»Why is God a man and not a woman?«
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 Always refer to such an omnipotent being "God" as male? posted by The Shadow of Agent 488 |
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| in-my-opinion.orgReligion and Mysteries, from worship to werewolvesReligious & Philosophical TopicsWhy is God a man and not a woman? |
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 They don't posted by Kupov |
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You're wrong, they do. Most people refer to "God" as masculine. posted by The Shadow of Agent 488 |
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 This is not me starting to get addicted to this site again... I promise. But... simple answer... language. God is never referred to as having a sexual identity. However, in language, words are given a gender. In English, I might say "while taking the boat out for a spin, she conked out on me." That does not mean the boat has a sex. Alot of the time, in language, the masculine has precedence. Thus "all men" can mean "all people." For God, the neuter gender would not do, because the God of the Bible is a personal God. Therefore the masculine is used. Make sense? No doubt you will get loads of crap thrown at you by knn and the DaVinci Code telling you that the use of the masculine somehow implies the suppression of women. But even they themselves know that what they are saying is garbage. posted by stinkz |
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 stinkz: God is never referred to as having a sexual identity. Doesn't Abba mean Daddy? posted by knn |
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Simple answer: God is a she-male, ergo God is Larry Wachowski. Duh, 488, duh.  posted by MindSlavery Florida |
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 God is a big funking nothing existing only in the minds of sick perverted fools! posted by seraphim |
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 We refer to god as male because he has a penis. Duh!  posted by Tiefling |
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 god is referred to as male because most (if not all) early judeo-christian civilizations were male dominated, right? it would be sort of difficult to say women were inferior if your god is a woman. posted by CustomerDisservice |
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Hi my name is elo 
I'm 19 year old posted by ashash |
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God is a man because Virgin Mary was a woman and she gave birth to the son of God, Jesus.    posted by cyberdad |
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Here are my guesses: 1. Judaism was born in an era of anthropomorphism. The deities of that time much more closely resembled super-superheroes than gods. 2. By making god male, it promotes males and demotes females. 3. Males were the ones busily writing the religion, so males automatically assumed that their god was male. 4. Perhaps in Hebrew god is actually referred to in the neuter, but perhaps it didn't translate well into western society. These are all, quite honestly, ignorant guesses on my part. posted by Tiefling |
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'God' - I prefer to call this entity 'The Creator' or 'The Source'. The Creator must encapsulate male and female qualities otherwise there would be no such thing as female. The Creator is EVERYTHING - as everything came from the one Source and returns to that source eventually. I believe that everything IS because The Creator wished to understand itself. The Creator, has to evolve just as everything does. It has to learn through experience just as everything else does, and it has to understand itself just as much as we wish to understand ourselves and understand The Creator. posted by cathydee |
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cathydee: The Creator must encapsulate male and female qualities otherwise there would be no such thing as female. Is there such a thing as a 'gender quality' that transcends the physical form? In other words, assuming there is a soul, could the soul of a human be identified as either male or female? If so, that would imply some issues for reincarnation --- it would seem that male souls could only inhabit male bodies, and female souls could only inhabit female bodies. If not, then it is inaccurate to say that the Creator must encapsulate male and female qualities. cathydee: I believe that everything IS because The Creator wished to understand itself. The belief that the Creator did not understand itself is at odds with the belief that God is omniscient. I'm not saying either belief is right or wrong, but I am saying that you're approaching this subject from a dramatically different point of view than the Judeo-Christian belief. cathydee: The Creator, has to evolve just as everything does. It has to learn through experience just as everything else does, and it has to understand itself just as much as we wish to understand ourselves and understand The Creator. This, too, is at odds with the Judeo-Christian belief system, which believes that God is unchanging. posted by Tiefling |
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