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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hi Monty,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>That was a good post. God is more depicted as a male
figure or head of the house, but the key to remember is that He is ruler over
all and made a way for us to enjoy our work as piano technicians by giving us
the ability to do our work and bring praise to HIs name at the same time as well
as use our gift to benefit others. That's the key.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Marshall</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=sharonandmonty@hotmail.com
href="mailto:sharonandmonty@hotmail.com">Monty Nichols</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 19, 2006 8:03 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Gender of God, and other
piano-realted stuff.....</DIV>
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<P>I hope I'm not intruding, as I'm really probably not a true member of the
PTG, but this stream of conversation is interesting to me, so I hope that I
won't be taken as speaking out of turn.</P>
<P>The God I serve is not bound by the limitations of DNA, X-Y
chromosomes and plumbing, which we humans reference and understand as best we
can as dividers between genders. Any reference to God the 'Father' in
the Bible identifies Him as 'THE Head of the House' as He designed the 'house'
and 'family' to exist; He is the final 'say-so'.</P>
<P>That much said, I can't say that I believe that God is female, but I can't
say God is male either. Either way, you try to categorize God,
which isn't possible. You're probably going to be more
accurate claiming God as a Dallas Cowboy fan (or whoever you cheer
for).</P>
<P>At any rate, I do enjoy the dialog on this stream, and I thank you for
allowing me to listen in on your conversations, as well as offer this two
cents worth. </P>
<P>Sincerely,</P>
<P>Monty Nichols</P>
<P>Ponca City, OK</P>
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From: <I>Conrad Hoffsommer <hoffsoco@luther.edu></I><BR>Reply-To:
<I>Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org></I><BR>To: <I>Pianotech List
<pianotech@ptg.org></I><BR>Subject: <I>Re: Gender of God, and other
piano-realted stuff.....</I><BR>Date: <I>Mon, 19 Jun 2006 05:44:15
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-0500</I><BR><BR><BR>Whereas:<BR>1. The gender and identity of God will be
known by everyone when they die or are raptured.<BR><BR>2. Any discussion
concerning the above is counterproductive on this list.<BR><BR>Let it
therefore let it be known:<BR><BR>The above discussions are prompting me to
do my vacation un-sub early.<BR><BR><BR><BR>See you the end of July. Perhaps
by then the returned convention attendees will have returned the bulk of the
posts to pianoistical subjects. I'm off to study the coriolis
effect.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard
Technician<BR>Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa
52101-1045<BR>1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076<BR><BR>- Right now,
I'm hoping to live until my age matches my golf score,<BR>- Until then, I'll
have to be content to have my IQ match my
handicap.<BR><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>