Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxf.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!ihnp4!ihuxf!features From: features@ihuxf.UUCP (M.A. Zeszutko) Newsgroups: net.religion,net.women Subject: Re: the gender of God Message-ID: <2352@ihuxf.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-Aug-84 15:22:20 EDT Article-I.D.: ihuxf.2352 Posted: Wed Aug 15 15:22:20 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Aug-84 03:04:57 EDT References: <633@ihnp4.UUCP>, <3432@cbscc.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 7 Maybe our problem is in referring to God with a noun in the first place. I ran into one theologian who postulated that the Trinity was "Creator, Redeemer and Sanctifier"...no nouns needed here. It avoids the male/female thing entirely. Mary Ann Zeszutko AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville IL ihnp4!ihuxf!features