Why is God a Him, and not a Her?

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Summer3

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Posted: 16 years ago

#81

Originally posted by: krystal_watz
blame it on quintessential Male Dominated character inherent of every religion, what else?

To me Male or Female God I do not care. He will appear as we picture and imagine Him to be.

The more the merrier. I like variety and choices.

But greater respect is accorded to the female Goddess too, so they say Laksmi Narayan, Radha Krishna, Sita Rama.

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Posted: 16 years ago

#82

no no.i was mentioning the idea of referring to God as a Male being in almost every religion..........hindus refer to him as "vishwa pitah".........christians as the Holy Trinity of Father, Son and Holy spirit, etc.......i was talking about the trend of viewing God as a general masculine identity.

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Summer3

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Posted: 16 years ago

#83

Originally posted by: krystal_watz
no no.i was mentioning the idea of referring to God as a Male being in almost every religion..........hindus refer to him as "vishwa pitah".........christians as the Holy Trinity of Father, Son and Holy spirit, etc.......i was talking about the trend of viewing God as a general masculine identity.

But many do worship God as the Mother of the Universe too.😊

But yes most religions do see God as a Man, like Jupiter n Zeus etc. even from the Romans and Greeks in ancient times

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nuomi.riceball

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Posted: 16 years ago

#84

Originally posted by: Summer3

But many do worship God as the Mother of the Universe too.😊

But yes most religions do see God as a Man, like Jupiter n Zeus etc. even from the Romans and Greeks in ancient times

yeah but zeus or jupiter by the greeks and romans during the ancient times were considered as the father of gods of the king of the gods. they were not the only gods and goddesses. they were also from these pantheons other gods and goddesses who were worshipped by strong cults with large amounts of worshippers. for example, in the ancient greece athena was really popular especially by the athenians in athens and was worshipped as the goddess of wisdom and war. the goddess artemis was worshipped by women for fertile womb as the goddess of moon and hunting by the hunters. the god hermes was particularly worship by thieves as their protector and by the merchants. in the ancient romans times mars ultor was seen as a champion and his importance was second only to jupiter to ensure victory in wars. the goddess venus was the epitome of beauty and the goddess of love. the god eros, minor god he may be was also considered important for two people to get married and stuffs.

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nuomi.riceball

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Posted: 16 years ago

#85

Originally posted by: krystal_watz
no no.i was mentioning the idea of referring to God as a Male being in almost every religion..........hindus refer to him as "vishwa pitah".........christians as the Holy Trinity of Father, Son and Holy spirit, etc.......i was talking about the trend of viewing God as a general masculine identity.

yes, but in hinduism we also say you are father and mother.

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Summer3

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Posted: 16 years ago

#86

Originally posted by: rongna

yeah but zeus or jupiter by the greeks and romans during the ancient times were considered as the father of gods of the king of the gods. they were not the only gods and goddesses. they were also from these pantheons other gods and goddesses who were worshipped by strong cults with large amounts of worshippers. for example, in the ancient greece athena was really popular especially by the athenians in athens and was worshipped as the goddess of wisdom and war. the goddess artemis was worshipped by women for fertile womb as the goddess of moon and hunting by the hunters. the god hermes was particularly worship by thieves as their protector and by the merchants. in the ancient romans times mars ultor was seen as a champion and his importance was second only to jupiter to ensure victory in wars. the goddess venus was the epitome of beauty and the goddess of love. the god eros, minor god he may be was also considered important for two people to get married and stuffs.

I though Zeus and Jupiter were considered the Big Boss of God.

But yes they had several Gods too for the various functions and elements.