Originally posted by fm93
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God the Father is the one who sent Jesus, and that's the source of the title we have for Him. Jesus after all only taught what His Father told Him. To use a different title, especially when it's clearly an attempt to wash over something you don't like, then yeah it's wrong.
Originally posted by Sam
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Jesus went against cultural norms often, especially when they were wrong. Again, this isn't about "parts", or any such nonsense as you seem to think. It's about the title of Father, and the role that God the Father plays. In fact, the very reason Wisdom was called "she" is because of the role and title. Jesus as the Son is no longer using that title or role, and does have a male glorified body.
You also miss the point that these people are not using the term "she" in any kind of analogical way, or indeed in any way respectful of who God the Father is.
It is absurd to insist that God, in His eternal Spirit, can be divided into this sexual identity or that. Efforts to do so are entirely human and entirely understandable. There's nothing wrong with referring to God as "He", just as there's nothing wrong with referring to God as "She". We all should, as Lewis' Screwtape mused, have the phrase "Not what I think you are but that which thy know thyself to be" at the front of our minds when contemplating God.
It's already been repeatedly stated that this isn't about "sexual identity", but about who God is, and how He has revealed Himself.
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