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 Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2015 2:22 am
I have heard many people saying that God could actually be a female, but nobody managed to explain why they thought so. What do you think about this theory?
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Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2015 8:33 am
God is a part of everything and everyone.
All is part of God.
Consequently, defining God by a gender is actually stupid.
However, those who'd define God as a Femme, would comment on God as the Creator of it All, thus implying God giving life to every living being, and consequently being the Mother of all creation.
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Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2015 11:23 pm
I think its True
or god can not be humanoid
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Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 11:17 pm
Basmath, by "God," I suppose you mean the God of Abraham--the all-powerful Lord of Creation that Jews, Christians, and Muslims worship? That's what most people tend to mean by capital-G "God," so I'm going to roll with it.
I think very few adherents of any of these monotheistic faiths would actually say God was male or female. But they all consider God a person on some level--a conscious being capable of willful action and decisions. So what pronouns to use, masculine or feminine?
In all three, the traditional way of referring to or addressing God is as "He" (or "Father"). This has a lot to do with patriarchy, especially since all three religions hold that man (notice gender) was created in the "image of God." In the more feminism-conscious norms of modern times, some progressive folks may not like always referring to that image of God as male by default. That's why I think you might encounter people who use "She" (or "Mother") to refer to God instead of the age-old "He."
You might be surprised to know that the Old Testament itself might characterize God as effeminate at one point. Proverbs talks a lot about wisdom, which it personifies as a woman:
"Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you. Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding." 4:6-7
Based of their reading of verses like this, some Christians actually consider the lady Wisdom here to be a reference to the Holy Spirit.
Hope that's enlightening!
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 8:44 am
Thank you very much, everyone! Your answers were very helpful!
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Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 4:02 am
in the Hebrew Bible, in the book we English speakers call Genesis, it says that God created humans in God's own image, and then in the very next line it says "male and female created he them."
for this reason the early Christian scholar Origen of Alexandria believed that God must be a hermaphrodite.
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Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 11:29 pm
the bible says that god is a man and man was made in his image dont you know anything!!!!!??!?!!!!!?!????
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Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2015 8:09 am
G-d transcends gender. G-d is both and neither and all of the other options. This is of course because G-d is all things and unlimited.
Maimonides even went so far as to say that no adjective can be ascribed to G-d because that would imply that G-d is NOT the opposite of that. By the same token you of course cannot say that G-d is not something. According to Maimonides, the only way to even begin to talk about G-d is as a negation of privation or "double-negative." You cannot say that G-d is male. You cannot say that G-d is not male. You can only say that G-d is not not male. The same goes for female, or really any adjective, even "good" or "kind" or "just."
The whole concept of G-d as male or female is a result of people seeking to anthropomorphize G-d in order to better relate to G-d, albeit inevitably reducing G-d in the process. That, and the fact that Hebrew and other Semitic languages are highly gendered and have no gender-neutral pronouns or verb conjugations. Every subject and predicate has to be either male form or female form.
By convention we traditionally refer to G-d as a "He" or "Him" and all of the masculine traits entailed, and that's why you'll see the male form in most liturgy and literature. However, from a theological perspective, there is no reason why referring to G-d as a "She" or "Her" with feminine attributes should be any less accurate. My community rabbi has more than once suggested that every now and then we should read the prayer Avinu Malkeinu ("Our Father, our King") as "Our Mother, our Queen." And it certainly does change the way one thinks about things.
So in conclusion, G-d is not not male and not not female, and those who say we should use "He, She, It, or They" are half right. "It" is disrespectful and alienating, and "they" is a massive monostheistic no-no, but "He" is just as good as "She" as long as one remains consistent, as well as respectful, usually stylistically signified by using Capital Letters.
I hope that made sense.
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2015 10:31 am
Lumanny the Space Jew G-d transcends gender. G-d is both and neither and all of the other options. This is of course because G-d is all things and unlimited. Maimonides even went so far as to say that no adjective can be ascribed to G-d because that would imply that G-d is NOT the opposite of that. By the same token you of course cannot say that G-d is not something. According to Maimonides, the only way to even begin to talk about G-d is as a negation of privation or "double-negative." You cannot say that G-d is male. You cannot say that G-d is not male. You can only say that G-d is not not male. The same goes for female, or really any adjective, even "good" or "kind" or "just." The whole concept of G-d as male or female is a result of people seeking to anthropomorphize G-d in order to better relate to G-d, albeit inevitably reducing G-d in the process. That, and the fact that Hebrew and other Semitic languages are highly gendered and have no gender-neutral pronouns or verb conjugations. Every subject and predicate has to be either male form or female form. By convention we traditionally refer to G-d as a "He" or "Him" and all of the masculine traits entailed, and that's why you'll see the male form in most liturgy and literature. However, from a theological perspective, there is no reason why referring to G-d as a "She" or "Her" with feminine attributes should be any less accurate. My community rabbi has more than once suggested that every now and then we should read the prayer Avinu Malkeinu ("Our Father, our King") as "Our Mother, our Queen." And it certainly does change the way one thinks about things. So in conclusion, G-d is not not male and not not female, and those who say we should use "He, She, It, or They" are half right. "It" is disrespectful and alienating, and "they" is a massive monostheistic no-no, but "He" is just as good as "She" as long as one remains consistent, as well as respectful, usually stylistically signified by using Capital Letters. I hope that made sense.
It did! Thank you very much, your answer was the most senseful one!
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Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 3:48 pm
I believe if there were to be a God, it would be non gender specific.
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2016 6:14 pm
GOD WARRIOR MARGUERITE the bible says that god is a man and man was made in his image dont you know anything!!!!!??!?!!!!!?!???? Did you not read what I just posted? Genesis 1:27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.http://biblehub.com/genesis/1-27.htm If God created woman in God's image, then the image of God must be that of a woman (and likewise of a man, but not exclusively) El Shaddai (a name of God) means "The Breasts" http://www.biblenews1.com/define/breasts.htmDeuteronomy 32:11 compares God to a mother eagle: JPS Tanakh 1917 As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, Hovereth over her young, Spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, Beareth them on her pinions-- New Living Translation Like an eagle that rouses her chicks and hovers over her young, so he spread his wings to take them up and carried them safely on his pinions. Jubilee Bible 2000 As an eagle stirs up her nest, flutters over her young, spreads abroad her wings, takes them, bears them on her wings, American King James Version As an eagle stirs up her nest, flutters over her young, spreads abroad her wings, takes them, bears them on her wings: American Standard Version As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, That fluttereth over her young, He spread abroad his wings, he took them, He bare them on his pinions
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