Is God male, female or neither (the POLL version)

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AngryAtheist8 said:
If you are speaking of the Christian God in general, and the Catholic conception of God in particular, I would say that yes God is male (or at least masculine).

Here’s the context:
Jesus Christ, who is both Man and God was a human male.
God is often referred to as Father (by Jesus among others).
God is often depicted with masculine imaginary and terms (such as king, lord, master, etc.)

Of course my personal perspective is that warlike Jewish patriarchs would be unlikely to *discover/learn of *a supreme creator god that so resembled them (I don’t believe in those kind of coincidences:rolleyes:). Them simply creating a god in their own image seems far more likely to me.
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IMHO when strictly speaking the Supreme Creator God Almighty in His Unfathomable Infinite-ness anything that we can understand and do articulate no matter how profound, is strictly from a human childlike understanding. In the mental capacity of understanding as far as the Jewish patriarchs are concerned were not tremendously that much better in our own understanding. Even when Jesus the Son of Almighty God came in human form, He spoke to us as children. The fact the we grow into adults doesn’t remove us in our childlike capacity of understanding of God Who Is Infinite in nature.
 
God is the Creator and is not in any category of created entities. He transcends human distinctions and is the Mysterium tremendum et fascinans (Rudolf Otto)
 
God has no gender (that is a human construct) nor sex (also a human construct). BUT, that said, He chose to present Himself as Father, as Male and because of this we should, respectfully, refer to Him as He.
 
nickybr38 said:
God has no gender (that is a human construct) nor sex (also a human construct). BUT, that said, He chose to present Himself as Father, as Male and because of this we should, respectfully, refer to Him as He.
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👍 Jesus knew human words cannot convey the full reality of God’s love or the mystery of the Blessed Trinity. In a patriarchal society “Father” is the most acceptable term that is understood by everyone - even children. But He also pointed out that God is spirit…
 
Cecilia_Dympna said:
hi. Most folk here seem to think, as I do, that God is neither male or female. But some do feel that God is at the very least, masculine. As God is the most superior thing, does that mean that masculinity is somehow superior to femininity? Please forgive me for referring to God as a thing; just struggling to find the right words. Thank you.
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Don’t apologise. There are no “right” words to describe God - but “Being” may be less misleading!

The fact that God created masculinity and femininity demonstrates that neither attribute can be reasonably applied to their Source. 🙂
 
Cecilia_Dympna said:
hi. Most folk here seem to think, as I do, that God is neither male or female. But some do feel that God is at the very least, masculine.** As God is the most superior thing, does that mean that masculinity is somehow superior to femininity?** Please forgive me for refering to God as a thing; just struggling to find the right words. Thank you.
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Many people have argued that.
And secular Feminists tend to assume that that is what all (or at least most) Christians secretly believe.
 
tonyrey said:
Don’t apologise. There are no “right” words to describe God - but “Being” may be less misleading!

The fact that God created masculinity and femininity demonstrates that neither attribute can be reasonably applied to their Source. 🙂
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Then why do so many Christians (including Catholics) argue that God is masculine and must be referred to in those terms?
 
AngryAtheist8 said:
Then why do so many Christians (including Catholics) argue that God is masculine and must be referred to in those terms?
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He is referred to as “Father” in the Bible by Jesus. God’s relationship to us seems to most closely relate to the relationship that a human father generally has to his sons and daughters. Masculinity is usually attributed to this role, but women sometimes are the ones in this role as well. Males usually are in general though, thus why God is traditionally referred to in the masculine.
 
AngryAtheist8 said:
Many people have argued that.
And secular Feminists tend to assume that that is what all (or at least most) Christians secretly believe.
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That’s silliness. God taught us how to address Him and so we address Him as He… but if He had taught us to address Him as She we would. 🤷

In the end it’s a moot point because we all know God has no gender or sex, we are simply doing what we were taught.

In the words of Jesus:
Our Father,
who art in Heaven…
 
nickybr38 said:
That’s silliness. God taught us how to address Him and so we address Him as He… but if He had taught us to address Him as She we would. 🤷

In the end it’s a moot point because we all know God has no gender or sex, we are simply doing what we were taught.

In the words of Jesus:
Our Father,
who art in Heaven…
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Who is this we you are referring to?
 
Cecilia_Dympna said:
Hi, a large number of people have voted that God is male, and some people have put forward arguments for God’s masculinity. I would still be interested in whether those people view masculinity as somehow superior to femininity. Thank you.
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That is the traditional assumption.
 
followingtheway said:
There is a thread on this but I wanted to make a poll and see what people think
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Our Father GOD, is male…“I am the seed-bearer”, who by a glance, all living entity Creations became male and female…He is also the Father GOD of Our Lord Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son…
 
LayingHands said:
Our Father GOD, is male…“I am the seed-bearer”, who by a glance, all living entity Creations became male and female…He is also the Father GOD of Our Lord Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son…
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Of course, if you accept these assumptions, its easy to argue (as many do) that masculinity in general and maleness in particular is superior to femininity and being female.
 
AngryAtheist8 said:
Our Father GOD, is male…“I am the seed-bearer”, who by a glance, all living entity Creations became male and female…He is also the Father GOD of Our Lord Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son…
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Which of course is absurd and contrary to Christ’s teaching that we are all equal in the sight of God. How on earth could the prostitutes get to heaven before the Pharisees?!
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While Judaism refers to G-d in both masculine terms and feminine terms (the Shechinah) for convenience, it is very clear on the point that G-d is NEITHER male nor female.
 
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