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67. God is both male and female, but has no gender

Sat Dec 29, 2012, 08:58 AM

Dec 2012

If Christianity is correct in understanding God as pure spirit, then God "the Father" and God the Holy Spirit have no gender, because only beings with bodies can have sex characteristics. Jesus of Nazareth was male and gendered if the gospel stories of his life are correct.

God is understood as having all the human strengths, but magnified unimaginably: God is all-powerful, all-knowing, has love and compassion for all. Since women as well as men have power and knowledge, and since both genders express love and compassion, it is a distortion to understand God as an old man with a white beard. God has both masculine and feminine strengths, but no gender, except for Jesus, who is understood as the Son of God. If God has a Daughter, she does not appear in the Bible, although there are holy women there.

So, to summarize, God is both masculine and feminine, but has no gender, except for Jesus of Nazareth, who was one of the most compassionate and forgiving teachers we have on record.

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I am not often asked the question of whether or not God is a woman or a man............ [View all] mrmpa Dec 2012 OP

POPCORN PLEASE Skittles Dec 2012 #1

ibtl Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #13

Already alerted... and left standing??!? ElboRuum Dec 2012 #24

Scoot over. I'll join you. In_The_Wind Dec 2012 #77

Two words for you... ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2012 #2

I'll grant you Aileen Wuornos and maybe a few other women.......... mrmpa Dec 2012 #4

"I'll grant you Aileen Wuornos ..." Summer Hathaway Dec 2012 #22

I have no dog in this fight but the underlying weariness I can feel roguevalley Dec 2012 #35

I understand that weariness Summer Hathaway Dec 2012 #39

no. I agree but sometimes you get tired. roguevalley Dec 2012 #41

Understood. Summer Hathaway Dec 2012 #46

backatcha, Summer Hathaway. :D roguevalley Dec 2012 #51

And backatcha, roguevalley Summer Hathaway Dec 2012 #54

Serious question. I have seen this talking point about women being more cruel before intaglio Dec 2012 #64

How do you know that? shintao Dec 2012 #78

Not all beauty is created by women either Major Nikon Dec 2012 #9

Here's my #3 Quantess Dec 2012 #45

Good Point, although I sincerely doubt God has a penis OR a vagina. BigDemVoter Dec 2012 #3

The omnipotent overlord of the Christian pantheon does seem a bit neutered. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #72

Glad to see you have a subtle, nuanced open mind. nt Bonobo Dec 2012 #5

Your post suggests some "gut feel" response to events.... Swede Atlanta Dec 2012 #6

my husband and I were discussing the differences between teenage girls and boys liberal_at_heart Dec 2012 #7

I believe the act of suicide energumen Dec 2012 #52

I don't think so. Curmudgeoness Dec 2012 #76

I've heard what your husband said before, and I think in general, that's correct. nt raccoon Dec 2012 #69

Ah, yes, of course Summer Hathaway Dec 2012 #8

NO GeorgeGist Dec 2012 #10

Why would a singular Diety need reproductive organs? JoePhilly Dec 2012 #11

that's a good question. liberal_at_heart Dec 2012 #12

This is the essence of why most religion is bullshit RainDog Dec 2012 #75

What the fuck is this shit? Seriously, what the fuck? Brickbat Dec 2012 #14

Both genders have good and bad unreadierLizard Dec 2012 #15

This way of thinking is too gender stereotyped Dash87 Dec 2012 #16

Hell is people graywarrior Dec 2012 #17

horsey manure...all humans are complicit. spanone Dec 2012 #18

Also unreadierLizard Dec 2012 #19

Jury voted 3-3 to LEAVE IT ALONE unreadierLizard Dec 2012 #20

WTF Juror #5? ElboRuum Dec 2012 #23

Let me answer your objections, if I may.......... mrmpa Dec 2012 #47

I am a woman, and I think the whole concept is bullshit. Quantess Dec 2012 #21

I usually don't drink beer... but when I do XRubicon Dec 2012 #25

One of the most intelligent responses...........and that is being said with all sincerity........ mrmpa Dec 2012 #44

I wish you would delete this thread RainDog Dec 2012 #26

I won't delete.........because there was no intent for this........ mrmpa Dec 2012 #49

Wow. You did not 'intend' your post Jenoch Dec 2012 #53

Again, you read deeper into the post than.......... mrmpa Dec 2012 #57

Nope. I'm not looking for an argument. Jenoch Dec 2012 #60

For someone who's been a DU member since 2006 & only has mrmpa Dec 2012 #62

Yeeeah, bullshit. (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2012 #58

I hear similar defenses from other groups.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2012 #97

Read the post............don't read into it, what you want to see....... mrmpa Dec 2012 #98

People are offended because you are sterotyping Kurska Dec 2012 #104

Stop with the psychobabble.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2012 #107

Too bad neither created it RedCappedBandit Dec 2012 #27

Thank you............eom mrmpa Dec 2012 #50

God doesn't exist Kurska Dec 2012 #28

A man painted the Mona Lisa Nye Bevan Dec 2012 #29

Each one of us carry male and female within Angry Dragon Dec 2012 #30

Not sure I like your broadbrushing but... Taverner Dec 2012 #31

I refer to any god as an "it" NYC Liberal Dec 2012 #32

this is one of the most overtly bigoted posts i've seen in a long time. unblock Dec 2012 #33

Serious? Quantess Dec 2012 #36

How does one become "a hardcore feminist"? Quantess Dec 2012 #38

There's #2 Quantess Dec 2012 #56

Would be interesting to wait a few days RedCappedBandit Dec 2012 #63

OK, this is the end for me. sibelian Dec 2012 #65

The answer to your question is probably never: which makes me very sad. R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2012 #34

Should not this discussion be in either Religion or DU Lounge forums? TheProgressive Dec 2012 #37

No it does not belong in the Lounge or Religion .......... mrmpa Dec 2012 #61

"The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious." Lone_Star_Dem Dec 2012 #40

Neither, there is no god. broiles Dec 2012 #42

I am often asked the question whether successful trolling depends on pretending... Quantess Dec 2012 #43

I am in agreement, however...... mrmpa Dec 2012 #59

Well said. FarPoint Dec 2012 #71

shallow H2O Man Dec 2012 #48

Really? energumen Dec 2012 #55

Funny, I've NEVER been asked the question of whether or not God is a woman or a man. eShirl Dec 2012 #66

God is both male and female, but has no gender planetc Dec 2012 #67

Well isn't this post just a nice slice of misandry. OneTenthofOnePercent Dec 2012 #68

Flamebait. HappyMe Dec 2012 #70

Misandry............ mrmpa Dec 2012 #74

Of course you don't dear Kurska Dec 2012 #102

It doesn't even always mean that! Tien1985 Dec 2012 #105

Mea culpa Kurska Dec 2012 #106

this reminds me some years ago, my friend talked me into going newspeak Dec 2012 #73

God is a woman with a really nasty sense of humour........witness this discussion. PDJane Dec 2012 #79

Rape is shared event shintao Dec 2012 #81

Excellent view............. mrmpa Dec 2012 #99

What an ugly thing to say. 99Forever Dec 2012 #80

Why would god be either? ThomThom Dec 2012 #82

He/She is apparently is a morphadite shintao Dec 2012 #84

Both. Neither. Octafish Dec 2012 #83

you took my answer kydo Dec 2012 #85

Does God have a penis or vagina or a navel? If so, what for? Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2012 #86

Both shintao Dec 2012 #89

And, a navel and nipples? If Genesis is correct, God must look like us. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2012 #91

What? non-issue. Zax2me Dec 2012 #87

Only somone as small minded as a homo sapian SomethingFishy Dec 2012 #88

Imaginary beings can be imagined any way you want to like. n/t Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #90

God is a human concept. CrispyQ Dec 2012 #92

if god were a man or woman arely staircase Dec 2012 #93

How could you not hate the people responsible for all the horrors in the world? lumberjack_jeff Dec 2012 #94

I know I'm not..............eom mrmpa Dec 2012 #95

Then you have a form of tourettes. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2012 #96

i never said I believe it.............. mrmpa Dec 2012 #100

So if you reject the assertion that men can make things more horrible than anything a woman could. Kurska Dec 2012 #103

That's a pretty fat brush you're using Xipe Totec Dec 2012 #101

It is so much easier to destroy something than it is to create something. Rex Dec 2012 #108

. Bonobo Dec 2012 #109