I thought God had no gender and isn't a human..are you saying God's name in vain when you call God a He and Him?
2007-01-29 20:36:27 · 18 answers · asked by Celeritas 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2007-01-29 20:44:43 · update #1
To say 'He/She' is a little clumsy and to say 'It' is a little impersonal, besides, in the times where the idea developed, many people would only accept a male version of God, so, the 'rules' of society prevailed. No, you are not saying His name in vain.
2007-01-31 13:55:50 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When Christianity was on the rise, we were living in a very patriarchal society....women didn't have a lot of clout, so it wasn't even considered that God could be a woman. Since then, hardcore Christians are reluctant to ever go against what the Bible says....so God is just assumed to be a man.
2007-01-29 20:40:47 · answer #2 · answered by flygirl 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The original Hebrew actually refers to the female. Yet Judaism was a patriarchal religion who held no place at all for women in authority or otherwise. In which case, the Hebrew feminine name should not have been used if they were trying to be consistent. However other religions that existed well before Judaism came onto the scene were matriarchal, which Judaism was unique in that it fought to have nothing to do with them in that aspect.
2007-01-29 20:47:39 · answer #3 · answered by Cinnamon 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It is the limitation of the English language and grammar, not God's limitation. So, god can be either he, she or it, all 3 are not proper.
Calling the creator of the universe, in three letters (god) itself, is a gross limitation of the english language.
2007-01-29 20:46:05 · answer #4 · answered by wizard of the East 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because Yahweh (the original version of God from Genesis) was male so therefore all versions after him, upto today were male. It's only recently that the neuter-gender/female suggestion has come about.
2007-01-29 20:51:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
This may not be the best analogy but here it is. It's said for the same reason most sailors call a ship her. It's been done that way for as long as any of them can remember.
2007-01-29 20:41:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
iam a Muslim and we say (he) about god (Allah all mighty) because it is written in our holy book(Quraan) many verses that refer to God with (he) that is why we say he and his about God
and we do not know how God looks like and we did not see him and we can not see him only when we die and doom day comes
because prophet moses asked God before to see him when God 's light only appeared the mountain which was beside him totally collapsed after that God told him that why i can not appear to all of you easily and until our day today this mountain is in Sinai in Egypt it looks amazing and had different colors and colored stones that could be a miracle that happened in the past and it's traces are still there try to search for information about this mountain in Egypt it is called(al toor mountain)
2007-01-29 21:02:47 · answer #7 · answered by khatora 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I agree that it's a bit strange to think of a supreme deity having a gender, but I guess people do it because calling him "it" sounds even more awkward.
2007-01-29 20:40:39 · answer #8 · answered by . 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
In the Bible God always referred to as the Father or Him, or He.
2007-01-29 21:20:23 · answer #9 · answered by tracy211968 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because Jesus referred to him as a father, ever heard of a female father?and because Moses saw HIM and we can assume that Moses could tell male from female.
Also because the bible refers to his beard, unless he is a bearded lady he's a He. Does it really matter what gender He is? only to insecure people.
2007-01-29 21:11:12 · answer #10 · answered by gms9810 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋