tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post4630844377429507375..comments2024-03-27T06:51:19.327-06:00Comments on The Rains Came Down: Who Will I Be?SilverRainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00580230961425635077noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-65683066712492078402013-03-31T06:32:43.078-06:002013-03-31T06:32:43.078-06:00Yes, I know that theory is gaining popularity, but...Yes, I know that theory is gaining popularity, but it shows a distinct lack of understanding of gendered nouns. It isn't surprising, since English doesn't often use them. But just because the Hebrew word translated as "Spirit" is grammatically female, doesn't make the entity female any more than cars or ships are actually female just because some owners refer to them as &SilverRainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00580230961425635077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-25822655582486474532013-03-31T04:48:39.523-06:002013-03-31T04:48:39.523-06:00"With a triad of male Deity, and only a hushe..."With a triad of male Deity, and only a hushed whisper of female relevance, with the clear inference that we are appendages to our husbands on one hand, but firm assurances that we are more than that on the other, we have very little substance to go on."<br /><br />Actually, it's two male Deity (Father and Son) and one female Deity (the Holy Ghost). See:<br /><br />http://Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-38354940762211685062013-02-06T23:30:52.807-07:002013-02-06T23:30:52.807-07:00Excellent insight. This is something I wish badly...Excellent insight. This is something I wish badly that everyone understood better - and especially men. As you said, generally speaking, we just don't get it. <br /><br />I love that Mormon theology posits openly that women are divine and godly, but we haven't shed fully the cultural baggage that still allows too many men to draw distinctions I simply can't accept. Papa Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06704974609266088416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-34111436420190436692013-01-11T18:38:29.259-07:002013-01-11T18:38:29.259-07:00Having had two marriages like you describe, both o...Having had two marriages like you describe, both of them sealed in the temple, both of them filled with objectification, I do sympathize. I've also felt that yawning abyss of unknowing in the eternal future. I've written about it <a href="http://bonnieblythe.wordpress.com/2012/03/23/a-mother-there/" rel="nofollow">here</a> as well as many other times. And there is a wilderness time, a Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04191017963027895446noreply@blogger.com