Thank you Rabbi Jacobs. You are so transformational. I'm not sure what word would replace he or she, so I always just use G-d to avoid it. I thought you would not care much for my comment on this matter, being a religious. I agree that it does sound awful. There are other terms such as The G-dhead, the Supreme Being, The Force, etc. Where do you tap your writers from?
It is interesting that you wrote that God talked to Jews but omitted that God talked to Christians. And yes, Jesus who is now one with God talked to many people, especially Jews. He was Jewish and according to Christianity also the son of God and one with God, both who are now in heaven. So those who spoke to Jesus were speaking with a god although not yet placed as a god by most of the world.
Hi Jonathan, thanks for reading and for your comment. I didn't actually say that God spoke to the Jews, I said that they believe that He did and that it's a good topic to explore given the competing claims of many traditions. I do think that some truth claims are stronger than others but people will believe as they are inclined.
I was thinking #4 the whole time. G-d is absolutely speaking all the time. The whole miracle of our Universe, down to the very last atom, is the Word made real. Lovely essay, but unfortunately, it only captured the male aspects. Women also can experience mystical things. And, with all due respect, I fervently believe that G-d is nonbinary. I prefer not to assign G-d a gender at all.
Hi Billie. I agree with you completely. The Infinite has no gender. I only use the pronoun out of convenience and due to the limitations of our language. "It" would probably be a better word but it sounds so impersonal.
Thank you Rabbi Jacobs. You are so transformational. I'm not sure what word would replace he or she, so I always just use G-d to avoid it. I thought you would not care much for my comment on this matter, being a religious. I agree that it does sound awful. There are other terms such as The G-dhead, the Supreme Being, The Force, etc. Where do you tap your writers from?
It is interesting that you wrote that God talked to Jews but omitted that God talked to Christians. And yes, Jesus who is now one with God talked to many people, especially Jews. He was Jewish and according to Christianity also the son of God and one with God, both who are now in heaven. So those who spoke to Jesus were speaking with a god although not yet placed as a god by most of the world.
Hi Jonathan, thanks for reading and for your comment. I didn't actually say that God spoke to the Jews, I said that they believe that He did and that it's a good topic to explore given the competing claims of many traditions. I do think that some truth claims are stronger than others but people will believe as they are inclined.
I was thinking #4 the whole time. G-d is absolutely speaking all the time. The whole miracle of our Universe, down to the very last atom, is the Word made real. Lovely essay, but unfortunately, it only captured the male aspects. Women also can experience mystical things. And, with all due respect, I fervently believe that G-d is nonbinary. I prefer not to assign G-d a gender at all.
Hi Billie. I agree with you completely. The Infinite has no gender. I only use the pronoun out of convenience and due to the limitations of our language. "It" would probably be a better word but it sounds so impersonal.