Day 9: Responding to an Objection
Many people find it difficult to pray to God as heavenly Father. Their earthly fathers were so bad that they cannot conceive of a heavenly Father in anything but negative terms. Additionally, some object that since God is neither male nor female, it is inappropriate to think of him in masculine terms. Either we should stop thinking of God in terms of sex, or we should start balancing masculine terms with feminine ones, praying to God as both Father and Mother. Both points of view share a mistake. They assume that our God-talk is the result of projection rather than … Continue reading Day 9: Responding to an Objection