Whenever I pray, if I imagine that the spirit God which really has no gender is female, I can talk a lot easier about personal things as opposed to if I imagined God to be male. Also, I can imagine God's voice as a woman's as easily as I can a man's. I asked my mom and she said she calls God a He because it's a sign of respect, but I think being called a woman is also a sign of respect. Is it ok if I keep doing this and refer to God as a She?
2006-10-20 11:06:51 · 33 answers · asked by Kaylie 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
And yes, I am Christian.
2006-10-20 11:10:29 · update #1
Sure. I refer to him as 'fictional'.
2006-10-20 11:08:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
God, not being human, has no gender. We don't want to call God an "it," (that is rude in English, when applied to a conscious being) so we arbitrarily wound up calling God "He" (and no, it does not matter if "He" was supposedly revealed in the form of Jesus of Nazareth, God is still God and is genderless). The arbitrary choice could, if different cultural norms had prevailed at the time, just as easily have been "She," so I see no reason why "She" wouldn't be equally appropriate. The fact that it isn't the *traditional* reference doesn't make it wrong.
2006-10-20 11:13:47 · answer #2 · answered by explorationredwing 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I don't know about anyone else, but I'm just REALLY HAPPY that you're thinking about God at all. I mean, if you can related to God better as a female, more power to you, my sister. I'm really proud of you! God is beyond our understanding, is the Alpha AND the Omega, so I have to believe that God is happy that we think about him/her at all, as anything that our tiny minds can comprehend.
All the best -
Rob
2006-10-20 11:53:32 · answer #3 · answered by Rob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds OK to me. Most religions do not try to visualize God. In fact some religions discourage the followers from visualizing God at all, and that includes as male or female because to do either limits God and God is not supposed to have limits. Pictures, and statues of God(s) encourage people to think of a God with limits.
2006-10-20 11:13:15 · answer #4 · answered by Clown Knows 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I say yes - I can't imagine why not. God is beyond our human comprehension in a lot of ways and since (s)he really has no need for gender, it stands to reason that (s)he would be both male and female in balance. But that's just my opinion.
2006-10-20 11:12:30 · answer #5 · answered by swordarkeereon 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
God has no gender my dear . It is not good to concentrate as such because you bestow on Him a human nature and imagine Him as a normal human being , not because women are a minor sex . Referring to God as He is not because He is a masculine but because it is not convenient to refer to Him as it.. Do not be like ancient Greeks and Romans when they used to have many female Gods with the idea of human women.
2006-10-20 11:24:12 · answer #6 · answered by Nilehawk 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Actually, in the Anglican church we do use the female on occasion. I actually get in trouble at school if I use masculine or any gender on my essays( I am in my Master's). It is wonderful that you can thinkof the female aspect of God. it is true that we are all created in the image of God and that means male and female. See Genesis 1: 27! You should try to get a copy of a NRSV bible. They are online. Just do a search or go to http://www.devotions.net/bible/00bible.htm
God bless you!
2006-10-20 11:16:48 · answer #7 · answered by prospectivepastor 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The (Jewish) Bible sometimes refers to God as a He and sometimes as a She, since God has both masculine AND feminine attributes.
2006-10-20 13:24:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its your own choice. I call GOD GOd. I never genderize GOD. There is now way of knowing if GOD is male/female/both/neither. Call GOD a female if that is what makes you happy.
2006-10-20 11:10:34 · answer #9 · answered by Lisa 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I believe in a two sided universal deity... a God and a Goddess. So, its definitely all right with me.
2006-10-20 14:50:28 · answer #10 · answered by Ivy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's okay to call God "She". If it's disrespectful to call God "She", then that is saying something negative about God's creation of women. Check out this book: A God Who Looks Like Me by Patricia Lyn Reilly http://www.amazon.com/God-Who-Looks-Like-Me/dp/0345402332/sr=8-1/qid=1161382654/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-9642929-3499328?ie=UTF8
2006-10-20 11:19:22 · answer #11 · answered by lalasnake 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋