Bible is one of the holy book among the Holy books found in this world. Maximum in all the Holy books GOD was specified as a male character. This is not acceptable. Humans know themselves when they matured in earlier stone age as per theories. Then how come the GOD can be a male?????
2006-09-09 03:24:50 · 14 answers · asked by indian bad ass 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This is an excellent question.
The main reason why God is spoken of as "he" is a matter of grammar --as someone here has already explained.
But, as you point out, God transcends all human ideas of gender, and this is something people tend to forget. I think we would be so much wiser if we could move beyond reducing God to the masculine gender, but we are limited by the confines of our language.
2006-09-09 06:25:12 · answer #1 · answered by Ponderingwisdom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In English we use he in many situations to represent a person but not necessarily meaning gender. In some cases we use she as in reference to countries, ships or the earth itself or Mother Nature. The exception was with Germany that called itself the father-land. Since God was a deity, we use he, but not again by gender, and the earliest books of the bible suggest that he was male. It would seem more appropriate but we use it to designate a thing, not a person....if you see a person you don't know, it would be an insult to call that person 'it'. Furthermore, the use of he is linked to the birth of Jesus Christ when God created him via immaculate conception into the womb of Mary, so it would seem that he must have been male to do so even with immaculate conception. And Adam being the first man was created in God's likeness....and he was male.
2006-09-09 03:38:20 · answer #2 · answered by Frank 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is a sexless supreme being Its just a word we use cuz he is said to be the Father
HOLY BIBLE IS THE ONLY TRUE HOLY BOOK
Islam is a cult
no stone age is mentioned in the Bible
Koran was written 400 YEARS AFTER Buddha died...
2006-09-09 03:28:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are many questions with me also . first u ans them to urself . ok they go as:-
1) how can u say god wrote the bible ?
2) IF HE DID WHEN ?
3) what was the condition then???
4) how can u even say god existed or still exist ???????????
5) why is this world round and not square ????
6) how can we balance in this round world .
see if u want my questions will go on . but there are ans . not for all though . so never ask these questions on net again!!!!! ok!
2006-09-09 04:45:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
xlent qus,shows yr intrest. but it shows yr lack of knowledg in this sub. u said many holy books,so how many books r there ... n how many messenger from god.. jesus, propetmohammad,mahavier,budha,sathya saibaba,.. all r born as male in this earth by flesh. * even now a women cannot explicit her idea r sugesstion in this world freely the majority of acceptence goes to male. more over the messenger from god face many evil thoughted ppls so its good to fit god to a male. more over AS PER RESEARCHS BY A FEW UNIVS FRM UNITED STATES SUBMITTED A THEORY PAPPER SAYNG THAT THE SIVA LINGAM FOUND IN MANY HOLY PLACES ININDIA , N FEW ASIAN COUNTRS R VERY OLDER.. N BY CARBON DATING THEY SAYS IT TO BE OLDER THAN 9000-1200 YEARS. N THE TOO HAV SOME FEMALE GODDESS TOO. MOREOVER IN MANY STONE WRITINGS LORD SIVA 'S STATUE IS SAID TO HAVE BOTH FEMALE N MALE BODY N IT HAS ITS OWN NAME ARTHNADEESWARAR. N MANY MORE XAMPLS LIKE THIS,,,
2006-09-09 03:43:20 · answer #5 · answered by kevin m 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is mentioned as "HE" because that is how HE wishes to be refered to as. He is mentioned as our Father, not mother. God inspired the Bible in it's entirity and through those men of God wrote every male reference to Himself.
2006-09-09 03:29:05 · answer #6 · answered by bobm709 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hebrew nouns are all gender-sensitive much like many other languages of today -- Spanish, French, etc. You may not have noticed, but many people are beginning to refer to God as "She." We could refer to God as "IT," but we tend to think of God in human qualities of love and compassion which we can't quite delegate to an "it."
In Judaism, we recognize God by what he "does." The "shekinah" is thought of as the "feminine" aspect of God.
No words are adequate for describing God!
2006-09-09 03:29:57 · answer #7 · answered by Hatikvah 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This probably because the people who first invented God were male.
2006-09-09 03:26:45 · answer #8 · answered by bonzo the tap dancing chimp 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
that's just because of translation... In English there is no gender neutral singular pronoun besides 'it'
2006-09-09 03:31:41 · answer #9 · answered by ccfromnj 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is becasue he is God the father, and it was easy for people to understand what a father is. there for a he/him. male reference.
2006-09-09 03:30:58 · answer #10 · answered by mxlj 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋