Why is it wrong to refer to God as 'it' and not 'He' or 'She'?

Question

Considering God is not of the Earth and has no genitalia(does it?) and is, by the general understanding, sexless.
If it's a question of respect, surely an all knowing God would KNOW if one were to use the term in a derogatory way? Or is it to simply sate the opinions of others, who ASSUME disrespect?

whatzerface, WHERE in my question do I ask about the trinity...!? Did you not HAVE an answer?

"Just because"...!? Wow, such intellect...

Tom B...do you have genitals? If so, I would refer to you as a he or she. Are you telling me you have SEEN God's genitalia???

Jim B...what I want to know is WHY are you thinking about God being a sexual being...? Disturbing....

Answer 1

Because the uptight, dusty old religious men who wrote the Bible said so. Nyeah!

Answer 2

The use of the pronoun "it," almost always refers to an inanimate thing as a subject, or an inanimate thing as an object, the subject of impersonal statement, or an indefinite object of transitive verb. God does not meet the criteria for use as an "it."

God does, however, qualify for the use of a personal pronoun. Since God is known through the Bible (as opposed to idols, or other lesser deities), we can see clearly how God is referred to there.

Here is an example, from the New Testament (It's a little less "patriarchal" than the Old.)

"It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, 'He is our God.'" (John 8:54c)

In this passage, we see not only the personal pronoun "He," but also the noun "Father."

Now, if that isn't enough for us to go on, I don't know what else would convince you. And, just so no one accuses me of misleading anyone, the Greek doesn't actually use the personal pronoun "He" in that passage. It is used for clarity. We translate "He is" from the Greek "esti" which is used as "is" without referring to "who."

Ah! I know what baseless argument you can come up with! What about a mistranslation? Let's take a look:

Greek hasn't changed all that much, especially the word for "Father." The Greek is "pater" (Pronounced pat-ayr'), and is a primary word; a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote).

I think "Father" generally refers to a "he," even in this politically correct, gender confused world we live in.

The problem with the thinking that appears to be behind the question is this: People have violated the first and second commandments. They have made a god in their image, (not using the Bible as their source) and worship the god they created, rather than the One who is in the Bible. It's easy to see, after all we have people who, in their mind, see God as they imagine Him to be. Not as He is. He revealed Himself in the Bible, and in nature, and do not acknowledge this.

Answer 3

According to the Old Testiment, when Moses was talking to the burning bush, and the question was asked who art thou, the Bush replied, "I am". There was no gender specified at all, the gender came about because it was a male dominate world then, as now, we still do the same thing when we are talking, by putting a gender label on things. Even the law will specify the male gender most of the time, then will write a law that states when the law specifies a gender, it also means the female as well as neuter,

Answer 4

If you were the Creator of all, you would expect your minions to respect you, right?

Think of it like this...
An apple has three parts, the peel, the flesh and the core. All three parts of the apple are APPLE, just 1 apple.

The 1 true God has three persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. All three persons of the 1 true God are God. The three persons are not three gods, but just 1 God.

Seek Him out and He'll open your heart and He'll come in. Let Him in. I pray for you that you will be chosen and God will become a part of your life forever. Amen.

Answer 5

Uptightness.

http://www.mechanicsburgnewchurch.org/

Answer 6

Why not refer to God as God and don't worry about the pronouns. As for me I'll use the pronoun He since He is called the Father by Jesus (Who was male). So using the male pronoun sounds right to me.. Is God a sexual being... Of course not..

Answer 7

It suppose depends upon the religion and beliefs that go in hand with the religion. I think its an assuming thing to others, to answer your question more directly. For example, the Christians refer to their god as "He" and the Wiccans think its is either a. genderless or b. a man and woman, called "The Lord and Lady." All depends.

Answer 8

God is ineffable, unknowable and if we refer to God by any pronoun which refers to our everyday experience it is because language is an insufficient medium in which to express the attributes of God. Whenever you describe God that is not God.

Answer 9

That's a tough one. I've always thought that if god was a woman, things would be set up a lot differently. If god was a male, women would have a third breast, one in the middle of their back ..............for slow dancing

Answer 10

because God, praise his name wasn't a thing but a being that created everything, the word she makes it look more human, yet he makes it look Godly sort of, But God wasn't a she or a he, his creation only had the feature of gender

Answer 11

I don't think it IS wrong, tho I have been called down for it. However what other people think doesn't have to affect what I think. God is, and that's all God needs to be.