Monday, July 5, 2010

The feminine side of God. Could God be a she?

Genesis 1:27
"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him, male and female he created them."

In this verse it states that mankind was created in his own image, male and female. This bible passage does not make the woman an afterthought as in the story of Adam and Eve. Not only are male and female equal, but they are created in God's image. The story of Adam and Eve has God creating Eve FOR Adam as a "helpmeet" (servant). These are conflicting creation stories in the first book of the bible.

We are created in God's image...God has a feminine half at the very least. He created male and female to be equal. This is one reason it is so important to work towards the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment which was fought by the Moral Majority and Phyllis Shafly and Beverly LaHaye. A handful of evangelical leaders were able to defeat this ammendment proclaiming equal rights for women to be evil. The woman's movement needs to finish what it started and work to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. Find out if your state ratified it. If not work at putting a group together to fight for it, and start to refering to God as a she!

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