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Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers - Is your God a woman?
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Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers

Last on 31 Oct 2011 - 6 Nov 2011

Is your God a woman?

Hindus and pagans worship both gods and goddesses but Christian and other major faiths have traditionally held to the view that God is a male figure. What form does your God take?


Is God omnipresent and able to take any form, or is it blasphemous to imagine God as a women?

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"Christian are right, God is a man and the Devil is female." — akd's comment on Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers's film
"There are plenty of scriptural images of God as female. God is both way beyond our comprehension and an intimate experience, as Nicola said at the start." — Fran 's comment on Nicola Slee's film
"Chances are someone who wants to re-image God as a woman is making a point about Orthodox opinions within the Church rather than suggesting they know better than God." — gironaut's comment on Rev Charles Raven's film
"God is a woman and God is a man the same time." — Marek Zielinski's comment on Sister Hyacinthe's film
"Anyone who is Christian believes in God the FATHER. I'm sorry Chris Green if beliefs that have been held for two thousand years are a little old fashioned for you and don't fit into the modern age of X Factor & Wags" — suggs113's comment on Chris Green's film

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