(January 15, 2024 at 7:04 pm)Ahriman Wrote:The main reason (for this discussion) is, as Boru said, we are mostly a patriarchal society. Men need fathers. It’s important to our formation as men to have a good father.(January 15, 2024 at 5:36 pm)ShinyCrystals Wrote: but it would make more sense for him to be female;I agree with the bolded part. 51% of all humans are female; I wonder why God is most commonly thought of to be male?
At the same time, as before, God is beyond, or above, gender. The concept is only an anthropomorphization(?). God is represented as both a father and a mother in the Bible. It is the characteristics of fatherhood and motherhood that are more representative of God.