The Sex of God

[Beaudreaux]

Right. (I already said He was a man and I thought we were both sufficiently familiar enough with the male anatomy for me not to have to spell it out for you.)

this is fascinating. As you know, God commanded his people to cut the foreskin off of their penises as part of their devotion to hi
IsGod's penis circumcised? If so, did he do it himself?

 

[MissAlice]

I don't want to come off bias or wrong but there does seem to be a male favoritism among abrahamic faiths. I've heard many sides say that either god is genderless or a father-like figure don't want to come off bias or wrong but there does seem to be a male favoritism among abrahmic faiths. I've heard many sides say that either god is genderless or a father-like figure. Not saying that there is anything necessarily assuming people of faith biasly think god a male figure but it does seem like in the majority of religions and cultures, women are beneath men. As a child even I assumed in churches that when they used the father, they literally meant a man. Now that I'm older, I realize the word father and man is figuratively used for human or human-like.

What gets me though is why humans have this natural tendency in many religions to obsess either over the sex of god or how god views sex and the role of men as being dominant over women.e. Not saying that there is anything necessarily assuming people of faith biasly think god a male figure but it does seem like in the majority of religions and cultures, women are beneath men. As a child even I assumed in churches that when they used the father, they literally meant a man. Now that I'm older, I realize the word father and man is figuratively used for human or human-like.

What gets me though is why humans have this natural tendency in many religions to obsess either over the sex of god or how god views sex and the role of men as being dominant over women.

 

[Katzpur]

this is fascinating. As you know, God commanded his people to cut the foreskin off of their penises as part of their devotion to hi
IsGod's penis circumcised? If so, did he do it himself?

How the hell should I know and why the hell should I care? It's you that has a fixation on penises, not me.

And as far as it being fascinating is concerned, I'll have to take your word for it.

 

[Beaudreaux]

How the hell should I know and why the hell should I care? It's you that has a fixation on penises, not me.

And as far as it being fascinating is concerned, I'll have to take your word for it.

Well, if God has a penis then it's either circumcised or it's not. I would think the theological implications are obvious. God commanded his people to do it and it's part of Abrahamic law. Why wouldn't you have an opinion on the subject?

 

[Katzpur]

Well, if God has a penis then it's either circumcised or it's not. I would think the theological implications are obvious. God commanded his people to do it and it's part of Abrahamic law. Why wouldn't you have an opinion on the subject?

There are no theological implications as far as I'm concerned. Who says God is bound by Abrahamic law anyway? I just find your obsession with God's penis to be incredibly juvenile. Anyway, I've said all I have to say on the subject. There are far more important things to know about God.

 

[shahzad010101]

God is God if he would have gender then he wouldnot be God, Since Gender needs an opposite to fullfill desire of sex, it had to had offsprings and the children will fight to beecome heir. Islam says IN qURAN" sAY GOD IS ONE, HE NEEDS NO ONE , HE NITHER HAS CHILDREN NOR HE HAS PARENTS AND THEREIS NO ONE LIKE HIM" THAT MEANS GOD IS SOMEONE WHO CAN NEVER BE COMAPRED WITH ANY PHYSICAL THING THAT HUMAN NAKED EYES CAN SEE

 

[Onkara]

God is God if he would have gender then he wouldnot be God, Since Gender needs an opposite to fullfill desire of sex, it had to had offsprings and the children will fight to beecome heir. Islam says IN qURAN" sAY GOD IS ONE, HE NEEDS NO ONE , HE NITHER HAS CHILDREN NOR HE HAS PARENTS AND THEREIS NO ONE LIKE HIM" THAT MEANS GOD IS SOMEONE WHO CAN NEVER BE COMAPRED WITH ANY PHYSICAL THING THAT HUMAN NAKED EYES CAN SEE

This is an interesting answer. How do you worship or approach Allah in that case? What happens in your mind's eye?

 

[blackout]

There are no theological implications as far as I'm concerned. Who says God is bound by Abrahamic law anyway? I just find your obsession with God's penis to be incredibly juvenile. Anyway, I've said all I have to say on the subject. There are far more important things to know about God.

In all fairness Katz, the Abrahmic god certainly had an obsession
with a whole nation of penises.

Was this juvenile on god's part?

 

[Beaudreaux]

There are no theological implications as far as I'm concerned.

Dude, in all seriousness, you are way wrong. Here is a partial list of the theological implications of your statement:

• God exists in physical form.
• God has human anatomy in his natural state.
• The penis is not an evolved body part as the scientific community would suggest, but is a copy of the almighty's organ and may even be proof of creation.
• God has seen fit to give many animals a similar anatomy to his own since many of them are sporting a penis as well. Why? Are animals partially in the image of God? Do they have souls?
• We know very well why humans have a penis. It is a purpose-built organ if you will. Why does God have one? What does he use it for, if anything? If nothing, why does he have it?

When you make a statement like "Yes, God has a penis" then you have to acknowledge that it opens up a line of inquiry about God. Either than or you have to admit it's a pretty silly statement to make and not go down that road.

 

[Katzpur]

Dude, in all seriousness, you are way wrong.

Dude? Hardly.

This is from the Clementine Homilies, a Jewish Christian document based on a second-century source:

And Simon said: "I should like to know, Peter, if you really believe that the shape of man has been moulded after the shape of God." And Peter said: "I am really quite certain, Simon, that this is the case... It is the shape of the just God."

For He has shape, and He has every limb primarily and solely for beauty's sake, and not for use. For He has not eyes that He may see with them; for He sees on every side, since He is imcomparably more brilliant in His body than the visual spirit which is in us, and He is more splended than everything, so that in comparison with Him the light of the sun may be reckoned as darkness. Nor has He ears that He may hear; for He hears, perceives, moves, energizes, acts on every side. But He has the most beautiful shape on account of man, that the pure in heart, may be able to see Him, that they may rejoice because they suffered. For He moulded man in His own shape as in the greadest seal, in order that he may be the ruler and lord of all, and that all may be subject to him.

There is your answer. It dates back to the 2nd century. It's the last thing I am going to say on the topic, so you might as well not address further questions to me.

 

[you have hope not faith]

Did before the fall males penises were circumsizes, and after the fall they grew forskinns? And thats the reason for god to comand men to cut them off?

Why would god make mankind ungood? Why does the female who has a prepuse or forskin not have to have it removed?

We all start off as female and with hormones become male, so the first form was female. Maybe god is a female, and it would explain the obession of the shedding of blood.

 

[Beaudreaux]

Dude? Hardly.

This is from the Clementine Homilies, a Jewish Christian document based on a second-century source:

And Simon said: "I should like to know, Peter, if you really believe that the shape of man has been moulded after the shape of God." And Peter said: "I am really quite certain, Simon, that this is the case... It is the shape of the just God."

For He has shape, and He has every limb primarily and solely for beauty's sake, and not for use. For He has not eyes that He may see with them; for He sees on every side, since He is imcomparably more brilliant in His body than the visual spirit which is in us, and He is more splended than everything, so that in comparison with Him the light of the sun may be reckoned as darkness. Nor has He ears that He may hear; for He hears, perceives, moves, energizes, acts on every side. But He has the most beautiful shape on account of man, that the pure in heart, may be able to see Him, that they may rejoice because they suffered. For He moulded man in His own shape as in the greadest seal, in order that he may be the ruler and lord of all, and that all may be subject to him.

There is your answer. It dates back to the 2nd century. It's the last thing I am going to say on the topic, so you might as well not address further questions to me.

It is good to see you admit that the existence of God's penis does in fact have theological implications. A lot of people would have trouble admitting their earlier mistake in this way.

I am confused, however, as to why this is all you have to say on the subject. This entire thread is essentially about whether or not God has a penis. You seem to think it is important to believe that God does have one. Why so uptight about exploring the implications?

 

[Katzpur]

I am confused, however, as to why this is all you have to say on the subject. This entire thread is essentially about whether or not God has a penis. You seem to think it is important to believe that God does have one. Why so uptight about exploring the implications?

I have no more interest in God's penis than I have in yours and, trust me, I have absolutely no interest in yours. I hope that doesn't hurt your feelings too awfully bad.

 

[Father Heathen]

Why exactly would an incorporeal and infinite being have a penis? Male/Female is something only for organisms that reproduce sexually, something I see no supreme being having a need for. Applying gender to a god is nothing more than man trying to anthropomorphize their concept of a deity in their own image.

 

[Beaudreaux]

I have no more interest in God's penis than I have in yours and, trust me, I have absolutely no interest in yours. I hope that doesn't hurt your feelings too awfully bad.

Why are you attacking me personally? This thread is for discussing the sex of God. You started out fine by explaining that God has a penis. You then added a nice quotation explaining that God did not use this male organ for urination or ejaculation, but that it was there for beauty's sake. Now you're making personal attacks. What happened?

 

[Beaudreaux]

Did before the fall males penises were circumsizes, and after the fall they grew forskinns? And thats the reason for god to comand men to cut them off?

Why would god make mankind ungood? Why does the female who has a prepuse or forskin not have to have it removed?

We all start off as female and with hormones become male, so the first form was female. Maybe god is a female, and it would explain the obession of the shedding of blood.

The state of the eternal and omnipotent penis would shed light on these questions. If I had to make a guess, I would say that God's holy and perfect penis would be uncircumcized. It does not make sense that God would have to change himself to become perfect. Neither does it make sense to me that God would say he made us in his image, but give the men extra skin at the end of their units merely to have us cut it off in obediance to him.

 

[blackout]

If the face of god is an acceptable topic,
then the penis of god is an acceptable topic.

There's certainly no moral difference.

If they're both there simply for beauty's sake as Katz said.