People often think that religion is the least progressive belief system in the world. Dedicated to old scriptures and a way of life that was first acknowledged many thousands of years ago, it is easy to see why that is assumed.

However, every reservation you may have had about the ways of the church may be set to change after the Church of Sweden announced that they’d no longer be referring to God as ‘He’ or ‘Lord’ because it was not all-inclusive.

Instead, the church shall look to replace these terms with gender-neutral words. For example,”In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit” shall be replaced by “in God the Trinity’s name.”

The church decided to make the move as part of an overhaul of their 31-year-old handbook on language, hymns and other aspects. In this handbook they are encouraging the clergymen to refer to God as, well, God because it is less gender-specific.

This rather controversial decision won’t come into effect until May 20, 2018, as the church tries to align themselves with contemporary society, which has rapidly changed over the past year alone.

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