God's Gender...

[PolyHedral]

SInce when did God sleep?

 

[Feathers in Hair]

SInce when did God sleep?

Since about the same time it mattered if God had a gender. (When we started seeing Deity as possessing human attributes, that is.)

 

[zombieharlot]

Pink! Not because I think God is a woman, but because I'm really hoping he's a homosexual.:run:

 

[Halcyon]

I have two views of God, one as the infinite Depths from which all things arise - unknowable and silent.

The other view i have is a more personal one; the parts of God like compassion, love, and empathy that i admire and would like to emulate in day-to-day life i see as being more feminine than masculine. So, the personal "feeling" i get of God is as a feminine presense, which sits alongside the broader understanding of God's infinite totality.

 

[Feathers in Hair]

Honestly, Meggie, that has got to be one of the most beautiful mental images, with regards to the Gods, ever!

To be honest, it was just what I thought of in response to your post. (Wish I could claim to have put thought into it, but no such luck!) Looking back on it, though, it somehow summarizes how some of us (me included!) view the Gods. I'm so glad it struck a chord with someone! :hug:

 

[uumckk16]

I wanted to vote for two...genderless and having all genders. We are part of God, and while I do not believe he is a gendered or sexual entity, I think he understands the genders and created them, theologically speaking.

I was also torn between those two. I ended up picking 'having all genders' since I believe God resides within us all...but then again, I suppose it's just our bodies that have genders, not our souls (in my belief anyway)...so now I'm torn again...

Regardless, I don't believe God is specifically male or female.

 

[Quiddity]

I believe God is an androgynous being; not in the sense of male and female but rather genderless.

 

[Green Gaia]

When I think of a deity, being limited by my human concepts, I prefer to think of a woman, obviously. It is much more of a comfort to me.

 

[Quiddity]

When I think of a deity, being limited by my human concepts, I prefer to think of a woman, obviously. It is much more of a comfort to me.

Why? I'm curious.

 

[Green Gaia]

Why? I'm curious.

I suppose growing up being told that the male God is jealous, vengeful, wrath-filled, and wants to control every aspect of my life had something to do with it. I rejected all of that.

 

[Quiddity]

I suppose growing up being told that the male God is jealous, vengeful, wrath-filled, and wants to control every aspect of my life had something to do with it. I rejected all of that.

That would do it.

 

[Radio Frequency X]

I don't believe God has a gender, though, I can't help but seeing God as male. I do see a female aspect in divinity that flows through Nature, life, and feeling, but my idea God is more of a rational, logical, productive, masculine personality.

 

[Quiddity]

I don't believe God has a gender, though, I can't help but seeing God as male. I do see a female aspect in divinity that flows through Nature, life, and feeling, but my idea God is more of a rational, logical, productive, masculine personality.

*DUCK*
Tomatoes coming your way...........lol

 

[Green Gaia]

That would do it.

To be honest though, I don't think about unless asked.

 

[Quiddity]

To be honest though, I don't think about unless asked.

Well it's obviously tainted your view of a male God hasn't it?

 

[Radio Frequency X]

*DUCK*
Tomatoes coming your way...........lol

That's ok. When people throw tomatoes, I make Ketchup.

 

[Green Gaia]

Well it's obviously tainted your view of a male God hasn't it?

I meant deity in general, but yes it has.

 

[Bishka]

Beyond the testimony of the Bible and other alledgedly revelatory/inspired religious texts, is there any reason to believe God is male?

Joseph Smith saw God in my belief.

 

[Green Gaia]

That's ok. When people throw tomatoes, I make Ketchup.

Salsa is good too, or gazpacho.

 

[Quiddity]

I meant deity in general, but yes it has.

That's how I took it.