[extropy-chat] Religion: Subject Change! How can you Trust Anythingfrom the Bible - Wise Maji or Not?

[Kevin Freels]

As much as the church likes to revise its thinking, what are the chances we
can get them to change this whole "creation" thing while they are at it?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <natashavita at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 10:07 AM
Subject: [extropy-chat] Religion: Subject Change! How can you Trust
Anythingfrom the Bible - Wise Maji or Not?


> WARNING - Subject Line Change!
>
> Just in case anything thought I was trusting taking anything from the
Bible
> as "serious."
>
> It's an important point (and I'm sure Robert Bradbury would agree).  The
> acknowledgement of gender-awareness, in the church or bible, is a bit
> ironic, no matter how funny it seems.
>
> Courses that I am taking right now are based in social change and what
> specific catalyzing proponents of change do make a difference in the long
> term.  In that most of the world is "religious" and has one or another
> belief in superstition or otherworldliness, being aware of what changes
> they make in their own protocol is worth paying attention to. Regardless
of
> the fact that it is irrational, we must be aware of the entire world's,
not
> just our own corner of the globe.
>
> The fact that the "church" is beginning to recognize that there is more
> than one gender that is respected in their myths is at least a small step
> in one aspect of a right direction, even though they are ultimately facing
> backwards.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Natasha
>
> __________________
>
> I just read a report from Reuters about The Christian Church rethinking
the
> age-old reference to "Three Wise Men," in deference to gender neutrality.
>
> Apparently there is a bit of discrepancy and the 17th Century King James
> Bible (70 million readers) made a boo-boo.  "Three Wise Men" is now "Three
> Wise Maji" just in case one was a woman.
>
> "The revision committee said: 'While it seems very unlikely that these
> Persian court officials were female, the possibility that one or more of
> the Magi were female cannot be excluded completely.'
>
> "There is no theological dispute about the gifts they brought -- gold,
> frankincense and myrrh -- but the prayer has been changed to use the word
> Magi on the grounds that "the visitors were not necessarily wise and not
> necessarily men."
>
> "The decision was greeted by mocking newspaper headlines like 'The Three
> Fairly Sagacious Persons' and "Is it unwise to call the Magi men?"
>
> "Anglicans are debating whether words like 'Chairman' can be replaced at
> committee meetings by more neutral words like 'Chair.' (Synod)
> http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/02/10/uk.magi.reut/index.html
>
> Natasha
>
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