I don't think God is a girl or a guy, but a spirit. God is in everything.
2007-04-21 04:30:20 · 15 answers · asked by sunflower girl 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I know in the bible it says HE, but the bible was written by people.
2007-04-21 04:34:01 · update #1
I know this may seem like a stupid question, but I am only 11. And my Sunday School teachers couldn't even explain. Pretty sad...
2007-04-21 04:38:01 · update #2
Jesus said "if you have seen Me you have seen the Father"
since Jesus was a guy, people take what Jesus said as a literal image rather than a spiritual one.
2007-04-21 04:34:38 · answer #1 · answered by Hannah's Grandpa 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because the bible is a sexist story book that portrays man as the dominant gender on the planet. It lays down all these rules for men to be almost "owners" of their women. What kind of message would it send to bible readers if there were all these rules for women to be man's property & then god turns out to be a woman? So naturally... they make the fictional character of god into a "he" instead.
It's a hypocritical, sexist, racist, contradicting book of lies & fairy tales. I suggest you don't put so much faith in such a book.
2007-04-21 11:43:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like you, I believe that God is spirit, which is sexless. However, 5,000 years ago, most societies were patriarchal, putting the emphasis on the male, so it was standard to refer to God as being male. Over the millienia, it became the habit. Really, I have no problem with referring to God has 'He'. God doesn't care, and it's rather more respectful than saying 'It'.
2007-04-21 11:40:15 · answer #3 · answered by JelliclePat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bible says God created man in his own Image which was Adam, so people asume God is Male. I don't believe that story, God is neither male or female
2007-04-21 11:44:54 · answer #4 · answered by Equal Rights 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More proof that the Bible was written by men. You have to think in the mindset of a male character back in those days. They would never dare to agree that they were under control by a powerful female being.
If you do believe in god, then yes, he has no gender.
2007-04-21 11:36:05 · answer #5 · answered by Kuroda 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
many people refer to God as a guy because Jesus came to earth in the form of a man, and then theres also God the FATHER, which would make Him a guy, but God is truly a spirit like you said.
2007-04-21 14:44:39 · answer #6 · answered by Jesusfreak 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Allah, that's name. Unlike the God and Lord which has a feminine noun Goddess and Lady and unlike Father which is a male term, the word Allah in Arabic, is a name by itself, doesnt signify a male or female. Allah is the name.
2007-04-21 12:57:12 · answer #7 · answered by The Skeptic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is neither male or female. We refer to God as "He" because of the same reason we refer to the human race as "MANkind". You are right, he is a spirit.
2007-04-21 11:41:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
HE
Isaiah 9
2007-04-21 11:33:06 · answer #9 · answered by robert p 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
whaddyah mean??????,,,,,,he aint a guy with flowing white robes and a long beard,,,,,,,,,maybe everything we can observe is the imperfect rudimentary creation of a baby god(sex undetermined),,,,,,,,,matter is continually reorganized into new foms,,,,,,,suns created,,,,,,,,elements and minerals in suns and clouds of gas coalesce into planets in accretion process,,,,these form planets & moons,,,,,,,then life forms in h2o,,,,,,,then frogs & birds,,,,,,,,,then us,,,,,,,, to figure all this out,,,,,put polish on the almost finished product,,,,,& find out the Maker izza liddle tykums,,,,,,,,,then figger out who made tykums
2007-04-21 12:09:52 · answer #10 · answered by quackpotwatcher 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋