Spirituality and Acceptance
I commented on this topic during the recent GayTalk Live Valentines special ( http://gaytalklive.gaytalkradio.org/ ). It stems from an email conversation with a future GayTalkRadio Guest. The opening statement from the Guest was “ Perhaps one person out there will hear that God loves them exactly as they are and God is inclusive in his love !” Of course this is a beautiful and wonderful statement. But I take it a step further. I must say anytime I hear a spiritualist refer to 'God' as 'him' or 'his' my ears perk up. Unfortunately, for some reason, I had assumed the Guest was a spiritualist in the same sense that I was. I was obviously confused during the writing of my reply and in turn embarrassed myself due to my ‘assumption’. Onward with my reply. For me, as a spiritualist, 'God' is not a single entity, or being, and there is no gender assignment. Of course I realize it's 'just words' and/or differences of definitions. But, in my ...