Louis C.K. monologue on SNL

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“If God is our father, then who is our mother?”

Not sure if the Catholic League will be all over this Monday morning, but can someone shed some light on that? Is it Mary? She’s our mother, too?
 
Mary is, in a strong sense, our Mother, but not in the sense that God is our Father. She is a powerful intercessor and Queen among all of our Patrons in Heaven.

Although she is the physical parent of Jesus and chief among the Communion of Saints, I think in this context of God being our Father, the Church is our Mother.
 
That’s actually an interesting question, since “fatherhood” would seem to be represented in the trinity but not “motherhood.” And, as we’ve been told so often, “motherhood” is the highest (or at least among the highest) callings for women. It is kind of strange that femininity is not represented anywhere in the trinity or in the divine. This would make femininity (and thus women per se) into a 2nd class of beings, an afterthought… motherhood would be thus an earthly concept and not a divine one at all, whereas fatherhood would. Strange.

Come to think of it, I wonder about angels, too. Are they androgynous or are they all-male? Certainly all of the ones I can think of (MIchael, Gabriel, Raphael, etc.) all have male sounding names so it would seem that women are again absent among the divine beings.
 
God, in our limited understanding, is understood as male. However, God is above such distinctions since He is pure spirit.
 
Angels are androgynous. Look up their name meanings; -el means “of God.” They have appeared in human form as male, and in ancient cultures, to be that close to the Divine was to take on a masculine role.
 
Did anyone think that monologue was offensive? I watched the entire thing, but I wish I had turned it off.
 
Ironic enough C.K., though posing it as a question, was actually mocking Catholicism if not Christianity.
 
Although to be honest, he was also mocking the certainty of atheists.
 
JohnDarcy said:
Ironic enough C.K., though posing it as a question, was actually mocking Catholicism if not Christianity.
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Mother’s Day, to give the most obvious example, is a much bigger deal at Catholic parishes than it is at Protestant churches (for reasons I don’t think need to be elaborated upon.) So, there’s no way he was mocking Christianity in general.
 
I enjoyed the monologue. I was surprised that he saved his harshest criticism for atheists.

He has a semi-autobiographical show. I don’t know how true it is but in it, he took down a crucifix at a church as a child because he felt the guilt of his sins crucifying Christ and that’s when his mother thought that it wouldn’t be good for him and pulled him out of Catholic school. Most anti-Catholic folks criticize Catholicism for its policies towards gays or women or the sex abuse scandal… things that the typical Catholic never experiences. But CK’s criticism is actually the heart of Catholicism as experienced by devout Catholics. I found that rather interesting.
 
Well, then he sounds kind of conflicted. Even though he professes to ba an atheist, he seems to be searching for God. Let’s all pray for him.
 
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Well, then he sounds kind of conflicted. Even though he professes to ba an atheist, he seems to be searching for God. Let’s all pray for him.
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I think he considers himself agnostic. But we should remember him in our prayers.
 
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