Is God a Woman?

[sandy whitelinger]

200 posts about the gender of G-d and not one person has commented on the limitations of the Hebrew Language. . .

In the Hebrew language their is no way to communicate a genderless singular noun. English has 'It' as 3rd person singular where their is no gender. Their is no equivalent in Hebrew. Nouns must be female or male.

Ok, so what is your point relevent to the OP? Is God male, female or neuter?

 

[ThuggishSplicer]

I would have to say that the God of the (whole)Bible would not, could not, be a woman , because they were a social minority when it came to importance(especially in the NT). "Why would God be a woman!!?" they'd say and this is obvious due to the numerous areas in scripture where sexism is displayed. It doesn't matter to me. God might need to be female as being creator and nurturing characteristics of creators, even displayed in the Eden story, God basically nurtured Adam and Eve in the garden until they ate from the fruit that was prohibited. So I think that It was His/Her plan in the beginning possibly. There is no way to prove that God is a woman but it is fine if you'd like to recognize God as a woman.
As: She, or Her, I also think that you don't need to say "goddess", just God should do.

 

[S-word]

I would have to say that the God of the (whole)Bible would not, could not, be a woman , because they were a social minority when it came to importance(especially in the NT). "Why would God be a woman!!?" they'd say and this is obvious due to the numerous areas in scripture where sexism is displayed. It doesn't matter to me. God might need to be female as being creator and nurturing characteristics of creators, even displayed in the Eden story, God basically nurtured Adam and Eve in the garden until they ate from the fruit that was prohibited. So I think that It was His/Her plan in the beginning possibly. There is no way to prove that God is a woman but it is fine if you'd like to recognize God as a woman.

As: She, or Her, I also think that you don't need to say "goddess", just God should do.

God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; male and female created he them, and blessed them and named them Adam. In the body of Adam was Eve and all mankind. the body of mankind is a multi celled androgynous being, like the androgynous being who is God in whose image mankind was created. The body of mankind is neither male nor female, it is the womb in which the Son of God develops all the wisdom, knowledge and insight, needed by the heir to the throne of Godhead, the Most High in the creation.

 

[sandy whitelinger]

God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; male and female created he them, and blessed them and named them Adam. In the body of Adam was Eve and all mankind. the body of mankind is a multi celled androgynous being, like the androgynous being who is God in whose image mankind was created. The body of mankind is neither male nor female, it is the womb in which the Son of God develops all the wisdom, knowledge and insight, needed by the heir to the throne of Godhead, the Most High in the creation.

Good insight but you left out the part where God seperated man and woman creating a body for Eve from Adams rib. And in case you haven't noticed there are bodies of men and bodies of women asI speak. Or were you speaking metaphorically meaning mankind as a whole?

 

[sandy whitelinger]

I would have to say that the God of the (whole)Bible would not, could not, be a woman , because they were a social minority when it came to importance(especially in the NT). "Why would God be a woman!!?" they'd say and this is obvious due to the numerous areas in scripture where sexism is displayed. It doesn't matter to me. God might need to be female as being creator and nurturing characteristics of creators, even displayed in the Eden story, God basically nurtured Adam and Eve in the garden until they ate from the fruit that was prohibited. So I think that It was His/Her plan in the beginning possibly. There is no way to prove that God is a woman but it is fine if you'd like to recognize God as a woman.
As: She, or Her, I also think that you don't need to say "goddess", just God should do.

How about just because the Bible always relates to God in the masculine? Or is that too simple?

 

[ThuggishSplicer]

How about just because the Bible always relates to God in the masculine? Or is that too simple?

I don't believe God has a gender, but in our human minds, we have to consider God a male or female due to the way our minds work(mainly convenience). So, in my view God is God, gender or not.

 

[S-word]

Quote.....sandy whitelinger
Good insight but you left out the part where God seperated man and woman creating a body for Eve from Adams rib. And in case you haven't noticed there are bodies of men and bodies of women asI speak. Or were you speaking metaphorically meaning mankind as a whole?

God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; male and female created he them, and blessed them and named them Adam. In the body of Adam was Eve and all mankind. the body of mankind is a multi celled androgynous being, like the androgynous being who is God in whose image mankind was created. The body of mankind is neither male nor female, it is the womb in which the Son of God develops all the wisdom, knowledge and insight, needed by the heir to the throne of Godhead, the Most High in the creation.

 

[soleil10]

I believe God is both male and female. He is our Heavenly parent. When we ourselves become one as a male and a female with God as our center, we become like God and multiply.
For me, this is the true definition of the trinity.
After Adam and Eve fell, that original trinity failed. God sent Jesus as a second Adam in order to become our new sinless ancestor.
Since, he was rejected, could not marry and was killed, Christianity explains a spiritual trinity with God, Jesus (Masculine spirit) and the Holy spirit (a comforting spirit, a female spirit). We are reborn spiritually through Jesus and the Holy spirit.
God is a parent, both male and female. He cannot experience love alone and just love Himself.
Love takes two to exist.
His love was His motivation to create

 

[Ashley-Yin]

seriously dont bother with it mate God is male if your looking for a Goddess you need to look into different religions unless your not on about 'one farther' crap

but any hoo i see it as their god is male thats why most of these people are for male dominance etc

A Goddess just dosent treat human kind in such a way

just some thoughts...

 

[Spiritone]

God is spirit as far as can be determined which is in all things, so why would God be referred to as a "woman"? A female spirit I could sort of understand but get real. All encompassing spirit referred to by Jesus as our Heavenly Father, a way of explaining the unexplainable imo.

 

[sandy whitelinger]

God is spirit as far as can be determined which is in all things, so why would God be referred to as a "woman"?

The God of the Bible is always refered to in the masculine.

 

[Sententia]

If god had a sex than it wouldn't be.

Oh wait....

 

[Draka]

The God of the Bible is always refered to in the masculine.

Was there a pronoun to refer to the entity of god that was genderless that didn't come off as if they were speaking of a rock? Men wrote the bible, so picturing god as masculine was just the easiest and most convenient thing to do at the time. Doesn't mean that god has a penis though.

 

[sandy whitelinger]

Was there a pronoun to refer to the entity of god that was genderless that didn't come off as if they were speaking of a rock? Men wrote the bible, so picturing god as masculine was just the easiest and most convenient thing to do at the time. Doesn't mean that god has a penis though.

It has nothing to with something so crass as genitilia, rather God's role.

 

[Draka]

It has nothing to with something so crass as genitilia, rather God's role.

God's role as what? A parent? Which parent? What attributes do you apply towards god? Which gender do you stereotype as having those attributes?

 

[Spiritone]

Forget about gender when it comes to God. Translations to Greek and to English caused a lot of misunderstandings. Jesus and other religious leaders had to speak to the people in a way they would understand so we should not take every word literally. imo.

 

[capslockf9]

I have heard of this view, but I have never really understood it. Is there anyone that believes that God is a woman that can explain the rationale behind this belief?

It is a "...nearly unavoidable desire, or necessity, to render the incomprehensible in terms of what is most familiar to us: a barrier is a wall and the mold of man cannot be anything else but a man. He thought that if I were a woman I would see the mold as a woman..."
Carlos Castaneda: The Fire from Within (6), Terebess Asia Online (TAO)

 

[sandy whitelinger]

God's role as what? A parent? Which parent? What attributes do you apply towards god? Which gender do you stereotype as having those attributes?

The simple answer is God is a father. Since He was the Father of Christ (Christ had a mother) and it was nesessary to introduce flesh untainted by sin through the descendancy of Adam.

 

[Draka]

The simple answer is God is a father. Since He was the Father of Christ (Christ had a mother) and it was nesessary to introduce flesh untainted by sin through the descendancy of Adam.

Are you basing god having a male gender on Christ having been born of a woman? We are all born of women. Would you require a man to give birth in order for god to be female in gender? If that's your basis it's pretty flimsy. If god is capable of anything and everything then would it matter what gender it was in order to "plant a seed"? Or do you really think that god impregnated Mary with actual sperm? :areyoucra

 

[sandy whitelinger]

Are you basing god having a male gender on Christ having been born of a woman? We are all born of women. Would you require a man to give birth in order for god to be female in gender? If that's your basis it's pretty flimsy. If god is capable of anything and everything then would it matter what gender it was in order to "plant a seed"? Or do you really think that god impregnated Mary with actual sperm?

Sigh! In order for Jesus to be fully man He needed a full complement of genetic material. He could not have recieved it from Mary.