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#141858 04/22/03 02:02 AM
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Fascinating, Rae! Since I'm currently exploring the Divine Feminine right now (El Shaddai in the OT actually means "many breasted one" in the Hebrew), looks like I may be on a Pagan path. eek Hehehe.

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Wow, there's a lot going on here. Well, this is what I have to say, I believe Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins and was resurrected.

On another note, I had friends in high school (I'm not very old) that were "witches" or so they thought, or whatever, but still we were FRIENDS, I guess we're all entitled to our beliefs.


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(El Shaddai in the OT actually means "many breasted one" in the Hebrew),
Since EL refers to a god in the most general sense, it seems that El Shaddai would refer to God as the source of blessing - not specificly in the feminine sense.

Whether Hell refers to eternal firey hell or not, although Scripture seems pretty definate, life without God would be eternal hell for me!

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Welcome Jesilee
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Well, this is what I have to say, I believe Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins and was resurrected.
Thank you for joining in. You made a very important statement of faith.

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Hello again, Lynne

Scripture is only as definite as the original language is considered. The pages I linked to talks about the original language of Scripture, which is what the Bible was originally written in. Still, the "spirit" of the words is much more important than the literal translation, especially since "the letter kills, but the spirit gives life."

�El Shaddai� is feminine in gender and means "the many-breasted One" and = Mother. Jahweh (or Jehovah) is masculine in gender and = Father. Unlike English, Hebrew words are either feminine or masculine in gender.

The question is why the "Mother" part of God has been removed from most translations of the Bible, setting up a patriarchy and making way for the exclusion and persecution of women. Which, incidentally, Christ attempted to overthrow by his very life and manner of being.

I agree, a disconnect from the Divine within and without is certainly hell. <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

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It seems to me that trying to separate God into male/female is a good diversion tactic to turn people away from the true meaning of His words and send them off on the wrong path.

I don't believe that all paths lead to the Source. I believe that they lead to the source of that path. fish

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Why not use "it" to refer to God? I never knew anyone has clearly identified any masculine or femenine attributes of God, don't want to sound rude.

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Why not use "it" to refer to God?
In Scripture, and in my experience, God is very personal, with character traits that definately don't fit using 'it' <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

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Well, if you guide yourself by what others have written, then ofcourse you must have a reason to call him "he" or maybe "she" (doubtfull).

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I used to be in a belief where we thought of God as 'it' :beamedup: As I look back on it, it was a dead belief. It depended more on me than on God. I had no personal relationship with God and though I didn't know it at the time, I was going nowhere with my life. (Except maybe "to hell in a hand-basket" as my grandmother used to say. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> )

I had happiness at times but never joy. Now I have joy and a lot more happiness.

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