tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5816147226417130386.post7810090068060953774..comments2023-07-17T03:57:39.014-07:00Comments on The Liberal Agnostic Who Could: Take out yr Bibles, plz.Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10268689890561878413noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5816147226417130386.post-51330220568171700742010-11-09T17:47:42.818-08:002010-11-09T17:47:42.818-08:00I have no use for a fear-based religion.I have no use for a fear-based religion.Carla Schmidt Hollowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947846629735463824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5816147226417130386.post-37183770240447908082010-11-08T21:56:39.628-08:002010-11-08T21:56:39.628-08:00I thought of that as I wrote. Not so much the effe...I thought of that as I wrote. Not so much the effect that would come from changing the patriarchal POV to matriarchal, but the question of whether or not god should be referred to as a "he." Which "he" is. Everywhere. It's hard to get past considering how much that is ingrained in the Christian culture and doctrine.<br /><br />King James is awful, but according to LDS it is the "most inspired/correct translation" so it's what I have most available and what i'm most familiar with.<br /><br />I am interested in context, if only to satiate my nerdiness for history and current obsessive need to know everything. Without the context available and the time to seek it out, I can't help but feel like nothing--and I can't worship that. I can't respect a church or religion that wouldn't seek context out to better help me understand and feel like I'm something of worth if only because I am a "daughter" <i>because</i> I would never speak to my own daughter this way. I view much through those religious lens these days. I just won't expose my kids to what I can't help but view as largely abusive.<br /><br />I beat myself up more than enough as it is. It's hard to get it from someone who has supposedly created me, too.<br /><br />Context and different translations, commentary, etc. would be SO helpful and interesting.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10268689890561878413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5816147226417130386.post-63440891878904908712010-11-08T21:22:40.796-08:002010-11-08T21:22:40.796-08:00that's the problem with identifying god as a &...that's the problem with identifying god as a "he." if this verse were seen in a matriarchal context, it might sound different.<br /><br />i hate reading king james. there's also tons and tons of thick context in the prophetic books. they're the most mystical parts of the bible to me, like crystal-balls-and-outer-space mystical. i can only read them with at least three translations and some access to commentary on how the text was translated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com