God: Guy or Gal?

[Zhade]

Those who believe in some form of god, specifically along Christian lines: are we talking a male or female deity?

As to why I ask: curiosity about Christian DUer's views, and a touch of boredom. :P

[ElsewheresDaughter]

1. neither! God is asexual...spirit...energy...the source

[foo_bar]

2. doesn't sexuality imply gender?

[ElsewheresDaughter]

5. yes thank you, my bad ......you samantic nazi you......non-sexual

:p :7

[foo_bar]

22. it was a sincere question

Can god embody sexuality without taking part in it? Christianity has him partaking with virgins, with a little help from The Holy Ghost. The original was even fuzzier:

The word "God" here is Elohim. It says, "The LORD our Elohim is one LORD." This phrase is not normally grammatically correct—a plural noun with a singular verb, "is." Elohim is the plural of both El and Eloah. El and Eloah mean "mighty One," "strong One," or "powerful One" according to Brown, Driver, and Briggs. Elohim, being either of these two words in the plural, therefore means "strong Ones," "mighty Ones," or "powerful Ones."

http://bibletools.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/Bible.show/sVerseID/5091/eVerseID/5091/

[indigobusiness]

7. I think she meant

asexual.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

9. indigo.....thank you

[indigobusiness]

11. You're welcome...

I don't want you mad at me!

[CarbonDate]

8. I think she meant "asexual", not "a sexual"....

Interestingly, many of the people who claim God is asexual still refer to Her as Him. I can't tell you how much that pisses Her off.

[anarchy1999]

45. Amen.

n/t

[foo_bar]

3. other: sS/hHe maybe doesn't exist

[Zhade]

10. Well, naturally I was inviting believers to answer.

I'm an atheist, no need to tell me there's no god (though I agree in large part with post #1).

[Placebo]

4. Something that doesn't exist can't have a gender.

[infusionman]

18. If God Doesn't exsist...

You had better be right!

[Gyre]

32. I see nothing here that can't be explained

in terms of scientific laws and theories. Hence, I believe god is a myth. And in the extremely unlikely events that there is such an "entity", and in the even more unlikely event that it is the vengeful sort, I'm fucked anyways. So I'll stick with god is a myth.

Gyre

[Placebo]

37. I agree.

[PDittie]

6. God is too sadistic and ironic to be anything except a

white suburban straight-Republican-ticket-voting pot-bellied redneck with three chins and high blood pressure.

In other words, Jerry Falwell.

Now get your ass to church, heathen.

[TyeDye75]

16. That picture is really cool

Clinton Rocks

[babylonsister]

35. PDittie

You just made me laugh out loud! I know you live in TX, as do I, because I've seen you on the TX forum. Greetings!:toast:

[PDittie]

51. Hi babsis

What are doing up so late?

[babylonsister]

57. I guess I went to bed before seeing that.

We were partying a tad last night. This is the last weekend before my husband does his marathon work schedule, from tomorrow up to 7 January. He fills in for all the other worker bees in his cube farm, but gets royally recompensed for his service in the form of vacation days!

[anarchy1999]

46. Sweet.

n/t

[El Supremo]

12. The real answer.

A confused nine year old boy goes up to his mother
and asks, "Is God male or female?"
After thinking for a moment, his mother responds,
"Well, God is both male and female."
This confuses the little boy so he asks, "Is God black
or white?"
"Well, God is both black and white."
This further confuses the boy so he asks, "Is God gay
or straight?"
At this the mother is getting concerned, but answers
none the less, "Honey, God is both gay and straight."
At this, the boy's face lights up with understanding
and he triumphantly asks, "Is God Michael Jackson?"

[flygal]

15. LMAO - good one!

[knight_of_the_star]

27. WOW!!!

That is wrong on so many levels, but it is so damn funny!!!

[Deja Q]

13. You mean, you looked up God's kilt?!

:wow:

[knight_of_the_star]

28. Of course if you believe in one deity, it would HAVE to be Scottish

I mean, single-malt whiskey can't be anything BUT divinely inspired, same thing with bagpipes. And of course you must always remember this:

If it ain't Scottish it's crrrrrrrrrrrrap!

[ghostsofgiants]

14. God is...

A FIGMENT OF YOUR FUCKING IMAGINATION! </Banky Edwards>

But if God does exist, it is neither, it's just God.

[infusionman]

17. God

Is neither male nor female but Genisis Says we were created in his image. This means we(men & Women) are created with all the attributes of God...Laughter, sadness, hurt, Joy, etc...

Vic

[Lydia Leftcoast]

19. Neither and both, all at once

Physically, neither gender. Spiritually, both genders---and there may be other genders in other worlds that we don't know about. :-)

[infusionman]

21. Absolutely!

[Zhade]

20. Good answers, thanks for the replies all!

NT!

[New Earth]

23. God is hermaphroditic

is that a word?

[Radical Activist]

24. God is a male/female couple and they act together

just for the sake of argument.

[BillZBubb]

25. From a former Christian: God has to be a male.

If you believe the Bible, God created man in his own image. Ergo, God is a male. He later created the female because it finally dawned on him that he needed something better to do with his penis.

And since Jesus was the son on God through Mary, God had to be a male to supply the correct chromosomes.

Finally, since females are admonished in the Bible to defer to men, God has to be male. No female God would say that.

[Carson]

26. My thoughts on "created man in His image"...

from what I've read, I conclude this to mean we were given something immortal, like God is immortal. Our soul. Animals weren't created in His image and have no eternal soul. Animals have a life force, which God created, but nothing that goes on forever.

Image, in this context, doesn't mean God was male because he created man. It doesn't mean God has a penis, eyes, nose, ears, etc. He may, but I seriously doubt it. God is neither male nor female, in the human sense. He is Spirit.

Of course, most use the pronoun "He" because of the Bible being written that way.

[ldf]

29. your opinions are irrelevant

the bible refers to god as "the father". after all, the whole human status hierarchy revolves around that concept.

so that settles it.

that leaves the burning question, does he stand, or sit, to pee?

enquiring minds want to know.

:evilgrin:

[Starlight]

30. God is not a person. No sex. No race. No species even. n/t

[elshiva]

31. God is in everything. God has no gender or sex.

[More Than A Feeling]

33. God transcends gender.

The phrase "God the father" just describes the relationship God has with humanity. "God the Mother" would work just as well. "God the parent" I guess. I call God him merely for reasons of convenience. I don't care if anyone calls God her. I know what they mean.

[immoderate]

34. Why would God need genitals?

--IMM

[BeeBee]

36. Because I don't believe in God...

I can't really answer this poll honestly.

[donheld]

38. I just will not believe that God

has either a penis or a vagina

[Swamp Rat]

39. She's a cute little mouse that lives in the Great Cheesedom.

... and I believe she really loves me. :loveya:

[nemo137]

40. God is personal, eternal spirit

He (I use he because I'm male, and it comes more easily for me), has no corporeal body, and when you get down to it, male and female are pretty much physical things.

[Taxloss]

41. What do posts like this achieve?

Religion seems to be a fairly sensitive area at the moment on this board. I'm probably being over-sensitive, but I feel this sort of post is needlessly provocative.

[trotcop]

42. Where is, There's no such thing as God?

[jsw_81]

43. God doesn't exist

Except in your imagination.

[Charlls]

44. as does happiness or pleasure

that doesnt mean its less real, or that one should not look for it

[KG]

47. there is no god. this i know because

bob ross is dead,

and dick cheney is alive

[anarchy1999]

48. Burn your "Bible's".

This thread is about to go out of control. Religion gone mad.

Our "Christianity" is nothing but control of the masses.

Read History of Civilization.

Why do Catholics only eat fish on "Friday's"? Anyone know really why?

[Charlls]

49. religion and "christianity" IS control of the masses

..but that was not what we were talking; we were talking about God and its sex, or the Buda, if you prefer. For Budhists there is not conflict between atheism and budhism. That is because eastern doesnt mix religion with politics, like western does


that separation is as important as the separation between church and the state, but here in western we are centuries behind that revolution

[bklyncowgirl]

50. Creative spirit of the universe

We humans define the divine in terms that we can relate to.

[AliciaKeyedUp]

52. Does it matter what we think?

It only matters what god thinks.

[RPM]

53. God is dead

its sex is irrelevant

[supernova]

54. God encompasses all

I refer to God alternately as He and She, both male and female. I believe God is actually passed anything we call "male" and "female."

The fact that God is referred to as "He" and "Him" in the Bible is no great dilema. Most languages when gender is unkown automatically use the masculine form.

The fact that God is called "God the Father" is, to me, a limitation of our language abilities, not a description of God's gender. Afterall, how well can you use a tool which is finite, languaage, to describe something infinite, God?

edit: spelling and grammar. :P

[Kahuna]

55. Doesn't matter.

nt

[hollowdweller]

56. As a Christian I believe that God is above Maya or pairs of opposites

That was the whole point of the Genesis story. That in the relative world where desire is king there are opposites.

Also in the Bible there's the one parable where Jewish law says that a man has to marry his brothers widow and the pharisees question Jesus who would be her husband in heaven. He says something to the effect that there are not male and female in heaven. That people are like the angels, which I always took to mean sexless

[Nimrod]

58. Man created God in his own image

So technically male. Unless you ask someone who thinks God is female.

:)

[murray hill farm]

59. no body...no gender

people always attribute human characteristics to their gods..which makes little sense..unless your god is a human. People refer to the wrath of god..also a human characteristic..or the love of god..again! some say god is love..well ok...i will go with that one..that is somewhat understandable, but is god male or female? So silly!!!