Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!fernwood!uupsi!njin!paul.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: slhw4@cc.usu.edu (Jason Hunsaker) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: DOES GOD HAVE A PENIS (SERIOUS - HONEST) Message-ID: Date: 7 May 91 04:06:24 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Utah State University Lines: 61 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , ATINTON@esoc.bitnet writes: > In the first part of the bible, with ADAMS creation, > it goes something like this : > > "God created man in his own image" > > And so with much discussion with some christian I know, they tell me that > I have to accept that GOD is in the image of a man, the perfect being. > > If he is a man then, should he not have a penis. And the sole function > of the penis is to propagate the species. Isn't the bible full of passages that say something to the effect that God is our Father or the Father of our spirits? (see Hebrews 12:9; Acts 17:28-29; Numbers 16:22; Deut. 14:1; Job 32:8; Psalms 82:6; Eccl. 12:7; Isa 42:5 Hosea 1:10; Mal. 2:10; Matt. 5:48; Rom. 8:16.) > Therefore one could assume that > the is a female companion to GOD, If you don't mind, I'll throw in some Mormon interpretation. This is not official doctrine, but rather is the result of reason and speculation. It is not scriptural. Most Mormons believe that there is a Mother in heaven too. The reason that there is no mention of her in scripture is simple. God has enough trouble with people mis-understanding him and using his name in vain. Don't you think that he would get even more upset and wroth if we started doing that to his wife? (I can already feel flames coming for this.) Besides, we are instructed to worship only him, since he will be the one that decides our fate. > more than one GOD, See 1 Corinthians 8:5-6; Psalms 82:6 God the Father is one being, Jesus Christ the Son of God is another being, and the Holy Ghost is still another being. They act together as one God (see John 17:21-23). While there may be more that one God, and we have the potential to become like God (Matt.5:48), for us there is only one God that can give us salvation and immortality. Worshiping other gods will not help us in any way, for even if they do exist, *they* do not have the power to save us. Only God has the power to save *us.* > or a race of GODS. If we are faithful and obedient to the end won't we become godlike? (1 John 3:1-3). And if we become godlike couldn't we then be considered as a race of gods? > Please could someone answer this question for me in a sensible manner, > as a lot of this holds the foundations of the bible together. I hope that helps. I'm putting my asbestos suit on. :-) -- Jason Hunsaker slhw4@cc,usu.edu