Is God a Woman?

[Worshipper]

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?

I believe in multiple Gods, some of each sex.

From some Mormon scripture on the topic:

26 And the Gods took counsel among themselves and said: Let us go down and form man in our image, after our likeness; and we will give them dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

27 So the Gods went down to organize man in their own image, in the image of the Gods to form they him, male and female to form they them.

28 And the Gods said: We will bless them. And the Gods said: We will cause them to be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it, and to have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.​

(Abraham 4:26-28)

I believe the reason we are male and female is that we are created in the image of the Gods.

I believe (though this is just my personal interpretation of the scripture) that the reason we have sexual intercourse is because that's how the Gods created man — I think that's why the scripture says the Gods went down personally to create man where for all the rest of creation they seem to have directed it from afar.

 

[Autodidact]

toms: When you start a thread, good manners indicate that you should respond to questions people ask you in it.

 

[Charity]

If God were a woman I don't think it is likely that Jesus would have referred to Him as the "Father".

 

[Halcyon]

It's interesting to think about. If God did not have a gender, why was gender created in the first place? Why is sex necessary to produce offspring? Why is it important?

Some others have given their opinions on why sex exists, but the current scientific understanding is that sex evolved as a response to parasites. Sexual reproduction results in genetic recombination, something that asexual reproduction does not, and which allows for much variation between organisms - this gives a species an advantage in its arms-race against its parasites, since some genetic combinations could well hinder a parasite's ability to live on its host better than other genetic combinations.

I've always been curious as to why people prefer a Father God rather than a Mother Goddess, the latter would seem more reassuring, comforting and even a more logical choice for a Creator.

 

[gnomon]

If God were a woman I don't think it is likely that Jesus would have referred to Him as the "Father".

Could be transgender.

 

[Halcyon]

If God were a woman I don't think it is likely that Jesus would have referred to Him as the "Father".

He would if he were raised in a culture that believed in a male God, such as the one in Judea...

 

[Charity]

He would if he were raised in a culture that believed in a male God, such as the one in Judea...

Or if He really knew His own Father, wouldn't a child know the difference?

 

[sandy whitelinger]

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?

The God of the Bible is represented as a male. without that many of the doctrines of Christianity would fall flat, for example Christ being the bridegroom of the church.

 

[sandy whitelinger]

Could be transgender.

Or maybe metrosexual.

 

[gnomon]

Or maybe metrosexual.

Egads.

An eternity of Queer Eye Bravo reruns in heaven.

 

[Charity]

The entire premise of Jesus is that He and the Father are one. He always referred to the Heavenly Father not a mother.....I don't believe it leaves any doubt.

 

[Draka]

Hercules didn't refer to Hera as his mother because she wasn't. Why would Jesus refer to a "Heavenly Mother" if his own mother was earthly bound? This is of course going on the premise of there being both a male and female god. Not saying that's literally my stance, but just saying. The bible refers to creating humans in "our image, male and female" indicating at least two beings. That being the case then it would appear to be the same thing as in Greek mythology where Zeus "stepped out" on Hera and impregnated a human woman. The male god of the bible appears to have done the same thing.

 

[Halcyon]

The entire premise of Jesus is that He and the Father are one. He always referred to the Heavenly Father not a mother.....I don't believe it leaves any doubt.

And if Jesus had been born to Roman parents?

I still think his called God "Father" was mostly due to his Jewish upbringing.

 

[Autodidact]

If God were a woman I don't think it is likely that Jesus would have referred to Him as the "Father".

Assuming that Jesus existed, said anything attributed to Him, did in fact say this, was interpreted and translated correctly, and was right about God existing and being the individual referred to.

 

[logician]

Why should any gender be associated with some god concept? Gender implies reproduction, or the need to do so, so if you believe in just one god, there is no need to assign it a gender.

 

[Worshipper]

Why should any gender be associated with some god concept? Gender implies reproduction, or the need to do so

And so if one believes that God is literally one's Heavenly Father. . . .

 

[Sententia]

And so if one believes that God is literally one's Heavenly Father. . . .

If your arguing that to prove god is a male then wouldn't that imply god needed a female then to create you? We were created in gods image... he made adam first... so does that mean god is male?

 

[Halcyon]

If your arguing that to prove god is a male then wouldn't that imply god needed a female then to create you? We were created in gods image... he made adam first... so does that mean god is male?

He's LDS, so that's precisely what he believes.

 

[Father Heathen]

If there was a god, and for some odd reason "he" took an anthropomorphic form, I'd imagine "he" would be androgynous. Gods and goddesses are always in created the image of the people and culture that dreamed them up, not the other way around. I always get a chuckle when people assume that god was a certain gender, or a certain race, or spoke a certain language, or favored a certain nation. Such cute kookiness, old white bearded dude in a robe, ah.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

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