Why do we refer to God to a "he" even though God isn't a male or a woman. Isn't that an insult to God. I wouldn't like some one to call me a male.
2006-11-13 04:24:43 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
He has declared Himself to be Father and sent His Son to be the Saviour of all that believe in Him.
Since He has thus revealed Himself you are extremely foolish to contradict Him.
2006-11-13 08:12:43 · answer #1 · answered by James the less 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What is your source for stating that God isn't a male or a woman? The reason that most people refer to God as a man is because He has always been referred to as He, in the Bible and other similar texts.
2006-11-13 12:32:38 · answer #2 · answered by straightup 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Despite being sexless, we find it easier to refer to God in a gender role. The term father, a specifically male oriented role, means the giver of life. God is the giver of all life, and is therefore called "Father" or "Heavenly Father." God is not called "Heavenly Mother." Because the male title of Father is applied to God, God is usually called "He."
Also Adam was created first. He would have referred to male animals as "he", female animals as "she". Since Adam had similar physically male features, he would include himself in the "he" category. He might inevitably have included God in the Male category also. It is not necessarily right in the strictest sense, but has seemed natural.
It is interesting to note that when the Angels (who also have no sexual orientation) in the Bible materialised human bodies, they materialised with male features rather than female features.
2006-11-13 14:18:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
it's just more respectful than calling god 'it', as he is actually both male and female, that's why it took adam and eve together to make the image of god and perfect creation. god sometimes alludes to this female side in the bible when he describes himself as a mother
2006-11-15 17:28:15 · answer #4 · answered by good tree 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If anything, it's probably because humanity was created in His image, and the male was made first. He sees that Adam is lonely for fellow human contact, so God decides to make a human for him that compliments his male anatomy. *l*
2006-11-13 12:29:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hebrew, Greek and Arabic are all gendered languages, like French. This means that linguistically you can't talk about G-d in any of them without assigning a gender.
English gives us a bit more flexibilty, but it is still tricky. It can be done though -- my rabbi managed it quite well -- and it's something that we need to keep working on.
2006-11-13 12:36:23 · answer #6 · answered by The angels have the phone box. 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
All the way through the Bible God refers to himself in the masculine, both in direct names and in personal pronouns.
But you are right that God is not human.
John 4:24 24 "God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."
2006-11-13 12:34:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
God is often referred to as a 'King'. As a king is a masculine term, referring to God as 'He' is not improper.
2006-11-13 12:30:25 · answer #8 · answered by mzJakes 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Those are actually linguistic limitations. The English language doesn't have a singular pronoun that doesn't refer to the being by gender (masculine, feminine or neutral). There is no singular form of 'they' that may apply to all three genders.
2006-11-13 12:34:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Certain Scriptures tell us that he is Male. I speak to him and He definitely is male. So no disrespect is meant if he is refered to as male
2006-11-13 12:30:34 · answer #10 · answered by R C 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋