God is Gender Neutral? By Mrs Vera West

     For gentle Christian readers, like me, who don’t really go much for the race/Western civilisation line most of the boys discuss, there is still a lesson behind it all. Consider how the traditional beliefs of the Church are being eroded in the name of political correctness. Here is an example:
  https://www.msn.com/g00/en-au/news/australia/catholic-schoolgirls-are-being-taught-that-god-is-gender-neutral-and-are-banned-from-using-the-words-lord-father-and-son-in-prayers/ar-AACfBj0?ocid=spartandhp&fbclid=IwAR1UI_4h7t4JMo3o4DUp_k_EZL1iLxYS4-b8hyaC67lMiZicp5J-_AwdQ0g&i10c.ua=1&i10c.encReferrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmF0dXJhbG5ld3MuY29tLzIwM%54ktMDYtMTAtY2F0aG9saWMtbGVhZGVycy1pbi1hdX%4e0cmFsaWEtYmxhc3BoZW1lLWdvZC1sZ2J0cXAuaHR%74bA%3d%3d&i10c.dv=10#page=2

     Oh dear, I would never have been able to type such a URL … why do they have to be so long? Is some esoteric secret of the universe encoded in it?

“Catholic schoolgirls are being taught that God is gender-neutral and banned from using the words 'Lord', 'Father' and 'Son' in prayers. A number of elite Catholic schools in Brisbane are making moves to teach their students to use inclusive language when referring to God. Top schools including All Hallows, Stuartholme, Loreto College and Stuartholme School are leading a push towards a feminist interpretation of the Christian Bible. Students at Stuartholme School in Brisbane's inner-city, which charges upwards of $40,000 a year, are taught to use the word 'Godself' instead of 'himself'. 'As we believe God is neither male or female, Stuartholme tries to use gender-neutral terms in prayers … so that our community deepens their understanding of who God is for them, how God reveals Godself through creation, our relationships with others and the person of Jesus,' a spokeswoman told The Sunday Mail. Loreto College in Coorparoo has taken the word 'Lord' from their prayers as it is a 'male term'. The school's principal Kim Wickham said prayers written for use within the college didn't assign God a gender. Ms Wickham said the school had a commitment to inclusive language, but admitted there were instances where gendered language is appropriate.

St Rita's College Clayfield tries to use gender-neutral terms but for traditional prayers still uses gendered language. The assistant principal Richard Rogusz said context is important and helps decide what language is appropriate. The Catholic Office for the Participation of Women director Andrea Dean told the publication that she was 'thrilled' and it was 'terrific' schools were moving towards inclusive language. Loreto College … in Coorparoo has taken the word 'Lord' from their prayers all together as it is a 'male term' The Queensland Catholic Education Commission  does not provide guidelines for what language is appropriate but the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference did suggest schools use gender-neutral terms where appropriate. Brisbane's top Catholic boys' school St Joseph's College has replaced the term 'brothers' with 'sisters and brothers' and 'brotherhood' with 'international community'. 'This has been an area of growth for us in recent times,' a spokesman told Sunday Times. 'We have made changes to a number of prayers to be more gender-inclusive.'

     And we gentle Christians need to start asking: why is this happening, and what are we going to do about it? We should not be acquiescing to extinction! There must be more to life than surrender!