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Nah it's a joke.   The funny part for me is people arguing over the sexuality of a deity.
In the name of the parent, the nonbinary offspring and the holy xirit. >

In the name of the parent, the child, and the holy spirit. It's not so far off tbh. >

Ignoring that the article says this isn't even gonna happen (which we knew anyway), I assume they would have kept Son regardless given that Jesu Christ was an actual human male. >

Maybe we've been assuming Jesus' gender this whole time? >

FWIW I meant Jesus the historical figure >

{invests in popcorn stocks} >

Buys calls >


The bishop’s comments came in response to a question asked at synod by the Revd Joanna Stobart, vicar of Ilminster and Whitelackington in Somerset, about the progress on developing “more inclusive language” in services. 
It is unclear what would replace the term Our Father in the Lord’s Prayer, the central Christian prayer that Jesus is said to have instructed his followers to say together down the generations.  
Conservative critics have hit back at the possibility of changes, with the Rev Dr Ian Paul telling the Telegraph that they would represent an abandonment of the Church’s own doctrine. 
A spokesperson for the Church of England said: “This is nothing new. Christians have recognised since ancient times that God is neither male nor female, yet the variety of ways of addressing and describing God found in scripture has not always been reflected in our worship. >

'Our parent #1' and 'They' — back to polytheism >

The most hilarious part about religion in the modern era is the fact that the divinity is literally canonically nonbinary. >

Also that jesus dude was born from parthogenesis. So he has two X mosomes. He's a trans dude. He's pretty cool too. >

But she was raped by God's dick >

Are you saying Jesus was Zeus' bastard child all this time, dang mindfuck >

Par for the course for Zeus >

Fun fact: according to the Old Testament, in the first book of Moses, Genesis, God is named Elohim in the original Hebrew. 
This name contains in itself El -> male, singular, Eloha -> female, singular and Elohim -> both male and female plural.
Therefore, God who created Earth and the Heavens was already non-binary in the original. >

I do agree with you that what you write corresponds to how today this is translated and generally understood.
At least in ancient times, there have been different ways to read this text, with the he in bar’ah not forcibly denoting a female gender, but a bara linked to a he, similar to how various names gain the same letter ‘he’. >

Maybe this time they'll pick up on the whole point that Jesus was supposed to be a role model instead of a get put jail free card...
But probably not. >

What a waste of time… >

I'm gunna go stick my head in the microwave for a bit... >

make sure to set the weight and turn half way. >

It's all just fiction so retconning is fair game. >

That's all they've been doing since Galileo started proving the canon wrong. They have to keep people convinced, or lose all that free money and power. >

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 82%. (I'm a bot)


The Church of England is considering whether to stop referring to God as "He", after priests asked to be allowed to use gender-neutral terms instead. The church said it would launch a new commission on the matter in the spring.
The Rt Rev Dr Michael Ipgrave, Bishop of Lichfield and vice-chair of the liturgical commission responsible for the matter, said the church had been "Exploring the use of gendered language in relation to God for several years".
A spokesperson for the Church of England said: "This is nothing new.


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I mean… yeah, makes sense >

Oh... I thought god was a she and looked like Alanis Morissette. >

God was made by man for man. 
God was modeled after man and then they realized how egomaniac that looks and so they turned it around and said we are modeled after God. 
All nonsense anyways. >

How can you miss the point this badly? Pitiful. >

So they are ready to denounce the bible to be a product of divine inspiration. Otherwise it would be direct confrontation with god who named his preferred pronouns in the bible. >

For shiggles - 
What version of a Bible, and in what language, did ‘God’ write?
Because ‘inspiration’ doesn’t mean ‘wrote this shit literally’. 
Not to mention that ‘God’ is literally a non-gendered/sexed word and reference, in the Abrahamic sense. >

I don't think she minds either way. >

you can't assign gender to someone who doesn't exist. >

Old religion adapting to the West’s new religion >

As predicted by Marx >

As implemented by his cult following. It's doomed to failure. >

Nope.... Lol.
What he observed was protestantism came to rise as governments were flipping from monarchies to democracies. He said religion was a tool to control the masses and it would change as values and rights changed in society.
Marx has some really great insights on history but his conclusions are all wrong.
Its not Marxism to aknowledge a small % of people don't fall within the norms...
Unless you think the American civil war was an act of Marxism? Since that was his inspiration! He said people would always fight for greater rights and equality and as we solve one ossue we would move to ensure rights and equality to more marginalized groups... So thats on point.
How he got from there to communism is the mistake. I see a pattern, therefore my ideas are the natural conclusion... Umm... What? >

Unless you incorporate Hegelian Dialectic into your description, you're missing the mark or taking the piss. >

What does smashing two concepts together and making them fight it out to create a more effective synthesis of the two have to do with anything? >

Just use Elohim, it’s already a non-binary name for God and the same as written originally in the Bible. >

Cool, maybe they should also have a go at sorting out all the child abuse and anti vaxx shit as well >

I mean, the idea the God of the Bible is male has always been ridiculous. Why would he be? He doesn't reproduce sexually, he doesn't have a godly dick and balls with godly semen because there's no other member of his species to reproduce with. The entire concept of sex is completely irrelevant to him. >

God created Adam in his image.
So if Adam is the likeness of God, then God is male.
Mind you eve was created from Adam after God saw that Adam was lonely. >

Okay. So where are the female Gods at? If he's male there must be female Gods for him to fuck. >

Almost every Polytheistic religion has multiple male and female gods.
This why monotheism doesn't work. >

They should roll it back to when Yahwe was just a mountain God and a member of a pantheon. >

Hahaha >

I think he will be pissed >

Oof, got any proof of that?