david starling
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Then, there's that GREAT book title, "The Masks of God". (by J.C.).
Very good! Yes, why only one? And why any?Why only one?
Read it long ago. Campbell was wonderful. But does not Campbell suggest that the various masks point to the numinosum...the one and the many?Then, there's that GREAT book title, "The Masks of God". (by J.C.).
Read it long ago. Campbell was wonderful. But does not Campbell suggest that the various masks point to the numinosum...the one and the many?
David, you and I are on the same page in this matter. I think I am familar with the thesis about the astrological ages that you refer to. I don't really know if it is true, but to me it is cohesive and internally logical. In that, I find it appealing.
So no need to present the thesis to me. But you may wish to do so for those in the audience who are not familiar with it and might be interested to hear about it. It is pretty interesting.
Would a God who chooses to reveal Himself as a Father, also have other options at His disposal? If God is omnipotent, yes. According to Catholic interpretations the NT, God in the form of Jesus also has a divine Mother. In Proverbs, God has a supernatural female partner in Creation, Sophia (Wisdom.)
St. Mary was often portrayed wearing a blue or black mantel covered in stars, suggesting that her nature is celestial.
Would a God who chooses to reveal Himself as a Father, also have other options at His disposal? If God is omnipotent, yes. According to Catholic interpretations the NT, God in the form of Jesus also has a divine Mother. In Proverbs, God has a supernatural female partner in Creation, Sophia (Wisdom.)
St. Mary was often portrayed wearing a blue or black mantel covered in stars, suggesting that her nature is celestial.
Asherah was the wife of the Abrahamic God of Creation. She was edited out of the Old Testament, presumably for the purpose of patriarchal domination.
She is still in the Old Testament, being destroyed by king Josiah for the purposes of establishing monotheism and heterosexual marriages in place of idolatry and temple prostitution - 2 Kings 23:7.
First Commandment: "I Am the Lord thy God. Thou shalt have no other gods before Me!"
Correct translation?
Would a God who chooses to reveal Himself as a Father, also have other options at His disposal? If God is omnipotent, yes.
God is perfect in power and wisdom, so there is a reason he chose to refer to himself with singular masculine pronouns. Same as with the maternal imagery in Isaiah etc. To think otherwise, is to rebel against God.
What's the reason?