William Paul Young, author of The Shack, explains his position on the "gender" of God. A viewer calls in to disagree.
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Gen 49:25 indicates Shaddai may be related to the word for breasts (shadaim), indicating sufficiency and nourishment. In this case, the Name might derive from the contraction of sha ("who") and dai ("enough") to indicate God's complete sufficiency to nurture the fledgling nation into fruitfulness. God uses El Shaddai when He refers to multiplying Abraham's offspring (Gen. 17:2)
Twinkies87 10 months ago
Meaning of "El Shaddai"
El - derived from the Ugaritic term for god. (root word meaning "might, strength, power"). The true God of Israel is almost always qualified by additional wordsthat further define the meaning that distinguishes Him from false gods.
Shad - means "breast" in Hebrew.
Translators of the Septuagint thought Shaddai came from a root verb "shadad" (means "to overpower" or "to destroy").
Latin Vulgate translated Shaddai as "Omnipotens". (continued)
Twinkies87 10 months ago
I THINK THEY SAYING HE BECAUSE THEY DONT WANNA CALL GOD AN IT!
Love6581 10 months ago
GET HER OFF THE LINE!!!!
Love6581 10 months ago
wow. that lady is as dumb as a bag of hammers.
vozuluzov 1 year ago
Everything in Paul Young's book was a stretch for many people. Why? Because it shows that we can't put God in a box. God is bigger than that. We can never understand God, but we can strive to live our lives with God inside. We can have that intimate relationship with a loving God. God's grace is sufficient for everyone.
bethdeesb 1 year ago
I think the lady is forgetting a very important fact. God is anything He wants to be! God created man in God's image, and woman was created from man, therefore she was also created in God's image. We are getting too hung up on what God looks like. He doesn't look like man or woman. He is more than that. We can't understand because our minds are not God's minds. God is so much bigger than anything we know or understand, and yes God can be different to different people.
bethdeesb 1 year ago
This man is a false teacher and he don't know God. God is Dan 7:9I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
Catari777 1 year ago
Paul did this to challenge the image we have of God.. Religion has portrayed God to be male because it was written in a paternalistic environment which is lead by men and is oppressive to woman. Hence it would not be sensible to look at God as a woman if man are supposed to be above them. Secondly many people have taken the image of God from what their fathers are like which give a very wrong image of God. This is what Paul is challenging and Papa even explains this in the book.
trigpoint123 1 year ago
"Hi I was raped and abused by my mother and I think god is a male"
Do I need a psychology degree to figure that out?
Dickking666 1 year ago