A Paiz is a boy servant. The importance of this is that when translated correctly the story of Jesus and the Centurion could then show a gay-positive attitude by Jesus. Christianity has become a tool of patriarchy. It is my premise that this patriarchy has affected us so dramatically that any attempt to remove or reduce its effect will most likely fail, at least during my lifetime. At the core of this patriarchy is the foundation of western culture, the Church .
Organized religion is a tool of patriarchy.
We must allow for the images found within the scriptures of a feminine God to step forward. Not to replace the male image, but to rest side by side. Completing the image of God. We must allow for a truer presentation of the role of woman in the Bible. The records clearly show that it was the women of the Bible that clung to Jesus after his crucifixion, while the male disciples fled and hid.