2006-09-04 12:17:24 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
when God became man, Jesus was male as the second person of the Blessed Trinity.
2006-09-04 12:20:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
People have problems with ANYTHING that its different than what they know/believe. (Myself included!)
So it's only to be expected that when someone's religious views (in this case, the appropriate gender to mention God in) are challenged, emotions almost ALWAYS come out as the big winner instead of reason.
People have thought of (or at least spoke of) God (i.e.- the power that created and controls the universe) as masculine for many thousands of years (even before monotheism). It can be a little disconcerting to hear something to the contrary.
However, all this doesn't mean you shouldn't be able to speak of and adress God as you see fit. More power to you!
2006-09-04 19:55:50 · answer #2 · answered by dragonheartsong 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not all people have a problem. In some countries God is routinely thought of as SHE. In the US and western world in general we are reared to believe in the male aspect of God particulary for Christians.
May Mother/Father God and the Force be with you.
Daya
2006-09-04 19:20:19 · answer #3 · answered by dayakaur 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe your god is a she. Christians say God with a capital letter. Son and Father are male in gender in the English language. The Bible mentions Him several times. Therefore if you say god you are worshiping a false god. Hopefully that explains your problem to you.
2006-09-04 19:24:36 · answer #4 · answered by cgi 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Pronouns always seem to have a gender associated with them and people (evangelicals, in particular, with Catholics close on their heels) hate hearing God referred to by a pronoun other than that in the scriptures. "He" is generally used because most religious beliefs up to the time of Christianity were or had become patriarchal and male-oriented. This is, of course, just my opinion, but I have also wondered the same thing for a long time...
2006-09-04 19:22:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Youre right- God doesnt have a gender. But Christians preffer to reffer to Him as a male because Jesus often called him "Father". I really dont know why other religions would have a prob with it though.
2006-09-04 19:21:05 · answer #6 · answered by Lady Luck 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the problem arises because all the original religions were at least dualist. sky father/earth mother. father punishes mother comforts. evidently this is a problem in a monotheistic religion and they are in denial of the female aspect, so they give the job to mary. God that sounds so Dan Brown doesn't it? true all the same tho
2006-09-04 19:25:21 · answer #7 · answered by prometheus_unbound 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't get upset about it. But God is depicted in the Bible as male gender. Over and over He is related to as Father. Not mother. This is the only thing I can think to tell you.
2006-09-04 19:20:40 · answer #8 · answered by ktjokt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are correct... god doesn't have a gender; therefore, 'it' is the correct pronoun to use when referring to god. I don't know for sure, but it occurs to me that, given god's exhalted status of lord high creator and grand poobah of the universe and the 9 levels of heaven, it might be appropriate to capitalize the 'i'. You know, like "And god spaketh from the burning shrubbery, and 'It' said...".
2006-09-04 19:54:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are right - I have no problem however most people think that God is a male since the whole religion around him/her is male dominated.
2006-09-04 19:23:43 · answer #10 · answered by Gone fishin' 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God would be a He because He created man in his image, not women. so therefore he would be a male, if he had a gender.
2006-09-04 19:20:43 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋