Can God Be a Woman?

[firedragon]

In these days of equality between the sexes, God is sometimes regarded as neither male nor female, so that when (for example) [he] created male and female, [he] could be the template for both.

Do you mean to say this gender neutral God is a new concept as in "In these days of equality"? In the past God was male??

 

[Mark Charles Compton]

Do you mean to say this gender neutral God is a new concept as in "In these days of equality"? In the past God was male??

Enoch/Hermes/Mercury is accredited to teaching the inherent duality of all things, including that from which all things arose. So, I would propose the idea from time immemorial.

 

[blü 2]

Do you mean to say this gender neutral God is a new concept as in "In these days of equality"? In the past God was male??

Yup, butch as hell.

 

[RestlessSoul]

“Our Mother who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name…”


Yeah, that seems to work. As does “In my Mother’s house, there are many rooms”

Whatever works as a conception of God, for an individual or in a particular culture, is surely valid. For it is only a conception after all; God’s true qualities certainly transcend all worldly concepts, as They transcend all human understanding.

 

[1213]

... Can your God be a female? Why or why not?

I believe God is spirit and love.

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
John 4:24

He who doesn't love doesn't know God, for God is love.
1 John 4:8

We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.
1 John 4:16

 

[Vee]

Hey guys, as someone who sees God as a woman (The Goddess) I'm curious to hear what other religions think of a female deity. Can your God be a female? Why or why not?

God, being a spiritual person, wouldn't have a physical body, therefore no physical gender either.

 

[QuestioningMind]

Hey guys, as someone who sees God as a woman (The Goddess) I'm curious to hear what other religions think of a female deity. Can your God be a female? Why or why not?

Do you believe that there is just a single goddess/god? If so, then the concept of male or female doesn't make any sense. Male or female is just one half of a biological equation. If your goddess/god is either male or female it suggests that there must be an opposite sex counterpart.

 

[firedragon]

Yup, butch as hell.

So what you are saying is that "Butch" is equal to "Male" and it has been always, thus all Gods prior to your "recent times" theory were all male because they were deemed "Butch".

Please clarify.

 

[firedragon]

Enoch/Hermes/Mercury is accredited to teaching the inherent duality of all things, including that from which all things arose. So, I would propose the idea from time immemorial.

I am not really getting what you say.

 

[blü 2]

So what you are saying is that "Butch" is equal to "Male" and it has been always, thus all Gods prior to your "recent times" theory were all male because they were deemed "Butch".

No, not all gods, merely the Abrahamic god. Apart from the odd pioneer here and there, he became [he] in my lifetime. Well past WW2 he was always he, the Father ─ and [he] still is with many, likely the great majority.

 

[Ashoka]

The replies so far are interesting to me. It's funny how we don't question whether or not God can be portrayed as a male, but when I ask about being portrayed as a female, "God has no gender". Just something I noticed.

I don't believe God has a physical body. God, to me, is beyond form. But, just as some people see God as Father, some see God as Mother. It's human nature to try and understand the divine through such means. *shrugs* some people are just comfortable with that, and that's okay.

 

[firedragon]

No, not all gods, merely the Abrahamic god. Apart from the odd pioneer here and there, he became [he] in my lifetime. Well past WW2 he was always he, the Father ─ and [he] still is with many, likely the great majority.

Well, this God you call the abrahamic God was never called the father in the Quran, so that assertion is unfounded when you say God having no gender a brand new phenomena based on the new equality of men and women. Unless of course you could provide some Islamic literature that says God was a male.

 

[Mark Charles Compton]

The replies so far are interesting to me. It's funny how we don't question whether or not God can be portrayed as a male, but when I ask about being portrayed as a female, "God has no gender". Just something I noticed.

I don't believe God has a physical body. God, to me, is beyond form. But, just as some people see God as Father, some see God as Mother. It's human nature to try and understand the divine through such means. *shrugs* some people are just comfortable with that, and that's okay.

You may find a little entertainment in this recent learning experience of mine.

So, about 3 years ago I first learned of Brahmanism. For around two years until just last Summer, I was regularly inquiring and sharing opinions regarding Vishnu, Brahma and particularly Shiva.

When I was posting about Lord Shiva on YouTube, a particular individual in the comments repetitively and angrily claimed I was mocking their religion and had no right. I kept referring to Lord Shiva as 'her' and 'she', which is apparently not the case.

You see... On the Final Fantasy video game series, there's a particular Aeon/Summon named Shiva, a scandalously clad blue (cold/ice) female... And so I familiarized myself with Lord Shiva as a female, and have no idea how many people I offended or ****ed off and/or caused to facepalm. Oopsies, we live we learn.

 

[Ashoka]

You may find a little entertainment in this recent learning experience of mine.

So, about 3 years ago I first learned of Brahmanism. For around two years until just last Summer, I was regularly inquiring and sharing opinions regarding Vishnu, Brahma and particularly Shiva.

When I was posting about Lord Shiva on YouTube, a particular individual in the comments repetitively and angrily claimed I was mocking their religion and had no right. I kept referring to Lord Shiva as 'her' and 'she', which is apparently not the case.

You see... On the Final Fantasy video game series, there's a particular Aeon/Summon named Shiva, a scandalously clad blue (cold/ice) female... And so I familiarized myself with Lord Shiva as a female, and have no idea how many people I offended or ****ed off and/or caused to facepalm. Oopsies, we live we learn.

What's funny is that Shiva can also be half man half woman as Ardhanarishvara. So, you weren't too far off. I think the commenters just get hung up on forms of God; in Hinduism, Shiva-Shakti is seen as one being, not separate, and Shakta theology teaches that the Goddess is "male, female and neuter". So she is Shakti, as well as Shiva. So, technically, you weren't wrong.

 

[Colt]

6:8.1 Concerning identity, nature, and other attributes of personality, the Eternal Son is the full equal, the perfect complement, and the eternal counterpart of the Universal Father. In the same sense that God is the Universal Father, the Son is the Universal Mother. And all of us, high and low, constitute their universal family. UB 1955

 

[Stormcry]

You may find a little entertainment in this recent learning experience of mine.

So, about 3 years ago I first learned of Brahmanism. For around two years until just last Summer, I was regularly inquiring and sharing opinions regarding Vishnu, Brahma and particularly Shiva.

When I was posting about Lord Shiva on YouTube, a particular individual in the comments repetitively and angrily claimed I was mocking their religion and had no right. I kept referring to Lord Shiva as 'her' and 'she', which is apparently not the case.

You see... On the Final Fantasy video game series, there's a particular Aeon/Summon named Shiva, a scandalously clad blue (cold/ice) female... And so I familiarized myself with Lord Shiva as a female, and have no idea how many people I offended or ****ed off and/or caused to facepalm. Oopsies, we live we learn.

The term Brahmanism is an orientalist term invented in the colonial period. It's an offensive term for the Vedic believers or Hindus.

 

[wellwisher]

Hey guys, as someone who sees God as a woman (The Goddess) I'm curious to hear what other religions think of a female deity. Can your God be a female? Why or why not?

In tradition, the female principle is matter=mother. The male principle is spirit, which is the principle that animates matter. When males and females breed, the male's sperm triggers the development of the female egg, with the female body becoming the material platform that continues the process. This is how the ancient distinction of matter and spirit was developed.

God as woman appears to be the basis for science. The philosophy of science requires observation that enter our sensory systems from outside us; reflected off matter. It is not about ghosts. The male principle in science is more connected to innovative ideas that allow new areas of science to grow like a fetus; Einstein's Relativity. Relativity could not be seen at first; no matter for reflection, until tools evolved. It was a masculine spirit that triggered a new branch of science; material proof.

Religion is more masculine than feminine. Faith for example, excludes the maternal principles of matter. It is the belief in things not seen. One cannot see faith, to believe, like with matter. A maternal religion would be more like nature worship, where we live in the present of the sensory world. Innovation is the bridge between the male and female.

In Catholicism, they have the principles of the Holy Spirit; masculine, and the assumption of the virgin; feminine. This union reflects the creative principle, where male and female can unite to form a baby.

Christianity is very creative and innovative since it accepts the union of the male and female essence, with the Holy Spirit allowing creativity to occur individually, instead of just by the prophets. The Age of Reason evolved in Christians countries; Europe, due to male and female principles, but not by all. This caused a new branch called Atheism to sprout from Christianity, which is more about the female essence of matter and external reality. It does contain masculine elements for creative energy.

 

[Mark Charles Compton]

The term Brahmanism is an orientalist term invented in the colonial period. It's an offensive term for the Vedic believers or Hindus.

This was the first I've heard of that. I'm just learning left and right. My apologies.

 

[Kelly of the Phoenix]

Nope. God created certain aspects of his nature in both the male and female, so that together they complement each other. Neither is better than the other. The male was created with a penis. So it is obvious that God had already thought of making a woman with a corresponding vagina in order for the male to procreate. She was no mere afterthought.

When Adam, the first human creation, was naming the animals he noticed that they all had mates, and he noticed he did not have one, and he yearned for a mate, a partner. That was part of the nature God created man with. God then said:

"Then Jehovah God said: “It is not good for the man to continue to be alone. I am going to make a helper for him, as a complement of him.”-Genesis 2:18.

Eve was an afterthought. Adam went through all the animals before God figures out that Adam needs his own species.

 

[Mark Charles Compton]

Eve was an afterthought. Adam went through all the animals before God figures out that Adam needs his own species.

There's also Apocryphal texts that mentions a counterpart for Adam named Lillith, she was his equal and turned out to be too independent or something along those lines and left Eden. That's when one of Adam's ribs is used to make (the more subservient) Eve. Peculiar in the least.

Edit: This was highly simplified version of the story, from what little I could remember off hand.