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

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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.
Really? You take this as a threat to being female/feminist as inferior? I am female and I am not threatened that Our Father GOD, as Creator and the Cause of All Causes, is male.

Who was our Lord Jesus Christ speaking to when he says, “My Father, in heaven”, and “Father, why have you forsaken me”? There are many such statements in the New Testament?

And to whom did GOD refer to, when he said “This is my Son and I am well pleased”?

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could it not be possible that he has both masculine and feminine traits? after all, since everything comes from God, its logical to conclude that God contains the traits of his creations.
 
could it not be possible that he has both masculine and feminine traits? after all, since everything comes from God, its logical to conclude that God contains the traits of his creations.
No. It’s not possible because He is spirit. He has no body. No sex and no gender. As has been stated before, He taught us to refer to Him as He (in a time when it would have been perfectly acceptable to be a She, after all, there were many female gods). As such we refer to Him as He, but that doesn’t mean He’s male, just that He’s chosen that moniker.
 
So, do you believe that that maleness is superior to femaleness?
I think it has no basis regarding GOD. I have no ego, false or otherwise…He is way, way beyond any human being. No one is like Him. He is the All in All…and He Loves us too. We may be perfected equally to any other human being…

The ancient histories from all religions, which frankly began through Brahmanism (India) and Buddhistism (Tibet, Kashmir and Himalayas)…interestingly enough, they also refer to “In the beginning there was the Word, and the Word, was GOD”.

There is a Science of GOD…do not feel threatened…we carry life and give birth…we are the healers, peacekeepers and nurturers of the world…:love:
 
could it not be possible that he has both masculine and feminine traits? after all, since everything comes from God, its logical to conclude that God contains the traits of his creations.
It seems anthropomorphic (or physiomorphic!) to think God has masculine and feminine traits.

You need to explain why - or what evidence there is…
 
It seems anthropomorphic (or physiomorphic!) to think God has masculine and feminine traits.

You need to explain why - or what evidence there is…
i just thought because of the same reason we deduce that God is a personal being. we say God is personal because his creations are personal. so i thought since his creation contain both masculine and femine traits, so must he… but then again its just my speculation
 
While I EM, at times, I will look at each individual that comes up and say to myself, “There is someone created in the image of God.” This activity tends to help me see how God is so many different things all at once. (Also, I think it changes the way I view those around me.) As a result, I voted “both.”
 
I’m sorry, but I’m now confused. You said that you believe God to be male. Why? I know Jesus was obviously a man, and we use masculine pronouns when talking about God. But it seems a huge jump from that to say God is male. Especially in view of your above post. Thank you.
I think we are confusing, GOD the Father as GOD, being Jesus Chris?t, HIS only begotten Son…both are different and NO ONE or ANYTHING, is identical, similar, like as…GOD, The Father, Our Creator…
 
Christ always refers to the Father, not the mother, or not any other name. Consequently, God is masculine. Is not stating differently denying what Christ clearly stated:)?
 
God is Spirit and therefor is neither a man nor a woman.
John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth."
However, God has chosen to reveal Himself, primarily, as a masculine figure. Plus, the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel wouldn’t look nearly as cool without God’s flowing beard. 🙂
Who said a Spirit cannot be male or female in it’s nature? A Spirit may not have the genitalia of either sex but it can have the mentality of either male or female or a combination of both it would seem.
 
Who said a Spirit cannot be male or female in it’s nature? A Spirit may not have the genitalia of either sex but it can have the mentality of either male or female or a combination of both it would seem.
How can a spirit have mentality? A spirit has no mind… 🤷
 
Christ always refers to the Father, not the mother, or not any other name. Consequently, God is masculine. Is not stating differently denying what Christ clearly stated:)?
The thing is, when you accept the idea that God is male (or at least masculine) and the more like God the better you are, it inevitably leads to the conclusion that men are better than women.

If you take this line of thought to its natural extreme (as some Christians do) you have to question the spiritual nature and value of femininity itself.

Here’s an example of what I am talking about:
Heaven has no Feminine Side

By Pastor Robert L Davis

There are some amazing things that saints do not realize about the heavenly kingdom that awaits us. One of the amazing things is that there are no females in heaven. This is a fact that has been overlooked by many, partly because we simply assumed that men would go to heaven as men, and women would go to heaven as women. This is not the case. Based on the scriptures there is no feminine being in the kingdom of God. Moreover, I have found that, based upon the knowledge of God’s intentions for man, that there do not exist any female beings within the spiritual realms, very possibly, females exist only in this particular creation. This may seem a startling statement, but the scriptures and the understanding of God’s plan, bears this out. One thing must be pointed out, lest the fairer sex take offense, and that is the fact that women are a unique creation of God and men on this earth are probably the only beings blessed with their presence.

Before I present the scriptural support for this fact, I first ask you to consider all of the occasions in the bible that involve angels or heavenly beings. In every instance, the beings are male and not female. All of the angels mentioned, Gabriel, Michael, Satan, Apollyon, and Beelzebub are all male. The angels around the throne have the heads of various beasts and the head of a man. All encounters with spiritual creatures have revealed them to be male, without exception. There is one passage that can be confusing if not understood properly, and that passage is in Zechariah five. Here it mentions two women that have the wings of storks. In this instance, they refer to the angel as male and the others as two women. The two women in this instance are not heavenly creatures but they represent Judah (Jerusalem) and Israel (Sammaria). The word for women in this event can be translated “adulteresses”. The passage shows the two as women because they represent the bride of Christ. In other places they are referred to as two sisters, Aholibah and Aholah (Ezekiel 23). These are not angels, but they represent the spirit of the two parts of Israel.

One indication that there are no females in the kingdom of heaven is found in the fact that the angels came down to earth to take women as wives (Genesis 6:1-5). They had to come to earth because there were no women in heaven. The scriptures tell us that when we are resurrected we will be neither Greek nor Jew, bond nor free, male or female. (Galatians 3:28). Another scripture (Matthew 22:30) tells us that we will neither marry nor be given in marriage, but that we will be as the angels in heaven. These scriptures clearly indicate that there will not be two genders in heaven, but the question as to why still must be answered. Why do angels not marry? Why are there no females in heaven? This does not mean that women will not go to heaven; it simply means that when we are saved we become a new creature (II Corinthians 5:17), and the new creatures are male and not female.

You can read the full article here:
urbanpioneering.com/Volume12/femininemain.htm
 
God is beyond the taxonomy convention of mere mortals. The nature of God is best understood as a mystery and any attempt to fathom it is at best an speculation no matter how rational it may seem.
 
He is male ! God made man in His image breathed life into man, He made woman from man and this I believe IMHO,is the bottom line.

I AM WHO I AM…With Him nothing is impossible.
Elizebeth declared how is it the mother of my Lord comes to me.
At 12, years of age he told Mary and Joseph, He must be about His Fathers business.
At 33, when He upset the folks around the His Father’s house.

God Bless
onenow1:)
 
The thing is, when you accept the idea that God is male (or at least masculine) and the more like God the better you are, it inevitably leads to the conclusion that men are better than women.

If you take this line of thought to its natural extreme (as some Christians do) you have to question the spiritual nature and value of femininity itself.

Here’s an example of what I am talking about:
Heaven has no Feminine Side

By Pastor Robert L Davis

You can read the full article here:
urbanpioneering.com/Volume12/femininemain.htm
okay, first of all, this is a PROTESTANT pastor who says this, so that should automatically raise red flags (i have nothing against protestants, but they do have some faulty premises IMO) we know for a fact that there are females in heaven. also, how do you know that there wont be reproduction in heaven? God made man to be his “co-creator”, therefore if we would lose the ability to reproduce in heaven, then we would be stripped of a huge part of our dignity! also the virgin mary is female, when she appears to people, she is on female form, we still refer to her with feminine pronouns, same thing with all the female saints. consider this quote from Jesus:

"When you make the two one, and when you make the inside like the outside and the outside like the inside, and the above like the below, and when you make the male and the female one, so that the male will not be male nor the female female; and when you fashion eyes in place of an eye, and a hand in place of a hand, and a foot in place of a foot, and a likeness in the place of a likeness; then will you enter the Kingdom.” -Jesus Christ
(DISCLAIMER on that quote, that quote is from the gnostic version of christianity, so i cannot verify its authenticity, but it does sound like something Jesus would say. however take it with a grain of salt.)
 
okay, first of all, this is a PROTESTANT pastor who says this, so that should automatically raise red flags (i have nothing against protestants, but they do have some faulty premises IMO) we know for a fact that there are females in heaven. also, how do you know that there wont be reproduction in heaven? God made man to be his “co-creator”, therefore if we would lose the ability to reproduce in heaven, then we would be stripped of a huge part of our dignity! also the virgin mary is female, when she appears to people, she is on female form, we still refer to her with feminine pronouns, same thing with all the female saints. consider this quote from Jesus:

"When you make the two one, and when you make the inside like the outside and the outside like the inside, and the above like the below, and when you make the male and the female one, so that the male will not be male nor the female female; and when you fashion eyes in place of an eye, and a hand in place of a hand, and a foot in place of a foot, and a likeness in the place of a likeness; then will you enter the Kingdom.” -Jesus Christ
(DISCLAIMER on that quote, that quote is from the gnostic version of christianity, so i cannot verify its authenticity, but it does sound like something Jesus would say. however take it with a grain of salt.)
So what?
I was talking about Christianity in general.
 
So what?
I was talking about Christianity in general.
thats the problem, you cant just generalize all christian denominations and sects into one. there are so many, and some have extremely opposing views. for example, catholics believe that its nearly impossible to get to heaven without the intercession of the virgin mary and saints and angels, the protestants on the other hand believe that ONLY through Jesus can a person be saved. in fact they accuse the catholic church of “paganism” (which is absurd), but as you can see, its imposible to just lump all the christian sects into one.
 
How could you not know God is male? He takes the role of a Father, not a mother, not a hermaphrodite. Father by all definition is male. Jesus is God and he is male. He takes the role of a King and a bridegroom and a priest, he’s not a queen or a bride or a priestess. The evidence is clear of God’s maleness (masculinity) by the very role HE takes. God is not female. God is not a transvestite or a hermaphrodite. God is not androgynous. God is male.
 
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