| Topic: |
Religions > Atheism |
| User: |
"Bob Dog" |
| Date: |
10 Feb 2004 09:19:08 AM |
| Object: |
Don't forget "May not have existed" |
I don't know which is more ridiculous: the anti-woman slant of
those criticizing the clarifying of ambiguous words (magi is
both singular and plural), or the "How many angel can dance on
the head of a pin" tone of the hubbub.
Bob Dog
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Three Wise Men May Have Been Neither Wise Nor Men
By Paul Majendie
LONDON (Reuters) - The Three Wise Men who followed the star to
Bethlehem bearing gifts for the baby Jesus may not have been all
that wise -- or even men.
The traditional infant Nativity play scene could be in for a
drastic rewrite after the Church of England indulged in some
academic gender-swapping over the three Magi at its General
Synod in London this week.
A committee revising the latest prayer book said the term "Magi"
was a transliteration of the name used by officials at the
Persian court, and that they could well have been women.
"Magi is a word which discloses nothing about numbers, wisdom or
gender embodied in the term," a Synod spokesman said on Tuesday
after the revision was agreed by the Church of England's
parliament which meets twice a year.
In the authorized 17th century King James bible used by up to 70
million worshippers in Anglican churches around the world, the
gift-bearing visitors are referred to as "The Three Wise Men."
Now they are to be called just "Magi" and no longer gender-
specific in the Anglican prayer book.
"Changing 'Wise Men' to 'Magi' seems to be an entirely sensible
move," the Synod spokesman said.
The revision committee said: "While it seems very unlikely that
these Persian court officials were female, the possibility that
one or more of the Magi were female cannot be excluded
completely."
There is no theological dispute about the gifts they brought --
gold, frankincense and myrrh -- but the prayer has been changed
to use the word Magi on the grounds that "the visitors were not
necessarily wise and not necessarily men."
Synod officials denied that the Church of England, a pillar of
the Establishment in Britain, was being seized by an attack of
political correctness and pandering to feminists.
The decision was greeted by mocking newspaper headlines like
"The Three Fairly Sagacious Persons" and "Is it unwise to call
the Magi men?"
On Tuesday, the Synod will be turning its attention to "Gender
Neutral Titles."
Anglicans are debating whether words like "Chairman" can be
replaced at committee meetings by more neutral words like
"Chair."
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