Why does everyone put a gender on god, especially a male assumption. In the bible, it never states anywhere that God is a man or a woman, but everyone says "He"
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God could be a hermaphrodite then. No one could be offended by the fact that God is a specific gender then.
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Christianity evolved from Judaism, and Judaism evolved from earlier polytheistic semitic beliefs. The God of the Bible, Yahweh, was a male god, and was the god of War, part of a whole pantheon of Gods. His wife was Asherah (Astarte, Ishtar, Hathor), the goddess of Heaven, who was the daughter of El (Ea, Ra) who was the highest-ranking God. You will notice the Bible never says there are no other Gods- just that you should not worship them, or consider them above Yahweh. Translated to Classical dieties, Christians are worshiping Ares (Mars).
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The Bible calls God a "he" many many times. God also made man in His own image. Jesus Christ came to earth as a man and the Bible tells us that He was God (John 1:1-14, Hebrews 1:8). Besides, God is called the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. I hope that this is helpful. -In the service of the Master. Thank you and God bless you!
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The Bible is clear and conclusive that God is male. He is the Father.
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The bible was written at places and in times which were extremely male-dominated. I doubt that it would have occurred to any of the writers that God was *not* male. Everybody of any importance whatsoever was male, and women were effectively property, first of their father and then of their husband. The idea that the most important person of all would not be male would have been literally unthinkable - hence there was no need to say it explicitly.
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Catholics believe that God transcends the human distinction between the sexes. It is traditional and scriptural to address God as He or Him. However, if you wish, it would not be wrong to address God as She or Her. Remember immediately after describing God as the Good Shepherd, Jesus describes God as a woman looking for her lost coin (Luke 15:8-10). For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, section 239: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt1sect2chpt1art1p2.htm With love in Christ.
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Jesus was God in the flesh and He was a man, and the Bible calls God "he" basically all throughout the Bible. -In the Master's service. Thank you and God bless you!
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We can thank translators for that... In Hebrew, if I remember my lessons, G-d is referred to in the plural.
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Jesus referred to God as His Father all through the Gospels. If Jesus referred to God as "Father", I'm not about to call Him mother. Scripture contains almost 170 references to God as the “Father.” By necessity, one cannot be a father unless he is male. If God had chosen to be revealed to man in a female form, then the word “mother” would have occurred in these places, not “father.” In the Old and New Testament both, masculine pronouns are used over and over again in reference to God. Man and woman are only patterned after the image of God—they are not tiny “carbon copies” of God, and the fact that there are men and women does not require that God have male and female features. Remember, being made in the image of God has nothing to do with physical characteristics. Bottom line, although Hashem God is a Spirit, He chose to be referred to in the male gender. His choice and it's good enough for me.
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mostly like a hermaphrodite
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He is a man, I know where he lives too aaargh!
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Definetly, MAN
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Neither. Former archangel.
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i would say man
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HE WAS A MALE. NOT A MAN BUT MALE.
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It's gender is male but there are hints in the Bible that suggests he has a homosexual agenda. That's why there is a constant push to accept homosexuality.
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Satan consists of three, the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet. (The serpent) http://www.hubpages.com/hub/falsereligion
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Neither, just a pulsating smoke of darkness and evil!
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He is a JIN according to the Qur'an , a male jin!
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Neither, even though most people refer to Satan as a man. Satan used to be the Archangel Lucifer but was cast out of heaven. Being an Archangel Lucifer is immortal and has no need to procreate, therefore there is no gender.
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