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I think of God (or my interpretation of it, as I don't belong to a traditional religion) as "unknown" -- including gender, rather like when we refer to someone as "he" even though we don't know the gender of that person.
I will say, a friend of mine said she thinks God has to be male, because of women's periods. She figures no woman would do that to a friend....
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Yes, I understand that, and I respect it. But as a Buddhist, I don't see him, her or it, at all.
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Zebra
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I will say, a friend of mine said she thinks God has to be male, because of women's periods. She figures no woman would do that to a friend.... Not only that: Brace yourselves: (*near-the-knuckle* alert:) A very good Roman Catholic, Church-going friend of mine says she thinks God is definitely male, because... Otherwise.... Sperm would taste of chocolate.... I did try to warn you.....
Last edited by Alexandra; 03/14/08 03:16 PM.
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As a fledgling Taoist, I understand "God" to be the absence of ego and form. Without the un-namable ego or form there can be no gender, only the silence of awareness.
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Mhm. Sun Do class at 5:30 this evening. Gonna go sit with the silence.
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Elephant
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In the ancient hebrew and arabic, the names of G-d are both female and male depending on the person who spoke. Elohenu, Adonai, Yahweh. Different genders each of those words and they are all G-d.
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Zebra
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As I said, that, to a Buddhist, is immaterial.
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Elephant
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yes, to a buddhist that may be. But to others may or may not be. The question was asked what we/I think.
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It's kind of a weird though, don't you think....? Discussing the Gender of God, on the one forum on bellaonline, that doesn't actually ascribe to a God....? I mean, here we all are... Is S/He, isn't S/He....? "
That's why I said it's immaterial to Buddhists. Because it's on the Buddhist forum.....
I'm all for discussing existence, relevance to teachings, comparisons, similarities or conflicts... But... gender....?
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