[quote='Rhythm' pid='326321' dateline='1345764486']
lol?
Thom...gods are very often ascribed a gender....Whether or not that means that a god actually -IS- a certain gender, or what gender means to a god, is laregly irrelevant, as you yourself have so adeptly pointed out- because they do not exist. Reproduction and sexuality are not interchangeable with gender, nor do they have any bearing on each other in and of themselves. If a god is refered to as "He", it is a he, if it is referrred to as a she, it is a "She".
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Oh - more nonsense - I just love the jokes in this group
Gender is indeed based on sexual function - to say that they do not have any bearing on each other is juvenile or comical or tragic - depending on your age
If you look at the Greek or Roman Pantheon of gods - it is clear from the very beginning who is a male and who is a female based on their physical "equipment".
A "he" has male organs - and a "she" has female organs
THERE is NO place in the BIBLE or the Koran which shows a female god - which renders the idea of the god being male superfluous - the god is an "IT" - ie - neuter. In the xtian faith - there is existence of a son - without the prerequisite "mother" - if they were sexual beings.
They can call "IT" whatever they want - that does not make that characteristic true
lol?
Thom...gods are very often ascribed a gender....Whether or not that means that a god actually -IS- a certain gender, or what gender means to a god, is laregly irrelevant, as you yourself have so adeptly pointed out- because they do not exist. Reproduction and sexuality are not interchangeable with gender, nor do they have any bearing on each other in and of themselves. If a god is refered to as "He", it is a he, if it is referrred to as a she, it is a "She".
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Oh - more nonsense - I just love the jokes in this group
Gender is indeed based on sexual function - to say that they do not have any bearing on each other is juvenile or comical or tragic - depending on your age
If you look at the Greek or Roman Pantheon of gods - it is clear from the very beginning who is a male and who is a female based on their physical "equipment".
A "he" has male organs - and a "she" has female organs
THERE is NO place in the BIBLE or the Koran which shows a female god - which renders the idea of the god being male superfluous - the god is an "IT" - ie - neuter. In the xtian faith - there is existence of a son - without the prerequisite "mother" - if they were sexual beings.
They can call "IT" whatever they want - that does not make that characteristic true
