New Prayer Book Has Genderless GOD

By LaVrai, 19 May, 2008, No Comment

I find this story rather strange and dangerous, considering that GOD is clearly a HE and not a SHE…especially for those of us who read 1 Timothy 3:15-161 Timothy 3:15-16
English: King James Version (1611) - KJV

15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. ground: or, stay 16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.  

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, which makes this move strange. This is also dangerous because this is mankind once again trying to make GOD conform to our desires.

A new prayer book to be used by Reform Judaism’s 35,000 members will replace the “God of our fathers” in the opening line of the Amidah with the “God of our ancestors” and add to the list of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob the names of the matriarchs of the Jewish faith – Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel and Leah.

Instead of beginning “Blessed are you God and God of our fathers/God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob”, the reformed Amidah will begin: “Blessed are you God and God of our ancestors/ God of Abraham, God Isaac, God of Jacob; God of Sarah, God of Rebekah, God of Leah and God Rachel.”

Rabbi Shoshona Boyd Gelfand, the executive director of the Movement for Reform Judaism, said the decision to use “gender neutral language” to refer to God – replacing terms such as “Father/King/He” with “Sovereign/Ruler/ Living God” – and giving senior female figures from the scriptures parity with men was part of a wider effort to bring faith movements up to date with attitudes on gender. (Source)

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