tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397025620170596837.post5698551135371026733..comments2024-03-16T08:08:37.296-07:00Comments on Encountering the Cult of Ahnsahnghong: Is God Male or Female? Both or Neither?gennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18071946375996064205noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397025620170596837.post-45661136607925845482016-11-07T10:38:24.047-08:002016-11-07T10:38:24.047-08:00Hi Song. That's a good question. In talking wi...Hi Song. That's a good question. In talking with members and reading WMSCOG materials, sometimes it sounds like 2 gods, and sometimes 1 god (binity, or trinity with 2 instead of 3). It feels like they can't make up their mind, and probably with good reason since neither idea satisfies both their own doctrine and the Bible, and they can't have both at once.<br /><br />Their interpretation of "Elohim" as plural gods demands that they have 2 gods. They reject the idea that it could refer to the Trinity because that is only one God. Yet in having two gods, they have to find a way to reconcile all the verses in the Bible that clearly teach only one God. That's when they try to make them sound like one together. They can't have it both ways.gennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18071946375996064205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397025620170596837.post-80691375485093372182016-11-07T05:45:55.993-08:002016-11-07T05:45:55.993-08:00Thank you! I've been talking with a WMSCOG mem...Thank you! I've been talking with a WMSCOG member, and she recently used this verse in Genesis to "prove" god the mother. I wasn't able to come up with a reply, and that bothered me! This is a good discussion of it. However, do you really think WMSCOG does worship two gods? The impression I got was that they considered the "father" and "mother" as a sort of "binity" rather than a "Trinity"--that is, two persons (male/female images), one God. Have you seen them talking about it this way, or do they specifically call the father and mother two gods? I feel the "binity" idea would be harder to respond to than simple bitheism.Songmorninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06097335883344976007noreply@blogger.com