2006-10-24 20:26:52 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
My God judges me by whats in my heart, he knows I mean well.
2006-10-24 20:31:10 · answer #1 · answered by Sean 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is because god was created by humans at a time that males dominated. Therefore god was written in as a male entity. If it makes you feel better, a lot of other religions through history used or uses a female god. It has to do with the creation of life (birth).
2006-10-25 03:34:01 · answer #2 · answered by jasonheavilin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not an insult to name things. It is a sign of respect. Consider a parent who refers to their child as "what's-its-name." Referring to the child by a name is respectful. Referring to the child as "it" or "that thing" is dismissive.
We don't know God's name, so we do our best, and some of us agree on a name that points to--but does not define--the creator of all things good.
As for a gender, again, it is disrespectful to refer to someone as "what's-its-name."
When Adam fell from Paradise, he began naming things. He remembered God, and he called him God.
2006-10-25 03:31:19 · answer #3 · answered by Gestalt 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do my very best not to define the "Higher Power" by gender or even name. I'm comfortable with "Energy Source" "Nature's God" or any name or label a person chooses to refer to him/her/it. (I'm fine with people who believe that no "greater being" above themselves exists).
I am certainly not an expert on the subject.
2006-10-25 03:40:23 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God gave himself both a name and a gender when he took on flesh and became man, in the person of Jesus Christ.
Perhaps you missed it.
2006-10-25 06:16:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the human language is not perfect. Everything has a gender in any language.
2006-10-25 03:28:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
We have to be able to explain to other people what we mean somehow, and that is the best way
2006-10-25 03:29:31 · answer #7 · answered by judy_r8 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The name He gave Himself: I AM ...He may be a woman...or man or genderless ... but HE IS
2006-10-25 03:29:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know, I know He said "I am alpha and Omega," the beginning and the end.
2006-10-25 03:30:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tangibility, it's as simple as that.
2006-10-25 03:50:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋