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Subject: Re Ray's article 'Gods gender?'
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Date: Tue, 13-Dec-83 20:56:54 EST
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Ray (ihnp4!ihuxi!rcj1) says (quoting):

        In Acts 1:11 We read that in the manner He left this
        planet,ie human male, in a like manner shall He return.
        In my opinion, God took the form of a male, and when
        He returns to this earth, shall still appear as a male.
        This has nothing to do with male-chauvinism on my part
        just what I read in the Bible.

Note the ``ie human male''.   This is an interpretation of what
you've read --> that masculinity is one of the salient features
of Jesus' appearance.   I, and probably many others, can easily
see this as male chauvinism.   Perhaps "in a like manner" simply
means in the flesh.   Maybe it means speaking Aramaic.   Or having
an abiding impatience with fig trees that don't bear fruit out of
season.

			-- Larry West   UC San Diego
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