GOD HATES NERDS!!! Westboro Baptist to Protest at Comic-Con

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It's stuff that like this that makes people like myself who try and set a good example in the faith look bad. In a way, it makes me glad I'm not the one who has to deal with Phelps on Judgment Day.

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

The faithful would probably say the Bible is proof enough that god is male, what with the overabundance of male pronouns and references to "father." Though I could be wrong. It's been years since I've had a horse in that race, and even longer than that since I've considered myself faithful.

I think it has to do with the fact that in the Christian faith, Adam, a man, came first, before Eve. In a way, that shows that males were the dominant ones. After all, scripture does say for wives to submit to their husbands. I had a conversation with a buddy about this and I asked if God had genitals. He told me no and then I asked why is God typically depicted as being male. That points back to Adam and Eve, where the male came first. And going back to wives submitting to their husbands, in a way, it's like the bride of Christ. I'm not sure what your faith is, but since Christians believe Jesus to be God, I guess that could also support God being male since Jesus is. I don't personally see how a female could come first. Do I think it would be contradictory for God to be viewed overall as a female even though Adam came before Eve? I would suppose so, because that would probably cause problems and scripture would be worded differently. It doesn't make sense to me for a female God to create a male first if you catch my drift. Then there's the view that God is not male, since He is not a physical, but a spiritual, being, which is talked about here. And if you disagree with anything I said, that's OK. Just thought I'd share my opinion with you.

Originally Posted by Charlotte_Sometimes

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But yeah, if there is a God, it's certainly not human, so it wouldn't even have gender. We need new pronouns, like on that episode of Futurama.

Not to get into a theological debate here, but there are many who believe God is immaterial. I have heard that before and I'm not really sure how to explain it. To me, God's an eternal mystery, which I guess includes the aspect of Him being immaterial if that makes sense.