Trying To Further My Understanding.. (tradition, recall, Holy Spirit, Holy Ghost)

[Nein]

I’ve been attempting to further my understanding of a few religions, so I’ll begin with Christianity.

My question would be this:

How does one know God is a “Him?”. It refers in the bible as Him and or He then further on in the book it also refers to God as the Holy Spirit. Can someone explain.

I had a few others, but I’ll begin with this. I thank you for the time in reading this and helping me further my understanding of this religion.

Blessed Be.

[xexon]

History has always looked upon man as the stronger of the two sexes. Natural selection, if you want to call it that.

Religion followed that course as well. Most anyway.

Today, we can see that as sexist thinking.


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[Nein]

Thank you for answering my question. Much appreciated.

I had thought that during the time period that the bible was produced that it was a male dominated society and perhaps that was the justification. Which also lead me to wonder if certain parts of the bible also had the same instillation of references due to the time period..

[xexon]

The big three religions are all male dominant.

Which is a shame really. I think a female touch in their holy books would have done them a world of good. What good is yin without yang?


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[XAAX]

Originally Posted by Nein

I’ve been attempting to further my understanding of a few religions, so I’ll begin with Christianity.

My question would be this:

How does one know God is a “Him?”. It refers in the bible as Him and or He then further on in the book it also refers to God as the Holy Spirit. Can someone explain.

I had a few others, but I’ll begin with this. I thank you for the time in reading this and helping me further my understanding of this religion.
Blessed Be.

Its funny, I am starting to see myself become one of the regular members that go, oh here we go again...lol...

Welcome Nein, I will say that your question was one of my earliest posts. Some claim it is do to a lack of a word in their language for a genderless being, and others claim that this is just the way it was written. The typical Christian belief omitted women when they put together the setup of God in the trinity (Father, Son, Holy Ghost) and for the most part, they just don't question it. My advice, just except it as what it is and don’t worry about it. You won't find a reasonable explanation because there really isn't one other than males dominated when the religion was formed. People can argue, but that is the bottom line.

[Bennu]

Originally Posted by Nein

How does one know God is a “Him?”. It refers in the bible as Him and or He then further on in the book it also refers to God as the Holy Spirit. Can someone explain.

Well, as far as I can recall Christianity has traditionally taught that God is beyond gender divisions, and so I'd take a wild stab at it being more of a linguistic convention rooted partly in the cultural traditions among which that particular religion was formed in and partly in the inflexible nuances of the English language.

As an example, I believe modern French bibles tend to avoid this problem by using a personal, genderless pronoun.

[xexon]

That "Our Father" bit didn't help either.


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[Mister Emu]

How does one know God is a “Him?”.

Outside of the Mormons I don't know of many who will say God is a male...

I refer to "Him"(God the Father) as Him because that is how "He" decided to represent "Himself" to us.

[XAAX]

Originally Posted by Mister Emu

I refer to "Him"(God the Father) as Him because that is how "He" decided to represent "Himself" to us.

Did "He" choose or did they choose "Him" to be represented...The difference is important.

[Nein]

My pardons if this topic was already brought to this forum. I was busy reading alot of the threads and didn't realize this was one of them. However, Thank you for responding to my question.

I appreciate everyone's input in regards to this question. Been most helpful.

Blessed Be. ;o)