Since theists beleive in a God,I want to know what is the intimacy of God?
I have asked moslems this question but they cudnt answer,I asked xtians some said they dont know,others said male cuz man was made after his image,
some said female cuz he gave birth to everything that exists, others said no gender cuz he is spirit.
I am a bit confused with the different conflicting answers, If God exists with no gender is it not better to start viewing
the concept of God differently from all this religious rationalisation?is it not better to see god as the "SUPREME FORCE WITH EMBODIMENT  OF THE TOTALITY OF ALL NATURAL/PHYSICAL/SCIENTIFIC  LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE?"
Pls I need answers from all moslem/xtian/bhuddist, etc

God is neither male nor female,He is not white, He is not black. God is God!

MASTER: "Does God exist"?

DISCIPLE: "Yes"

MASTER: "Wrong"

DISCIPLE: "No"

MASTER: "Wrong again"

DISCIPLE: "What's the answer?"

MASTER:  "There is no answer".

DISCIPLE: "Why ever not"?

MASTER:  "Because there is no question. If you cannot say anything about Him who is beyond thoughts and words, how can you ask anything about Him?"

nijaprince:

God is neither male nor female,He is not white, He is not black. God is God!

please i need u to explain the meaning of ur response,
then why does the bible always ascribe HE/HIM when referring to God, and why do xtians call him heavenly father/daddy?
and why did christ say if u have seen me u have seen the father?
I need moslems and christians like ABUZOLA,IMAGE123 ,A.K.O, ETC TO RESPOND to the question.

imhotep:

MASTER: "Does God exist"?

DISCIPLE: "Yes"

MASTER: "Wrong"

DISCIPLE: "No"

MASTER: "Wrong again"

DISCIPLE: "What's the answer?"

MASTER:  "There is no answer".

DISCIPLE: "Why ever not"?

MASTER:  "Because there is no question. If you cannot say anything about Him who is beyond thoughts and words, how can you ask anything about Him?"

dats a smart conversation, but does it mean that u r an atheist and the question is irrelevant based on your beliefs?

imhotep:

MASTER: "Does God exist"?

DISCIPLE: "Yes"

MASTER: "Wrong"

DISCIPLE: "No"

MASTER: "Wrong again"

DISCIPLE: "What's the answer?"

MASTER:  "There is no answer".

DISCIPLE: "Why ever not"?

MASTER:  "Because there is no question. If you cannot say anything about Him who is beyond thoughts and words, how can you ask anything about Him?"

u try but didn't make me believe. . .

blackcypha:

then why does the bible always ascribe HE/HIM when referring to God, and why do xtians call him heavenly father/daddy?
and why did christ say if u have seen me u have seen the father?

This is because the image of this entity we call "God" was presented in the bible from the male, patriarchal viewpoint.Men wrote all these things about god in the bible, hence the male gender was ascribed to the creator.
If women had written the bible, the creator would have been seen from a matriarchal viewpoint and thus get a female gender and become a "SHE/HER" . . . and probably the creator would have been less demented and bloodthirsty, but kinder, wiser and more loving . . .

blackcypha:

please i need u to explain the meaning of your response,
then why does the bible always ascribe HE/HIM when referring to God, and why do xtians call him heavenly father/daddy?
and why did christ say if u have seen me u have seen the father?
I need moslems and christians like ABUZOLA,IMAGE123 ,A.K.O, ETC TO RESPOND to the question.
dats a smart conversation, but does it mean that u r an atheist and the question is irrelevant based on your beliefs?

The truth is this there is a thinker and a prover in every man.You prove what ever you think.You think he is male, so he will be.You think otherwise, so he will be.YOU BECOME YOUR THOUGHTS.

Abu Zola where are you? The poster need you.

jagunlabi:

This is because the image of this entity we call "God" was presented in the bible from the male, patriarchal viewpoint.Men wrote all these things about god in the bible, hence the male gender was ascribed to the creator.
If women had written the bible, the creator would have been seen from a matriarchal viewpoint and thus get a female gender and become a "SHE/HER" . . . and probably the creator would have been less demented and bloodthirsty, but kinder, wiser and more loving . . .

Well said Jagunlabi . . .


MASTER (borrowing Aristotle): "In the quest of God, it would seem better and indeed necessary to give up what is dearest to us".

DISCIPLE: "I am ready, in the quest for God, to give up anything: wealth, friends, family, country, life itself. What else can a person give up?"

MASTER: "One's beliefs about God".


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The disciple went away sad, for he clung to his convictions.

jagunlabi:

This is because the image of this entity we call "God" was presented in the bible from the male, patriarchal viewpoint.Men wrote all these things about god in the bible, hence the male gender was ascribed to the creator.
If women had written the bible, the creator would have been seen from a matriarchal viewpoint and thus get a female gender and become a "SHE/HER" . . . and probably the creator would have been less demented and bloodthirsty, but kinder, wiser and more loving . . .

i dont get it , u mean male folks r more demented and bloodier than females?so how can xtians/moslems say they believe in a deity
that writers of their holy books just decided to ascribe wateva gender they feel like?if u cant determine his sex doesnt it mean he is not a personality as these religions suggest?

alariwo:

The truth is this there is a thinker and a prover in every man.You prove what ever you think.You think he is male, so he will be.You think otherwise, so he will be.YOU BECOME YOUR THOUGHTS.

i dont buy dat

Most of the gods take the sex of those that invented them. . . .Most gods of African traditional religions are the peoples ancestors.

so u mean jewish invented the God they serve and ascribed a he/him to their deity cuz dey wer
male chauvinists?

Something like that.Have you observed how macho their deity is?He does not even have a wife, neither does he have a daughter.The entire family had to consist of males only, no females allowed.Quite self revealing.

blackcypha:

so u mean jewish invented the God they serve and ascribed a he/him to their deity cuz dey wer
male chauvinists?

blackcypha:

i dont get it , u mean male folks r more demented and bloodier than females?

Yes.Millenia of fighting wars have driven the male species into dementia.

adam was created in our image, a lesser being was borne out of adam, thus god is male. ancient ignorance.

Kay 17:

adam was created in our image, a lesser being was borne out of adam, thus god is male. ancient ignorance.

ha ha ha ,