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Abrahamic Theists: If you believe that your god is male...?
Why are you putting limits on 'him'? To say that an all mighty, all perfect, omnipotent being has a gender is rather insulting, isn't it?
and if god 'dictated' or inspired the writing of the holy books, then why didn't 'he' also create a genderless word to describe 'him'?
c.- In the bible, god is referred to as 'He' repeatedly. also referred to as the 'father'. and while Musims and Jews tend to not use pronouns when speaking of Jehovah or Allah, most Christians (as quite evident on this site alone) refer to god as male, and many come right out and say that god is male. Hence my question.
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- Anonymous9 years agoFavorite Answer
In Jewish beliefs in the 13 articles of faith god is defined as genderless, hence is against Jewish beliefs to appoint a gender, they also say that god is incorporeal not a visual substance, meaning that no gender can be identified through image. In many traditions such as Islam it is insulting and often against beliefs to identify gender, name god or even form an image of god.
I do believe that humans through own intuition developed language through gods gifts given to humanity, though god never needed a name, nor would god while trying to create a world create something that is only possible for him. I don't know why humanity hasn't formed a word or meaning for the genderless god, yet some see the word as god identifying a genderless almighty being.
- ?Lv 79 years ago
Because sexist goat herders in ancient times wrote the bible and viewed women as property
- MoiLv 79 years ago
God is a Spirit - not flesh and blood
When he refers to himself in the masculine, it is because of his masculine spiritual qualities such as strength, providence, protection, etc.
In some languages words are either masculine or feminine gender - think along those lines
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- Anonymous9 years ago
But he's not real.
Source(s): Atheist