God's gender identity causes confusion among Germany politicians!!
A
minister in Angela Merkel's government has sparked a pre-Christmas row among
Germany's ruling parties by suggesting God be referred to with the neutral
article "das" instead of the masculine "der".
Family
Minister Kristina Schroeder made the comments when asked in an interview with
German weekly Die Zeit how she explained to her young daughter the use of the
masculine form for God.
"The
article is not important," she responded, adding that it was fine to use
"das" instead of the traditional "der" when referring to
God.
The
remarks were immediately denounced by members of Schroeder's own Christian
Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social
Union (CSU).
"This
intellectualized nonsense leaves me speechless," Christine Haderthauer,
Bavarian social minister, told top-selling daily Bild.
Stefan
Mueller, a CSU lawmaker, said he was "bewildered" by Schroeder's
"inappropriate" comments.
When
pressed on the matter at a government news conference on Friday, Merkel's
spokesman Steffen Seibert backed Schroeder.
"If
you believe in God, the article is not important," he said. "If you
speak to God in a different way, the prayers are still heard."
story source: Reuters
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