Then how come God (I'm speaking of the biblical One) did not need a mate? I'm willing to hear from people of all Faiths! But please do not insult me or threaten to pray for me for asking this question. B/c I believe that creation involves both male/female. Thank you.
2006-06-21 13:05:22 · 21 answers · asked by Lucy 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There is alot of gnostic traditions of Christianity that believe he did have a female mate. Some believe that this was essentially "choked" out of the christian story. I believe in Genesis in a few of the translations of the bible the term "we" is used. Paraphrased " we should make them in our image" however I am not sure where it is found. The we in that phrase being the male and female of God. Sophia is the term for wisdom in the bible in some translations. Sophia at one time was celebrated as a "Goddess", there was a catherdral built to her I believe in the area of what is now Turkey. Most tradition christian religions sort of brush all of that away. The dove symbol for the holy spirit, again is another female divinity symbol. Some researchers have speculated that the dove is another symbol for Sophia. This just the little that I know of it, I hope it helps a bit.
2006-06-21 13:15:20 · answer #1 · answered by meluusinee 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If u read the bible closely it said that God was a spirit that was hovering over the earth, and a spirit doesnt need a mate to reproduce. God made a man then a women. God took Adams rib because that is the bone closest to the heart.
2006-06-21 13:18:39 · answer #2 · answered by fobstah14 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God-creator
man-reproducer
2006-06-21 13:10:49 · answer #3 · answered by really? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Consider that 'image' does not necessarily have to be physical. What if it's in the same spiritual image as God? The passage might be referring to souls, for instance, rather than bodies. People need a male and female to procreate. God creates things, but doesn't procreate. Jesus is his son, but not in the way people have sons. 'In the beginning there was the Word [Christ] and the Word was with God and the Word was God.' Jesus was never created, but was always present as one with the Father. They, together with the Holy Spirit, comprise God.
2006-06-21 13:15:42 · answer #4 · answered by Caritas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is a spirit. In the beginning He existed. (Genesis 1:1)He exists outside of time, so these things can be hard to understand.
God does not have a flesh & blood body. He is a spirit with a spirit "body" or form. We are 3 part beings: body, soul & spirit. Your spirit is dead, unless you repent of your sin and ask Jesus to be Lord of your life. Then your spirit is made new. It is in your spirit that you communicate with God.
We are made in God's image in that we eternal souls and God meant for us to communicate with Him through eternity.
We have flesh & blood bodies only for life here on earth, which involves reproduction. God does not have and did not ever have a mate because He is a spirit and does not reproduce.
When we die, if we are true Christians, believers of Jesus Christ (not just in name only), then our spirit goes to heaven. We don't need our flesh & blood body in heaven because there is no marriage or reproduction there.
2006-06-21 13:16:23 · answer #5 · answered by GAC 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I asked that question and the response were so christian like, god didn't need a mate he is god, only when he created Adam & Eve and the others, but when it came to Jesus he needed a mate and that was Mary the Virgin, so god could have been an alien and cloned us
2006-06-21 13:43:52 · answer #6 · answered by man of ape 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually He is reproducing Himself.
Ro 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Ro 8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
Ro 8:16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
Ro 8:17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
Ro 8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
2006-06-21 13:09:49 · answer #7 · answered by His eyes are like flames 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ancient writers tell us that Father Abraham was one of the finest scientists and astronomers of all time. He even imparted much of his knowledge to the Egyptians. When he lived in Ur of the Chaldees, he taught about the geometry of the motions of the planets and the fact that they revolved in orbits around the Sun. He even taught that since all of the bodies in the heavens followed certain laws, this proved that they weren't gods. If these astronomical bodies were gods, then they would do their own thing and not be subject to such laws. This made the Chaldean priests and astronomers very angry, because Abraham was pointing the people to the idea of a Creator who made all things. Since people were listening to Abraham and not them, these priests and astronomers were losing their grip over the people since they weren't following their gods. They then decided that they wanted to kill Abraham in order to silence the critic. This may have been why around 2091 BC at age 75, God called Abraham away from Ur and ask him to to the land He would show him. Through Abraham, God brought into the world the nation of Israel, the nation through which the Savior would come. It is ironic that the Pharisees treated Jesus the very same way that the Chaldeans treated Abraham. Jesus was pointing people to God, and as a result, the Pharisees were losing their grip over the people. People were beginning to stop listening to them. As a result, they conspired to have Jesus killed. The Bible tells us, "The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth (John 1:14)". Jesus handed Himself over to the powers of darkness, and He conquered sin and death so that we might live. Christ came to crush the very idols which seek to control us.
2016-05-20 09:56:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is not made of flesh, so He has no needs like humans, i mean He does not waste most of His time in sleeping, eating, going to toilet and of-course making children in record time! He doesn't need to work for His living and then sitting on laptop answering all stupid questions with a wish to get 10 points.
2006-06-21 13:23:31 · answer #9 · answered by imran 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is great logic but it will not work when it comes to God. God's ways are much higher than ours. God did reproduce all He did was take on an earthly body as He always was and always will be.
http://www.biblebelievers.com/SimpleSalvation.html
2006-06-21 13:32:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋