Is God/Allah,etc male or female?or a spirit being asexual or a gas /cloud/Homer Simpsonesque?
Your thoughts as always are appreciated and will be dissected like a m*thaf*cka.
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2007-05-18 08:59:33 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
errrrr!! you no one has answered the question-you have just repeated it-if you dont know then say so- but by admitting your lack of understanding you will reveal to your self that you know nothing.
2007-05-18 10:28:17 · update #1
Knowing Gnostic!-you have watched the Big Lebowski as well? The royal "we" thanks for all your answers -they are all bland ,insipid,deviant and retarded-at least you are able to type corect.
2007-05-18 10:35:41 · update #2
Xerxes is referred to as male because in fact he WAS male. He was a Persian King.
Of course God/Allah/Jehovah etc is neither male or female, so "he" or "him" are used as these are "inclusive" terms, whereas "she" or "her" would imply that he is female.
2007-05-18 16:04:02 · answer #1 · answered by Martin 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jews do not actually believe that Adonai HaSh-m the living G-d of Israel, may He be blessed- is male or female!!!! The terms He and Him and Father etc are linguistic conventions imposed by the inadequacies of human language, showing all the more that we cannot comprehend that which is incomprehensible! This idea of G-d being an old Jewish guy with a beard is unfortunately a function of an immature or uninformed mind and a form of idolatry!
Shalom
2007-05-18 09:12:01 · answer #2 · answered by Miyagi 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I can't answer about Allah or Xerxes but the God of Christianity is definitely male because he is the father and the son. You can't have a female father or son. That is why God is always referred to as male. And Jesus was male, and Jesus is God.
2007-05-18 22:15:23 · answer #3 · answered by Kari 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is mainly to do with when the Culture when the Religious book were written, most were written hundreds if not thousands of years ago. The cultures in those days was often one of male superiority, the writers were therefore often male and in there eyes women were inferior and God could therefore not be female
2007-05-18 10:39:40 · answer #4 · answered by Nicholas J 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As far as Islam is concerned, we do not attribute anything that is human to God, because God is a creator of forms thus is his free from anything that he has made.
When we use the masculine singular noun all we mean is that's the default and its not reflective of himself. In the Quran, God refers himself using the plural pronoun which is of neither gender but reflects magnificence, like the royal we.
2007-05-18 09:12:15 · answer #5 · answered by Knowing Gnostic 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
some carry out somewhat do no longer Howeve interior the Bible God is refered to as interior the male gender, by way of actuality He has printed Himself in that function as Father, Son and Holy Spirit, despite if some have seen a woman part to God specifically words, and interior the references to the Holy Spirit. yet those are controversial. it is no longer by way of actuality it replaced into male governed society as atheists opt to declare. despite if if it is thru actuality God has expressed the revelation of His nature in this way.
2016-11-24 22:24:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) God refers to the male form of a monotheistic deity. if this deity were female, it would be "Goddess".
2) God is described as neuter gender: having certain dominant characteristics and qualities to portray one's self as a specific gender, but not having any genitalia; God is Fatherly, masculin, etc but has no genitals; God also has the capability to 'beget', but as this is not like organic conception, He is not a mother and doesn't consider Himself to be.
3) HIV/AIDS is pretty big too.
2007-05-18 09:06:54 · answer #7 · answered by Hey, Ray 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is no god but One God. He is like none and none like Him. When we refer to Allaah by saying He, it means nothing to what a mind like you or anyone else to perceive to be. We are given Attributes and Names of Allaah. Allaah is neither male or female.
2007-05-18 10:56:53 · answer #8 · answered by Simplicity 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many religions have both a male and female God figure. Some even have many of both sexes. I feel that 'God' is both male and female.
2007-05-18 09:04:08 · answer #9 · answered by becca7396 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Man held the power when he (not she) created the Gods. All religions have been unfair to women. It's the UGLIEST kind of SEXISM, pure and simple.
“To no form of religion is woman indebted for one impulse of freedom.” -- Susan B Anthony
“Every injustice that has ever been fastened upon women in a Christian country has been "authorized by the Bible" and riveted and perpetuated by the pulpit.” -- Helen H Gardener
“The religious persecution of women has been done under what was claimed to be the command of God.” -- Susan B Anthony
2007-05-18 09:01:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋