How image of god-as-mother avoids the first misunderstanding

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Reading Questions on Sallie McFague, Models of God, pp. 109-113

1. One traditional Christian metaphor/image for God's action of creation is the image of an artist or craftsman fashioning a material object. She thinks the artistic model leads to two misunderstandings. What are they? (see the bottom of p. 109, the top of p. 110, and the top of p. 113)

2. Explain how the image of God-as-mother avoids the first misunderstanding ("first implication") of the artistic model. (pp. 110-111)

3. Explain how the image of God-as-mother helps the Christian understand why God judges sin. (p. 113)

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