Christians: would you refer to your God as "It" instead of "He" if by doing so you would bring many more ....?

Question

...people, especially women, to your church? Thus saving that many more souls?

Many of you have said that your God is not male or female, and that the pronoun "He" is just a default pronoun, and that you could refer to your deity as "It." Have you ever done so? Why not if not? If you have, what was the reaction among your friends?

If you realized that to do so would bring many more followers to your parishes, would you take a proactive stance on the issue and start suggesting that EVERYONE do so?

Answer 1

Blessings! I know that this question was not aimed at me, but i do have an experience that i would like to share.
We all already know that i am one that walks a pagan path, and i also take part in a wonderful group that encourages people to find a god of their own understanding.
I was at one of those meetings the other day and expressed my point of view, that regardless of how anyone else sees their higher power, man, woman,child, small domestic animal....lol... the point is that my beliefs are not any less or any more valid that anyone elses.
This brought about a comment, from someone who had been around for a long time. He felt the need to apologize for always referring to God as HE...because the bottem line is, we as human beings, are fallible, and how crazy it was to think that we could put God in a Box.... How thoughtful.

I personally believe that the christian faith has to many rigid rules and beliefs that has been passed down from generation to generation, and that somewhere, people took away the omnipotence of the all knowing mysterious divine entity most commonly referred to as God, and tried to twist it and tweek it to fit their own concept....which i believe is very far off from the original message.

All i can say lady m is that i admire you for your persistance to promote the awareness that religious prejudice is the most dangerous thing in this day and age. You are a true blessing and i will continue to support you in any way i can.

Bright Blessings
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Answer 2

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Answer 3

There are a number of progressive Christian congregations that do invoke the divine feminine when referring to God. More than once, I've heard God addressed as "Father Mother God". I wouldn't personally address God as "It", because the term would be insulting. "It" is a term for an inanimate object, and can refer to anything from a basketball to a toilet seat. If that's how you want to refer to your deity or deities, that's fine, but I'll pass. English needs a new term that combines "He" and "She". Timothy Leary tried to introduce one, and so have many other people, but it never caught on. I do believe that God transcends gender, and it's true that we probably need a more efficient way to describe that concept.

Answer 4

I doubt it." It" is just so impersonal. It's hard to sell the concept of a loving God who condemns everybody to Hell just for being born and hates all the same people that the Congregation does--"But you can be SAVED if you don't ask questions and fill the collection plate with small, unmarked bills with nonsequential serial numbers," if that God isn't a He.

That image that Christians carry of an erratic, abusive Father Figure is as important to their beliefs as the Bible.

Answer 5

The only reason Mary ( mother )was every brought into the fold was to help the poor hell bound pagans by giving them a mother figure ,after taking away their Goddesses. Honestly, I dont think it would work for christianity it would mean change.

Answer 6

Oh, that's just being silly - everyone knows he's a man.
If it had been a woman or an 'it' do you think we'd be in so much trouble?

It's almost as if there's no 'god' at all, at all.

Answer 7

Of course not. Anyone who comes to God because He is being referred to as "It" is doing so for the wrong reason, so it is in vain. I don't understand how someone could accept God as "It", but couldn't accept God as He is. Especially when HE accepts us all as we are -- imperfect.

Answer 8

No. Because "it" implies that something is not living. My computer is an "it". My tv is an "it". "He" can be masculine but it can also be neutral. "She" cannot be. But still, most "its" are not referred to as "our Father in heaven". Notice Jesus called God "The Father" more then he called him "God".

Answer 9

Do you know why Socrates was condemned to death?

Answer 10

maybe a better word would be "they", not it.