Isn't Christian doctrine the ultimate in sexism?

Question

After all if God is a man then man is a God !
Why didnt God choose to come down as a woman?
What does that say to women?
How do Christian women feel about worshipping a man?

Islam and Judaism know that God can never be his creation so this doesnt arise

The modern Jordanian theologian Hasan al-Saqqaf emphasises the point that Muslim theology has consistently made down the ages: God is not gendered, really or metaphorically. The Quran continues Biblical assumptions on many levels, but here there is a striking discontinuity. The imaging of God has been shifted into a new and bipolar register, that of the Ninety-Nine Names.

one Muslim woman writer, Sartaz Aziz, writes:

I am deeply grateful that my first ideas of God were formed by Islam because I was
able to think of the Highest Power as one completely without sex or race, and thus
completely unpatriarchal . . . We begin with the idea of a deity who is completely
above sexual identity, and thus completely outside the value system created by patriarchy.

This passage is cited by the modern Catholic writer Maura O'Neill, who writes on women's issues in dialogue, and who rightly concludes: 'Muslims do not use a masculine God as either a conscious or unconscious tool in the construction of gender roles.'

Some interesting responses none of which addressed my questions

Iamsure I think you dont know much about Muslim societies other than what the media feeds you.Muslim women got rights 1400 years ago that western women only got recently. And 4 major Muslim countries Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Turkey (between them they represent half the Muslim world) have elected women presidents -something the US hasnt. Muslim Bangladesh is the only country in the world where the leaders of the two main parties are women. Before the 1997 election Iran had more women in parliament than the UK.
So its really not that simplistic. If youve ever been in a Muslim land you know women are revered and respected - not treated as sex objects.

Answer 1

No, but they go a long way.

Answer 2

A) YHVH is not a man. YHVH is a spirit. Maleness or femaleness would be a limitation, and would materially imply that there was a help meet for Him. B) while YHVH had a very tender concern regarding all of His creatures, He did not give each the same job. C) the Savior YAHOSHUA came as a prophet, then to be a preist, and later A KIng. The sacrifice ordered for most sins was a male, without spot or blemish. He fulfilled all of the needed types, to be the perfect sacrifice-- worthy to be worshipped. "Judaism" and Islam know a lot of things that aren't true.

Answer 3

you are coming up with doctrine by means of your limited study.
first of all, God is spirit.
secondly, the image of God does not refer to material appearance but spiritual. God most of the time talks spiritual not literal.
thirdly the word MAN in genesis can refer to mankind not just the male gender.

man is a god not man is a God.
Jesus himself said that in the new testament, you are kinda 2000 years late.
why didn't God chose to come down as a woman, go ask him.

maybe smart people like you would go ahead and say, well God hated woman so much that he chose to send a woman to get abused and die on the cross..

what that says to women is different to what you are trying to make it sound like, you need to get your foundations fixed, ask a question dont preach your already formed beliefs and just fake it by adding a question mark at the end... it is obvious that you are not asking a question but rather looking for agreement.

Answer 4

The Jews are still waiting for their male Messiah, they don't recognize Jesus as the chosen one. Islam what do I have to say is still fighting with Israel for the birthright. Ishmael was Abraham's first born but with his maid . Issac was his only begotten Son from his marriage to Sarah. The Christians believe that Issac , has the birthright because his line take you through David to Jesus. God bless

Answer 5

Isn't this funny...
Christians see God as a man, yet their culture is not as gender-biased as Muslim.
Muslims see god as non-gendered, yet their culture is very gender-biased.
Take all the history out of each book. Find each point of 'direction' in each and compile and compare...
NOW what do you have?

Answer 6

Considering how women were treated before Judeo-Christian values came into existence, no.
If you want to see the ultimate in sexism, look at countries that are ruled by Muslims.

Answer 7

No.