nature of god re environmentalism and paganism in article apr athos rutgers edu mcovingt aisun ai uga edu michael covington writes i would like to see christians devote a bit less effort to bashing paganism and more to figuring out how to present the gospel to pagans christ is the answer the pagans have a lot of the right questions unlike materialists who deny the need for any spirituality one of the things i find intersting about pagan beliefs is their belief in a feminine deity as well as a masculine deity being brought up in a christian household i often wondered if there was god the father where was the mother everyone i know who has a father usually as a mother it just seemed rather unbalanced to me fortunately my own personal theology which will probably not fall into line with a lot others recognized god as a being both without gender and posessing qualities of both genders as being both a masculine and feminine force it provides a sense of balance i find sorely lacking in most theologies a lack which i think is responsible for a lot of the unbalanced ways in which we see the world and treat each other terrance heath heath athena cs uga edu your comfort is my silence act up fight back talk back
