[Faith-talk] Changing Words

[Ericka]

Children all are we isn't so bad. After all both women and men are blest by God. I can't think of any other examples at the moment but I know exactly what you're talking about David

Changing the Bible to refer to God as he and she is totally much more wrong than revising to him a bit

Ericka Short from my iPhone 6+

> On May 23, 2017, at 4:54 PM, Rob Kaiser via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> One example is the song LET THERE BE PEACE ON EARTH. It use to say with God
> as our father. Now it said With God our Creature. Also, the next line use to
> be Brothers all are we. Now it says Children all are we. 
> 
> Rob Kaiser
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> Blake LaRose via Faith-Talk
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> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] Changing Words
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> 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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> -----Original Message-----
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> Mentink via Faith-Talk
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> Cc: Linda Mentink <mentink at frontiernet.net>
> 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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