I've been reading The Shack and in it, God is portrayed as a big black woman who sings and bakes. It's interesting to say the least. I guess I just never thought about God as anything other than a white male. But if humans are images of God, why would He be confined to one thing? That's how the book presents it and it makes sense to me. Does it to you?
My dad bought me two books as Christmas gifts...which was unusual. For so long, I've wanted things for Christmas: Anthropologie gifts, a dSLR camera, a trip to New York, blah blah blah. This year I got two books: The Tales of Beadle the Bard (Harry Potter!) and The Feast of Love. I'm very content with these. I haven't gotten anyone in my family or any friends gifts except for the three that I mailed the other day. Which by the way, I had no idea THAT many people mailed boxes of gifts for the holidays. I was at the post office for a crazy long time. I was going to make this amazing thing for Colton and get something wonderful for my mom but then my few days off kind of went to waste, which makes me sad and feel unproductive, but at least I got to spend time with the people I love. I hope that's enough.
On another note, it took me an hour to drive to Dallas for my class this morning because there was a car on fire. Cars catch on fire?! And then it took me an hour to get home for lunch because of the weather and a big sand truck stuck in two lanes on 635. Grrr I was upset. But now I get to be cheered up by doing hours of homework before going to class again at 7 tonight. Oh joy love joy, the season has begun.
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Well, God is generally referred to as "The Father," so attempting to portraying Him in female form doesn't quiet work (Even when God took human form he chose male...sexist?). On a side note, in His "image" refers not to form (God is not a physical being), but something else. Perhaps it references our consciousness as apposed to the rest of his creations devoid of cognitive thought? However, with that being said, cultures do tend to imagine religious figures (although we are told not to) in a way that the culture as a whole can relate and identify with. Everyone knows Jesus was a Jew, and yet somehow he is commonly portrayed with blond hair and blue eyes. Some African American groups argue that Jesus was black, which would be closer to the truth when taking geography into account, but still we forget that a Jew is a Jew and nothing else. This is not to say, I suppose, that God can only take one form, male and "white". So your book has a fantastic point; it is illogical to assume that should God come to Earth in human form (provided He still does), there is no reason to believe He would always be white and/or male. Even more, caring about the race or sex of God is particularly distracting and nothing more than mental masturbation.
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