Is it Anti-Christian to believe God the Father is not male?

Question

Is it against the general Christian religion to believe that, while Jesus was obviously male, and the holy spirit is neither gender, that God the Father is actually comprised of both masculine and feminine elements. (Truthfully, gender is only necessary for pro-creation and God doesn't need sex to procreate). And if it is not a taboo to accept God the father as without gender (or both gender), then why do so may people get offended if you refer to God with the pronoun "She"....

Answer 1

Well-------------maybe. Jesus was clearly male and Jesus is part of God. And God is always referred to as "He". I don't think the Holy Spirit is referred to as having any sex at all. If you believe that men are intended to be superior to women then of course it matters greatly to you whether God is male or female.

Personally, I think it's absurd for mere mortals to attempt to categorize God, who could create the universe, or to limit God to terms that humans can understand. As you say, why would God be male or female if God doesn't need sex to reproduce? I rather think that God transcends anything we can imagine and is as far beyond being either just male or female as humans transcend amoebas.

Answer 2

Don't confuse murder with execution. As a God whose holiness is beyond our comprehension, He was not simply randomly murdering people; He was commanding the execution of people whose actions seriously violated His holy standard. The tribes occupying the area of Israel before the Jews entered were entirely debauched cultures who were vile in God's eyes - Having reached the end of His patience and mercy, He commanded their elimination as a just recompense for their evil behaviors. In addition, all but one of your quotes is from the Old Testament, when God ruled the Jews as a theocracy. Now that we are under the New Testament, no Christian has any right or excuse for killing anyone - except perhaps legitimate self-defense. The one quote you do have from the New Testament is a parable, a story designed to prove a point, not to be taken literally. Notice how God views actual Murder throughout the Bible - it repulses Him, and he punishes the one committing it. In Genesis, He commands that if anyone murders someone, the murderer is to be put to death. When David arranged for the death of Uriah, God punished David with extended, painful, and publicly shameful discipline. It is an indicator of how seriously God views things like adultery, murder, and even rebelling against one's parents, that He punished such offenses in the Old Testament by executing the guilty.

Answer 3

well because its just lame and who really cares? all i know and belief is that there is a God the Father and a woman cant be a father. A woman cant be a son of the holy ghost. A son is male not female. Why do people ask these ridiculous questions.

Answer 4

It's an un-Godly thought. When Jesus was on earth He repeatedly said, ......."my father........." so why would you want to ridicule God and refer to Him as a female? God is not a homosexual so why do you want to confuse his gender? You either you believe what has been said in the Bible or you don't, you either scatter God's people or you gather and right now you're scattering by saying what you said. The choice is yours, for God or against God?

Answer 5

God made both man and woman we are two parts of a whole and both made in Gods image therefore God is the best bits of both of us. I think most offense would occur because you are going against the grain . Tradition says He so She sounds almost Sacreligous. I don't believe God would be offended though. I prefer to think of God as a Father as Jesus said he was.

Answer 6

God is called the Father and is always referred to as Him.

Answer 7

Modern Theology says that God is neither male or female - God is God

However Jesus referred to Him as The Father and this view is still the most popular

Answer 8

because it is pagan. Pagan religions have goddesses. You will not find God referred to as she in the bible. God is out heavenly father not mother. He made man in his image and woman was made for man. Feminizing God is almost putting females above men.

Answer 9

You are spiritually knowledgeable in stating that spiritual beings have no gender, because they don't need the physical bodies in the spiritual world. God, the Creator, is far beyond all form or gender.
In the human language, 'man' has been used without gender distinction (such as 'man comes from the monkey'). 'He' is used in the same way without stress about gender (while 'she and it' do).
The essence of reason is for the acceptance of truth instead of disputing on the use of language.

Answer 10

--You have a good point, but please keep in mind that God works in a family arrangement scenario,and presents the relationship we could have as a close endearing situation--he set that pattern out as he created Adam & Eve:

(Ephesians 3:14-15) “14 On account of this I bend my knees to the Father, 15 to whom every family in heaven and on earth owes its name,”

--Jesus in the Lord's prayer said "Our Father who art in heaven....." so throughout the Scriptures God is referred to as Father. There is also the text that Jesus uses the intimate "papa"

(Mark 14:36) “36 And he went on to say: *“Abba, Father, all things are possible to you; remove this cup from me. Yet not what I want, but what you want.””

*** it-1 p. 13 Abba ***

The word ´ab·ba´´ in Aramaic corresponds to the emphatic or definite form of ´av, literally meaning “the father,” or “O Father.” It was the intimate name used by children for their fathers and combines some of the intimacy of the English word “papa” while retaining the dignity of the word “father,” being both informal and yet respectful. It was, therefore, an endearing form of address rather than a title and was among the first words a child learned to speak."

--Also God , is said to have a wife(spiritually speaking) Israel of old as a nation.

(Isaiah 54:6) “6 For Jehovah called you as if you were a wife left entirely and hurt in spirit, and as a wife of the time of youth who was then rejected,” your God has said. . .”


*** it-2 pp. 1183-1184 Wife ***

"Figurative Use. In a figurative sense Jehovah spoke of Israel as his wife by reason of his covenant with the nation. (Isa 54:6) The apostle Paul speaks of Jehovah as the Father of spirit-begotten Christians, and he speaks of “the Jerusalem above” as their mother, as though Jehovah were married to her for the purpose of bringing forth spirit-begotten Christians. (Ga 4:6, 7, 26) The Christian congregation is spoken of as the bride, or wife, of Jesus Christ.—Eph 5:23, 25; Re 19:7; 21:2, 9.


(Galatians 4:26) “26 But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.”

--So, this would not be considered a major sin, on your part but If you are a follower of Christ and he is your great exemplar note what the text states as far as how close we should follow Jesus in all things as humanly possible:

(1 Peter 2:21-22) “21 In fact, to this [course] YOU were called, because even Christ suffered for YOU, leaving YOU a model for YOU to follow his steps closely. 22 He committed no sin, nor was deception found in his mouth.”