Caladan
Agnostic Pantheist
LOL, have you heard about Hera?
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- Thread starter Dezzie
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Zindagee Rahmaan
Believing in unity
Respect.That and it's the proper way of writing God in the pronoun form in English.
So if the first reason, same reason as (SAW) in Islam, I guess?
Most respected fellow! I don't appreciate this SAW in Islam for Muhammad. I don't think same reason is with this SAW for it stands for an abbreviation. For "He"...
Don't you all think there is no neutral form in Hebrew, Aramaic or Arabic so thats why by defualt God is "He" as orignal language states so?
Breathe
Hostis humani generis
Yep.
I mentioned it in a previous post, post 10 on page 1, but nobody responded to it. http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/1535705-post10.html
Because God represents Himself as masculine...
He came as a male to earth... Jesus told us to pray "Our Father"... "Abba"...
That is why I refer to God as He...
He came as a male to earth... Jesus told us to pray "Our Father"... "Abba"...
That is why I refer to God as He...
Comicaze247
See the previous line
I assume you're referring to George Carlin's interpretation, right?
George Carlin said:
free spirit
Well-Known Member
God has no gender because God is love, also the female is includet in mankind.
Anti-thesisofreason
Explorer
Why does God have to be a He? I have noticed that lately... everyone says he when they refer to God. I try not to do that... Sometimes I slip because everyone says it and it is all I hear. Why is that? To me I always felt that God doesn't necessarily have a gender. What does everyone else think?
Personally I think it has a lot to do with the current patriarchal system we are under. God is definately masculine in gender why would we have the word goddess to promote the female?
Plus as Odion said there is no gender neutral alternative and "IT" seems a bit disrepectful as others have pointed out. Maybe we need to come up with our own gender neutral term anyone have any ideas?
I personally prefer the term THE ALL but I find it confuses people I don't know if its because they aren't sure what I'm talking about when I use the term or what???
Imagist
Worshipper of Athe.
Why does God have to be a He? I have noticed that lately... everyone says he when they refer to God. I try not to do that... Sometimes I slip because everyone says it and it is all I hear. Why is that? To me I always felt that God doesn't necessarily have a gender. What does everyone else think?
I call god "he", but that's only because I'm an atheist, and in my opinion existence is a more salient attribute than gender.
Bedlam
Improperly Undefined
Sooooooo...
Jehovah creates Adam in his image. Then Adam looks at his crotch and says, "What in Your name is all this business down here?!"
Jehovah responds, "What do you mean? I made you in my image! Your business is the same as my business."
Adam nods in agreement, but he's still confused. "So what do you do with your business?"
"Do with it?" Jehovah replies in anger, "You're not supposed to DO anything with it! And for questioning my grand design, you shall be punished in a way that befits your transgression!"
Jehovah created Eve, and we men have been paying for it ever since.
Jehovah creates Adam in his image. Then Adam looks at his crotch and says, "What in Your name is all this business down here?!"
Jehovah responds, "What do you mean? I made you in my image! Your business is the same as my business."
Adam nods in agreement, but he's still confused. "So what do you do with your business?"
"Do with it?" Jehovah replies in anger, "You're not supposed to DO anything with it! And for questioning my grand design, you shall be punished in a way that befits your transgression!"
Jehovah created Eve, and we men have been paying for it ever since.
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Imagist
Worshipper of Athe.
Jehovah creates Adam in his image. Then Adam looks at his crotch and says, "What in Your name is all this business down here?!"
Jehovah responds, "What do you mean? I made you in my image! Your business is the same as my business."
Adam nods in agreement, but he's still confused. "So what do you do with your business?"
"Do with it?" Jehovah replies in anger, "You're not supposed to DO anything with it! And for questioning my grand design, you shall be punished in a way that befits your transgression!"
Jehovah created Eve, and we men have been screwed ever since.
I don't see how that's a punishment... I rather enjoy being screwed (at least in the way described).
However, the "You're not supposed to DO anything with it!" does shed some new light on Christian beliefs about sexuality.
free spirit
Well-Known Member
To Dezzie
Why God is called father and not mother?
All those who ask this question are missing the meaning of those two words:
let me explain in very basic human function and terms but with divine reason.
Now the women provides the egg and the man provide the sperm, the sperm of the father gives life to the egg, and the egg with the mother nurture that life for nine mounth.
So the giver of life is the father, God also gives life to all, therefore he is a father.
In other words father means giver of life, and mother means nurture of life.
Obviously gender as we understand it has nothing to do with God.
Why God is called father and not mother?
All those who ask this question are missing the meaning of those two words:
let me explain in very basic human function and terms but with divine reason.
Now the women provides the egg and the man provide the sperm, the sperm of the father gives life to the egg, and the egg with the mother nurture that life for nine mounth.
So the giver of life is the father, God also gives life to all, therefore he is a father.
In other words father means giver of life, and mother means nurture of life.
Obviously gender as we understand it has nothing to do with God.
Sonic247
Well-Known Member
Well as a Christian it's just because of the Bible. Although he is a spirit and doesn't have body parts or whatever like we do he's referred to in the masculine so that's how we refer to him. I mean but who can really understand all that God is. He is Spirit I'm flesh, the small amount I know about him is because of his Spirit living in me.Why does God have to be a He? I have noticed that lately... everyone says he when they refer to God. I try not to do that... Sometimes I slip because everyone says it and it is all I hear. Why is that? To me I always felt that God doesn't necessarily have a gender. What does everyone else think?
His spirit lives in you? That sounds painful.
free spirit
Well-Known Member
To Storm,
The egg is in neutral it is expelled by force of gravity, the sperm is live and swims towards the egg.
The egg is in neutral it is expelled by force of gravity, the sperm is live and swims towards the egg.
Sonic247
Well-Known Member
Painful in what way?
Well I don't know what a spirit actually is, so maybe it's tiny and doesn't hurt much, but having something live inside you doesn't sound pleasant at all.
painted wolf
Grey Muzzle
The egg is just as alive as the sperm... it just can't travel of its own volition.
Infact it has a much longer lifespan than the sperm does. Us women are born with all our eggs while men have to make them on the spot and then watch them die in a few moments.
wa:do
Infact it has a much longer lifespan than the sperm does. Us women are born with all our eggs while men have to make them on the spot and then watch them die in a few moments.
wa:do