Many People Have Commented on How Many of Our Conceptions

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Essay

Many people have commented on how many of our conceptions and images of God are anthropomorphic. One version of this is the image of God as an old man. Why can't this image be literally true?   Feminist theologians focus on masculine and patriarchal images of God that involve more subtle patriarchal biases. Some have argued that the conception of God as totally transcendent, all-powerful, unchanging, and all-knowing is especially masculinist/patriarchal and, as a result, exclusionary. Do you agree? Why or why not?   How might conceptions of God as immanent, pantheistic, and in process escape this charge? Are they (in your estimate)superior to the masculinist conceptions?

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