveness. Judaism defines itself as the Chosen People — you have the be selected to be one of the elect. But a Pope will get down on his knees and wash the feet of a prisoner, making a very telling point.