Do you think of God as male?
If yes...why would God have a sex? Because since several of the major religions are monotheistic 'He' would never have a partner to reproduce with. And if he is omnipotent he wouldn't need a parter anyway, since he could reproduce asexually. Perhaps we attribute maleness to 'Him' because Jesus is said to be borne of Mary and it typically takes a male and female to reproduce? (Incidentally if God is omnipotent, can he create other gods?)
If not... why do we refer to 'Him' as such? Is it just that many societies tend to be patriarchal and since God is an authority figure people simply injected masculinity into their impressions of Him? Is it a failure of our language that we have to refer to God in terms of male or female? (Do other languages use androgynous terms for God?)
These were just some thoughts that popped into my head this morning and I wondered what other people would thought.
Thanks
2007-12-30 00:05:22 · 14 answers · asked by das ist good! 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
who knows?!
then..
what if God was one of us?!
2007-12-30 00:10:02 · answer #1 · answered by TRE 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The words that we use normally have a relationship with the concepts that we have. The concept of Divinity has traditionally been one of perfection and absolute power and authority. It is for this reason that man has generally not used the feminine gender for God. The "He" that is normally used for God does not signify that we have ascribe to the concept of a male God as compared to a female God, it only signifies the concept of the power and authority that has traditionally been associated with Divinity.
It is for this reason that in most (if not all) of the languages of the world the basic words used for God are masculine words. Allah, the Arabic word, like God in English, Jehovah in Hebrew, Bhagwan in Hindi etc are all masculine words. Jesus (pbuh) is also reported to have referred to God in the masculine - the Father. All these languages have masculine words for God not because the people who speak these languages ascribe to the concept of a male God. It is simply because they have traditionally ascribed such power and authority to God, which in their perception did not make it suitable for them to use feminine genders for God. Moreover, it seems that man, at that time, had not philosophized the language to the extent of determining the sex of God just because masculine words were used for Him. Neither had language been subjected to the sick operation of the anti-sexists.
Masculine gender for God does not signify a male God just like the feminine gender for a country does not signify a female country.
2007-12-30 00:08:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
neither.
And in all the 'true' languanges of the holy books, the Creator isn't called him. The Creator is genderless. The 'him' part is because of english. Which is not have neutral gender 3rd person anynomyus call (Don't tell me you don't understand this. The truth I don't understand too. If I were to answer with Indonesian I can understand)
2007-12-30 00:21:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To tell you the truth I do not know. I guess he's a male if you want him to be and a female if you want him to be.I think God is a male. I do not know why i just do believe it. There are also many Gods.
There are different Religions. Catholics just call there God 'God'.
While Jews call might call there God of a different name.
2007-12-30 00:11:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He's a male because we called Him as Father Lord. And He's not asexual or whatever because He's God but not human. God is God. And definitely, he won't create other gods because He is the way, the truth and the life.
2007-12-30 00:10:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
we assume male because God said lets make man in our image...Genesis 1:26
The point is the Creator of all creation (if you stop and think about it)......as big as the universe is when you stand before him that thought won't even come to mind
2007-12-30 00:11:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gender only exists in the physical world.
2007-12-30 00:25:37 · answer #7 · answered by American Spirit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nither,,,,,,,,God is not like us,,,,we can never know such things,,,all we can do is to love and to respect GOD...and stop looking for such thing coz it's a waste of time,,God bless
2007-12-30 00:11:01 · answer #8 · answered by Mike 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No one knows for sure hes niether female or male.
2007-12-30 00:11:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope.. not male or female...
I don't know.. sorry for not qualifiying to answer this question..
2007-12-30 00:08:53 · answer #10 · answered by idlevil_73 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nature has no gender
2007-12-30 00:08:06 · answer #11 · answered by T Leeves 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋