Why is God "male"?

Question

I mean , why are we always taught that God has a sex(male or female....)
God should be a different existence,not like a form of living on earth..

Answer 1

Unreason!
Nobody knows anything about God, I see no reason to imagine a God exists others do but it is purely speculation on their part.
Why would God require to be sexed..the whole idea of God and a God that has a sex is nonsense...if there is only one God who would he be mating with?...it's pure trash and illogic.

There is no intellectual honesty in evidence with those who claim a God.

Answer 2

Judaism is a better authority on the nature of the biblical God than Christianity, which sprang from Judaism:

In Judaism, God has no body, God is non-physical. Any mention of God's body is considered to be metaphorical.

Any physical representation of God, such as the Golden Calf, is considered to be idolatry.

As God has no body, He has no gender.

While God is referred to in masculine terms and the Shechinah (Divine presence that fills the universe) is referred to in feminine terms, God is actually neither male nor female.

Answer 3

God is both male and female in characteristics. According to the bible, there is neither male nor female in heaven. God is Father, but He is not a male like we are on earth. God Himself is Spirit.

Do not try to figure Him out through sociology, psychology or through the Feminist Movement theories. He is what He is! He is not inntimidated by an American mindset.

Answer 4

Traditional religious literature tends to refer to god as male primarily because males are more dominant and since god is the supreme being he should not be classified as female.

If you are looking for a more practical interpretation, then you should assume god has no gender, neither male nor female. We tend calssify everything in life.
In school we are taught about solids, liquids, gasses in chemistry.

We classify people by age, gender, color, ethnic background etc. The question is do we need to classify god even though we do not know what god looks like?! I would say no, because god is a supreme being and we can not even start to imagine his physical appearance should he have one.

Answer 5

God is seen as male because of the male domination upon the earth. Males use violence to achieve superiority. But through mother nature god has had an ally in balancing the destruction of man. The changes inputted by her are slower but non violent. She is the inspiration behind, women's equality movements, the hippie movement. and social consideration for the poor as well as children. She uses a non violent approach to influencing humanity. She is not god the creator is, he will someday reflect what he truly is... a reflection of nature which is equally represented by male and female.... therefor it is more appropriate to call god IT.

Answer 6

God is not necessarily male. Jesus once described the angels as not being male or female as we know it. I think they had to come up with a way to describe God that was more respectful than calling "him" "it".

Answer 7

We are taught that God is male. It is Men who chose that God should be a male. Coming to think of it doesn't also imply sexism?

Answer 8

God is beyond female n' male...we usually call him a male probably because the took care of the whole world, just like our father, who is the breadwinner....he creates us through the mother's body, lol.....

Answer 9

god isnt male. in my opinion god is neither. what i think is that the early church made god male in order to make the male gernder beter than that of female and it would also give them an excuse to not let them do any of the things men were alowed to do.

Answer 10

It's the version of god of the mideast religions that is 'male'. That version is based on the Anannaki, not the creative force of the universe. There is no gender except in this physical dimension of ours.