God vs. Goddess?

Question

A matter of nomenclature.

How blasphemous would it be for a Christian to address the Christian god as "goddess".

I wouldn't be able to do it myself, having grown up a Catholic that still cringes at female priests, but I think it would give young people a different spin on an old religion.

My logic is this: God, the "Father" has, or needs, no actual body (or so I was educated as a Catholic) and therefore no actual gender. Gender is something we experience through our physiology and culture. He must be as female as he is male, especially if he understands every individual perfectly.

I think the early cultures that carried Christianity to the masses are more responsible for making god a man rather than an androgynous creator.

Thoughts? Blasphemy, or no?

Answer 1

well, the Bible always refers to god in the masculine.
also, man was created in god's image, and the woman was created for the man.

Answer 2

Now that more individuals have gotten access to certain documents, i.e. the Dead Sea scrolls, there have been some interesting developments. Alot of the words that the first translators rendered as masculine, have been shown to be feminine or in some cases neutral. For instance, there are many places where God was refered to as Father, the actual word was Mother. Yet another case of the men changing the truth to keep the power on their side. Kind of makes me a little sorry to be one.

Answer 3

As far as I can tell, the Judeo-Christian God is called "He" because Yahweh, the Israelite tribal God from whom He evolved, was a male deity. (There were many Gods and Goddesses worshipped in that part of the world at the time.) The male pronoun has been grandfathered in ever since. ;-)

Personally I believe that the Divine is beyond gender, but human beings, interpreting that fundamentally incomprehensible entity in human terms, usually feel most comfortable relating to the Divine as He or She. As far as I'm concerned, you can call the Divine what you like. It remains the Divine.

Answer 4

As a practicing Catholic I can tell you that your thoughts are right on target. God is both male and female. Jesus compared God to a woman looking for her lost coin and as a chicken gathering her little ones under her wings.
Jesus lived in a male dominated society. We still live in a male dominated Church.
The Holy Spirit has been called the feminine part of God.
If we say we were created in God's image, it is important to also talk about the feminine aspects of God.

Answer 5

All Gods and Goddess's are part of the Lord and Lady which are the two creative forces that make The All.

Thank you and Good night!

Answer 6

While unorthodox, I don't think refering to God as Her or even It matters. No point in going against the grain just for going against the grain, but I think god has greater concerns than gender.

Answer 7

I dont think goddess is disrespectful. on the contary since this is one side of the creator. I think a good balance should be given to all creator's aspects to some extent. :D

Answer 8

I see your point.

I believe in a higher power & embrace the Goddess

Answer 9

I dont think its proper anymore than it is to call me a woman.

You are correct in that God has no gender, but Jesus didnt call him his mother, he call him the FATHER and Jesus was himself male. God prodominantly throughout Scripture is referred to in masculine terms.

Blasphemy? Close, but probably not. Stupid? Definately!

Answer 10

He wont care since He is sexless and Father is how He wants to be viewed cuz He loves us that way!

Answer 11

Jesus uses the words "abba" when he prays to the Father.
Abba is a word that a child uses for father. Even today in Israel when a father is in the distance a child will call out "abba abba" and run to his arms.

Compare that to your "Our androgynous creator" who art in heaven.....