Most people refer to god as HIM, HE, THE FATHER......
2007-01-15 02:47:39 · 33 answers · asked by Stef 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Apparently man was created in god's image...so why shouldn't god have a human form?
2007-01-15 02:56:44 · update #1
and for those who say male...why?
2007-01-15 02:57:54 · update #2
There is no god.
2007-01-15 02:52:37 · answer #1 · answered by David S 2 · 3⤊ 5⤋
God may not be a male, but it certainly is not female. What female would create mankind with women treated a second class citizens? (Actually, I think it means that the ones who invented God were males.) How many woman do you think would wish the pains of childbirth on another woman? No loving God would wish that on anyone, male or female, for that matter. The holy spirit must certainly be male, though, or it wouldn't have been able to knock up the Virgin Mary and it would have also had to be a lesbian as well.(Horror of horrors!) Also, since women have two X chromosomes and men have an X and a Y and Jesus was a man, he must have gotten his Y chromosomes from a male parent, which was not Mary.
So the Son IS a male, the Spirit must be a male in order to do the things that it has done and God, the one we call Father, if it is not a male, would have to be just about the absolutely meanest woman imaginable.(Other than my wife.)
2007-01-15 03:43:48 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The English language is heavily weighted to male and female... (And other languages may also - I don't know enough about them to weigh in on it;-)
Most religions acknowledge that God is so much more - and that we cannot see God nor hardly conceive of the experience.
You can only describe things in terms of what you can already describe, so "we" fill in with the paternal or maternal attributes we admire...
People also used to think of God sitting in a great throne up in the sky but we know that isn't the case... It seems silly to think that God has a physical form that we bear any relation to.
I'd rather think that we are created in his/her - God's - image: Love.
2007-01-15 04:03:14 · answer #3 · answered by ccSteve 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are several terms in Hebrew that are translated in English as god (ballpark estimate 10). Some are singular,some are plural. God the Father, God the Son (Jesus), God the Holy Spirit, and Peace are all described in the male form. Understanding (God the Mother), wisdom, and Justice are described in the female context.
2007-01-15 03:49:55 · answer #4 · answered by jefferyspringer57@sbcglobal.net 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God question. Neither & Both i think. Neither cos Almighty God is not just one alone male or female & Both cos God's so omni-everything HES(HE + SHE) can & does manifest in any form HES chooses male or female to communicate to us HIERS(HIS+HER) message of LOVE. Most of the messengers of God in our history(to our knowledge) have been male & because religion has been male dominated as well we have gotten used to using Him,He & the Father to describe HIRM(HIM+HER) I reckon HES does not mind though as no matter what name we call the sun it will still shine upon us all(",)
2007-01-15 07:44:08 · answer #5 · answered by Oblivion 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God the eternal Father is the Creator, Source, Sustainer, and Sovereign of all creation. He is just and holy, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness. The qualities and powers exhibited in the Son and the Holy Spirit are also revelations of the Father. (Gen. 1:1; Rev. 4:11; 1 Cor. 15:28; John 3:16; 1 John 4:8; 1 Tim. 1:17; Ex. 34:6, 7; John 14:9.)
2007-01-15 03:08:03 · answer #6 · answered by Damian 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
God is a supreme being, he is genderless.
His being refer to as a HE can be attributed to the fact that he created man first and was said to be in his image.
2007-01-15 03:42:05 · answer #7 · answered by Kola B 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
IMHO it's not "either/or" it's "both/and". I think the Higher Power overall transcends gender as we know it, but man has "assigned" a gender to the Divine in order to better be able to identify and interact with it. What gender that is is dependent on the religion.
Most pantheons have a wide representation of both male and female god/desses. Monotheistic religions tend to have a masculine Deity, probably indicative of the male-dominated society that dominated when that religion started gaining popularity.
2007-01-15 03:03:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I think it's a combination of both male & female. Both play an important role and both are equally powerful! Not more or less than the other but equally powerful.
2007-01-15 03:20:25 · answer #9 · answered by Inquirer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is neither male or female but the creator of both "he"has feminine and masculine aspects which are described in scripture . But its common to describe God as the Father as we are his children and Jesus as the Bridegroom and the Church as hes Bride.
2007-01-15 03:10:23 · answer #10 · answered by jack lewis 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If there are no other entities of that kind and God is the only one, then gender doesn't mean anything.
Gender is what's associated with procreative roles (whether actually for procreation at this specific time isn't pertinent).
What gender is an ameoba? Or any asexual creature.
God doesn't procreate, so has no gender. He or occasionally She is a convenience of our language.
2007-01-15 02:52:42 · answer #11 · answered by Radagast97 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋