re nature of god re environmentalism and paganism in a previous article mcovingt aisun ai uga edu michael covington says in article apr athos rutgers edu heath athena cs uga edu terrance heath writes that is not necessarily unorthodox when christians call god father we are using a metaphor the bible in one place refers to god as being like a mother god is neither a father nor a mother in the literal sense god has some of the attributes of both the father metaphor is usually used because for most people at most times it is the less misleading of the two possibilities i don t know which passage you are refering to but the passage i have often seen cited as an example of a mother image of god is isaiah can a woman forget her sucking child that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb even these may forget yet i will not forget you this passage is not a mother image of god at all the mother here is the image of the best human constancy can show and it is contrasted with the constancy of god the mother figure here represents mankind not god mark baker the task is not to cut down jungles but aa freenet carleton ca to irrigate deserts c s lewis luke o jerusalem jerusalem killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you how often would i have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings and you would not clh
