Why Calling God 'They' Shouldn't Upset You

I’m afraid my last column, which suggested that our preferred pronoun for God be "they," upset some folks. Angry emojis outnumber happy ones 4-1 on the RNS reaction app, and the negative retweets are legion. "I thought it was all supposed to be about the preferred pronouns of the individual concerned, not the pronouns that those around would prefer to have them known," wrote one commenter. "I think God has made His preferred pronouns perfectly well known throughout the divinely inspired Scripture."