I was wondering way I have seen some people call a god she. The god, not goddess is normally called he so why do people feel like changing it.
2007-07-29 02:51:29 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
They probably do it for ease of self identification like some people relate better with females than with males.Nothing really serious,as fiction makes no tangible difference in real time life..
2007-07-29 02:59:15 · answer #1 · answered by brkshandilya 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does it bother you to have god thought of as female? If you go into the Jewish theology (and I imagine Christian theology also since the religions are related) you will find that there is clear understanding that god has no gender. Because Hebrew assigns gender to everything (there's no 'it') a lot of male stuff got used to describe god, but there are also statements of god as mother and nurturer (traditional feminine roles). Just because the world has been making a false assumption for so long doesn't mean it's right!!! If there is such a thing as god, it's definitely not male or female, so the terms 'he' and 'she' can be used interchangeably.
2007-07-29 09:59:54 · answer #2 · answered by Ambi valent 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some of us believe that the Creator Spirit is both male and female. This is necessary to maintain balance. The Goddess was always acknowledged before the arrival of monotheistic patriarchal religions. It was actually they who changed it.
2007-07-29 10:03:12 · answer #3 · answered by hedgewitch18 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone is on some kind of power trip these days...
The new breed of so called concious female male bashers ...will call a tree a she if they want a reaction out of something....political power movement...emotional up rise or something like that! ( some say "we have never seen him so why not make it a she") btw look around the whole world is pratical gay...what's really going on?!
I am woman hear me purr...ya know
2007-07-29 09:58:08 · answer #4 · answered by passionfruit2571 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The FACT is that the fictional God is indeed a HE. There are of course some fictional goddesses but that great work of fiction, the Bible, clearly states that God is most definitely male.
2007-07-29 10:10:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The gods of most religions are male because men made them up. The few female goddesses were made up in the few societies where women were in power, or had considerable influence over men. In reality, all religions should call their deities, "it."
2007-07-29 09:57:29 · answer #6 · answered by Lionheart ® 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
IMVHO
God exists above and beyond gender roles.
You can refer to god as she, it or he and be equally correct.
Look in a mirror; then look at the universe you inhabit. That and more is God. How can it have a gender?
2007-07-29 10:29:05 · answer #7 · answered by hairypotto 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God really doesn't have a gender. He is a Spirit, but we as humans give Him a gender to help understand Him better.
2007-07-29 09:56:06 · answer #8 · answered by Joel 2 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Why does it matter. It is just adults trying to give some credence to their invisible friends.In the end its all a group of mentally unstable,dimwits that claim they are intelligent.However ,how intelligent can you be still believing in fairy tales?
2007-07-29 09:58:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
People who assign a gender to a diety usually do so because that's how they prefer their diety, as a rule.
2007-07-29 09:58:25 · answer #10 · answered by Jack P 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋