The purpose of Holy Wars is Holy Wars. The purpose of Math is defined by Math.
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God... He or She?
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"It" would be referring to a god as not knowing. He or she refers to knowing. Therefore "it" isn't part of the question. Of course that's my opinion.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
That's because God is human made. It's as varied as people's faces and characteristics.
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So, the purpose of war is war?
Isn’t that a little simplistic?
If the purpose of math is defined by math, then why do you believe that mathematicians don’t understand the purpose of math?
First off, who knows? He or she is just personal belief and nothing to do with said gods gender.
And of course, said god may not be either and so it is a possibility
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As i said, who know, yes it's personal belief so it is a possibility
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The question is why do some refer to god as he or she.
It, them, myth, imaginary, etc are certainly possibilities but that's not the question.
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I’ve used both.
Sometimes I use “She” intentionally.
If one is discussing Women’s History in the context of a Holy War, for example.
That reminded me of this poem by Hafiz as rendered by Ladinsky
How Does It Feel To Be A Man
Once a young woman asked me,
“How does it feel to be a man?”
And I replied,
“My dear,
I am not so sure.”
Then she said,
“Well, aren’t you a man?”
And this time I replied,
“I view gender
As a beautiful animal
That people often take for a walk on a leash
And might try to enter in some odd contest
To try to win prizes.
“My dear,
A better question for Hafiz
Would have been,
“How does it feel to be a heart?”
For all I know is Love,
And I find my heart Infinite
And Everywhere!
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Being love comes from the brain and not the heart... Wouldn't "how does it feel to be a brain" be a better question.
In spiritual systems the "heart" does not refer to the physical organ that pumps blood. When someone says we need to "get to the heart of the matter" that is much closer to how spiritual systems use the word "heart"
Heyo
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I do use "it" for any unknown god, i.e. when referring to "god".
I do use their gender assigned by the author of a god story where they are named.
Zeus, Odin and YHVH are named god characters who are described as male in their stories. I refer to them as "he".
Hella, Aphrodite and Epona are named goddesses who I refer to as "she".
The generic god has no gender, it doesn't even have personality, so even "they" would assigning a quality it doesn't necessarily have.
questfortruth
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First person was Adam. He. So, He contains She.
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Eve didn’t even have a single Y chromosome in any of her ribs.
Had the Holy Bible said that Eve came first, the Holy Bible would have ended up looking pretty foolish in the light of modern science.
The Holy Bible was nearly falsified by science. That was a close call.
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And woman contains man. Female contains male. Women contain men.
Menopause contain men. Menstrual cramp contain men. Mental breakdown contain men. Etc etc
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questfortruth
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Women? Wo-men. You are hu-man. Why? Because you love a man.
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I'm actual hu-man.