Is it Reasonable to believe God is Transgender?

[ppp]

If you're talking about the god of the Abrahamic monotheist religions, that god doesn't have a corporeal body. Something without a corporeal body can't have a sex to begin with, so the concept is not applicable.

Seems fitting to this polytheist, whose gods are the stuff of the universe, the overwhelming majority of which doesn't have a sex either.

Transgender. Not trans sex. The existence or non-existence of a body is not relevant.

 

[InChrist]

Then why do you refer to your god as a "He"?

Because that is how God had chosen to reveal Himself in the Bible. God is never described with male sexual characteristics in the scriptures, but as Spirit with all the qualities and characteristics of both male and female. Yet, God has chosen to present Himself with an emphasis on masculine qualities of fatherhood, protection, direction, strength, etc.

 

[ppp]

Because that is how God had chosen to reveal Himself in the Bible. God is never described with male sexual characteristics in the scriptures, but as Spirit with all the qualities and characteristics of both male and female. Yet, God has chosen to present Himself with an emphasis on masculine qualities of fatherhood, protection, direction, strength, etc.

Cool. Excellent support of transgender folk.

 

[InChrist]

Cool. Excellent support of transgender folk.

Not quite. I guess you missed the point…God is Spirit, not a physical/sexual being.

 

[ppp]

Not quite. I guess you missed the point…God is Spirit, not a physical/sexual being.

In case you missed it, I am not talking about sex or physicality. I am talking about psyche; what you quaintly refer to as spirit.

 

[InChrist]

In case you missed it, I am not talking about sex or physicality. I am talking about psyche; what you quaintly refer to as spirit.

Okay, but the reality that God is Spirit and a Being that includes all characteristics which He bestowed upon men and women created in His image does not support transgenderism. The transgender behavior practiced by humans is a contradiction to God’s design.

 

[ppp]

Okay, but the reality that God is Spirit and a Being that includes all characteristics which He bestowed upon men and women created in His image does not support transgenderism. The transgender behavior practiced by humans is a contradiction to God’s design.

In his image must necessarily not be tied to physicality. At least if your prior post is to be taken seriously. Gender identity must necessarily be a matter of spirit.

 

[InChrist]

In his image must necessarily not be tied to physicality. At least if your prior post is to be taken seriously. Gender identity must necessarily be a matter of spirit.

Except that according to the scriptures, God created human beings “physical” male and female, by design, for a reason. So gender identity is more than spiritual.

 

[ppp]

Except that according to the scriptures, God created human beings “physical” male and female, by design, for a reason.

Again, you are just talking physicality. Not gender.

So gender identity is more than spiritual

And yet you just said that God's gender identity is spiritual and that humans are made is God's image, which could not possibly be physical, because God has no physicalness. So human gender cannot possibly be physical, else it would have nothing to do with God's image.

I am really starting to get the sense that I am paying more attention to the words you are writing than you are.

 

[chinu]

Is it Reasonable to believe God is Transgender?​

As long as one is not afarid of their spouse, or a girl/boy friend.

 

[Quintessence]

Transgender. Not trans sex. The existence or non-existence of a body is not relevant.

I don't agree, but as you say. The concept of gender would be pretty pointless (and probably wouldn't have been developed in human cultures at all) without sexes to attach it to.

 

[Rival]

God is sexless.

 

[YmirGF]

God is sexless.

I'm uncertain why we would expect a god to conform to our primitive notions of gender, in the first place.

 

[Rival]

I'm uncertain why we would expect a god to conform to our primitive notions of gender, in the first place.

Trying to tie God into human categories is bizarre whatever the category.

 

[YmirGF]

Trying to tie God into human categories is bizarre whatever the category.

I think it indicative of how far people are going with this ludicrous thinking. They are so full of themselves that now they are even trying to get god to conform to their limited understanding of the human condition.

 

[ppp]

I don't agree, but as you say. The concept of gender would be pretty pointless (and probably wouldn't have been developed in human cultures at all) without sexes to attach it to.

I understand your perspective, but consider the variety of gender identities recognized across different cultures and societies, and the fact that many people's gender identities don't align with their biological sex. Gender is complex and multifaceted, and while it often intersects with biological sex and reproduction roles, it's not strictly determined by these factors. It's a deeply personal aspect of identity that encompasses a range of experiences, roles, and expressions. The development and understanding of gender across human cultures have been influenced by a variety of social, psychological, and cultural factors, not just biological ones.

Let's take a hypothetical where we were not primates, but a social species more closely related to whiptail lizards - one of the few parthenogenic vertabrates. We would all be female and capable of reproducing, but any indivisual could only reproduce by being topped in a pseudo sex act by another individual. Without only one sex, gender roles around nuturing, agriculture, trade, conflict, etc would all still be niches to be filled.

 

[nPeace]

It’s not reasonable at all. God is not human.
God is Spirit.
John 4:24

...and spirit is neither male nor female. Galatians 3:28

 

[InvestigateTruth]

What do believers have to say about this?

God does not have a physical body in my belief. That means it is meaningless to even ask the question if God is a male or a female.

 

[nPeace]

Not quite. I guess you missed the point…God is Spirit, not a physical/sexual being.

The writers of the Bible were humans... writing to other humans.
When referring to God, what would they say... it, she, or he?
They knew God's arrangement. 1 Corinthians 11:3

It's similar to other things in the Bible - angels having wings (angels have no wings; they are not birds); angels having swords and horses (angels don't ride horses or carry swords; they are not weak men).
This language was used for humans to read, understand, and relate to.

Imagine if an angel wrote the Bible, the angel would not refer to God as he, nor describe themselves as having wings, swords, or horses.

 

[Rival]

The noun God is masculine in Hebrew so it takes a masculine pronoun. That's it.