[Faith-talk] Changing Words

[sarah at sarahblakelarose.com]

I strongly dislike "Father, Mother God" and some of the other changes that people want to make. I can understand some changes in certain contexts, but I think these need to be done very carefully and with understanding. Changing our representation of God to a mother represtntation because so man people have had bad experiences with fathers is faulty logic. What will we do then about the people who have had bad mother relationships? It leaves us with nothing to call God. God needs to be bigger than our personal experiences, big enough to heal them.


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Subject: [Faith-talk] Changing Words

Hi Debby,

That's one of the reasons I like the music in my current church.  
When I was a Lutheran, they changed the litergy words and tunes, and it was hard to learn and be comfortable for the changes.  
When I was a United Methodist, we said a prayer once to Father, mother God.  I was disgusted.  Yep, it's a lot of brailling to keep up with the unbiblical changes, and even with taking Thee, Thy, and Thou out of the hymn texts.  They're much less poetic by the time they get through with their unnecessary editing! It's bothersome at best.

Blessings,

Linda

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