I feel you may be seeing two different issues as the same thing. You complained that the other group care bear-ized your religion, but the only examples you gave were about the *feminization* of the religion.
I understand your opposition to the way some people sweep huge swaths of religious history under the rug. "Buddy Christ" happens in all modern religions, I think. The idea of God as an omniscient, loving parent is choosing to ignore more than half the texts of Judeo-Christianity, and I've seen it happen in polytheistic and earth-based religions as well.
On the other hand, I feel arguing against the traditional picture of God as male actually fits in to what you like about your tradition: questioning authority and arguing semantics in order to better understand God and the world around you. It may offend you as being an untraditional argument, but it is not the same as ignoring half or more of the history of your people.
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Date: 2013-05-07 11:49 pm (UTC)I understand your opposition to the way some people sweep huge swaths of religious history under the rug. "Buddy Christ" happens in all modern religions, I think. The idea of God as an omniscient, loving parent is choosing to ignore more than half the texts of Judeo-Christianity, and I've seen it happen in polytheistic and earth-based religions as well.
On the other hand, I feel arguing against the traditional picture of God as male actually fits in to what you like about your tradition: questioning authority and arguing semantics in order to better understand God and the world around you. It may offend you as being an untraditional argument, but it is not the same as ignoring half or more of the history of your people.