Thoughts on the possibility of a female God?
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Thoughts on the possibility of a female God?
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The only difference I would expect is what you would call her: a goddess instead of a god.
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I agree with this!khusnick wrote:I don't believe in any form of god, but I don't see why there couldn't be a female god. Obviously that wouldn't be in any current major organized religion because they have their beliefs spelled out already. Goddesses were a thing in ancient times, and for people who still practice forms of paganism, that is still believed.
The only difference I would expect is what you would call her: a goddess instead of a god.
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It's true that in Hinduism, God is known to be 'niraakara' i.e., without any shape. So I guess we can't decide the gender if there is no shape at all.rhiza021 wrote:I think that depends on one's religion and culture. In Roman and Greek mythology, there are female Gods. However, does God (Gods for others) have a gender in the first place? Maybe yes, maybe no, but I don't think it's really the same thing as for us humans and other animals.
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Indeed.Swara Sangeet wrote:It's true that in Hinduism, God is known to be 'niraakara' i.e., without any shape. So I guess we can't decide the gender if there is no shape at all.rhiza021 wrote:I think that depends on one's religion and culture. In Roman and Greek mythology, there are female Gods. However, does God (Gods for others) have a gender in the first place? Maybe yes, maybe no, but I don't think it's really the same thing as for us humans and other animals.
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Many other religions mostly older pagan ones had hundreds or even thousands of deities (the last existing polytheistic religion that's widely practiced is Hinduism if I'm not mistaken) some of whom were indeed female. Usually being goddesses related to nature, mothering, and beauty.
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Females aren't a race they're a biological sex. Race itself is an artificial construct to differentiate varying amounts of melanin content. We're not even subspecies of each other like you see in many other mammals. To conclude this expository and contrarily minded onslaught, I also don't see where females need empowering in a world where males and females are equal under the law. (In countries where this isn't the case I see your point.)EMoffat wrote:I see no reason, if there is a God, why that God could not be female. I like that in literature, God is sometimes portrayed as female - in-powering the female race (which is so often needed).
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I believe if God was a female, there would be a major difference on views on men and women. Just think if females were supposed to be the head of households, the rulers, the politicians, etc. before they had any kind of role in society.