- Feb 20, 2007
- 6,215
- 683
- 38
- Faith
- Humanist
- Marital Status
- In Relationship
- Politics
- UK-Liberal-Democrats
Is it offensive to refer to God with the feminine pronoun?
Starting today August 7th, 2024, in order to post in the Married Couples, Courting Couples, or Singles forums, you will not be allowed to post if you have your Marital status designated as private. Announcements will be made in the respective forums as well but please note that if yours is currently listed as Private, you will need to submit a ticket in the Support Area to have yours changed.
Well, assuming for a moment that she isn't fictitious, is it any more peculiar to refer to her with the feminine pronoun than with the masculine, bearing in mind that she is not generally thought to have a gender per se anyway? Would the neutral pronoun be better, or would referring to God as 'it' be regarded as disrespectful?
Isn't it amazing how some people take offense on behalf of an all-powerful deity? I guess that's all part of the package of believing in an anthropomorphic god.However, interestingly, some people here who shall not be named seem to regard it as mockery.
Isn't it amazing how some people take offense on behalf of an all-powerful deity? I guess that's all part of the package of believing in an anthropomorphic god.
I suppose that if you wanted people to conjure an image of an ALL POWERFUL diety, you'd pretty much have to describe him as male, otherwise you'd have an inferior female god (speaking strictly in the context of a patriarchal society, since I wouldn't for one minute believe that a female god couldn't have done a much better job)
I have problems imagining someone saying "he" without thinking of a person with masculine traits (whatever that maybe in the cultural, social and personal background of the person). [This, btw., is different in German, where a lot of gender neutral objects come as grammatically feminine or masculine.]Is it offensive to refer to God with the feminine pronoun?
Indeed. According to Tori Amos, God needs a woman to look after him anyway.
Is it a running gag that you misspell deity? You seem to do it a lot.![]()
I personally think God is "he". Mainly because it says "He, Him", and oh, the big one, "Father".