[harmonygirl]

Hail and welcome Paul. Needless to say we appear to disagree on the difference between a patriarchal interpretation of scripture and spirituality. (Note I said interpretation, not patriarchal system that the Goddess instituted, for example the original word in Hebrew for God is gender neutral but has always been interpreted as "He" or "Him"-utterly ridiculous to believe the creator would chose a gender!). Earth-Mother-Goddess has always made more sense as the image of the creator (despite a Roman Catholic upbringing!), seeing as how women create and men destroy (generally speaking). You believe you have divined the reason behind Christ's choice to be a man. I disagree. Who's right? anybody's guess. I am not sure what you mean by "default version" of womankind, but you're entitled to your beliefs. Thanks for your comments and I look forward to hearing your thoughts on the various threads....