Does anyone have a problem with IT? (beliefs, doctrine, church)

[MaddLlama]

Originally Posted by Buttons*

How could ignoring their gender be disrespectful?

Do you think they'd be offended?

Yes, they would.

[Buttons*]

Originally Posted by MaddLlama

Yes, they would.

may I ask why?

[MaddLlama]

Originally Posted by Buttons*

may I ask why?

Probably for the same reason a woman would be upset if someone said "excuse me Mister"; or, the way someone would be offended if they asked you to call them "Jennifer" and instead you consistently call them "Samantha".

They choose to represent themselves to us in a particular way, so why address them differently?

It also is significant that polytheistic cosmology generally doesn't involve a formless, genderless, omniscient being.

[Buttons*]

Originally Posted by MaddLlama

Probably for the same reason a woman would be upset if someone said "excuse me Mister"; or, the way someone would be offended if they asked you to call them "Jennifer" and instead you consistently call them "Samantha".

so Gods have he human capacity to be able to feel offended?

They choose to represent themselves to us in a particular way, so why address them differently?

It also is significant that polytheistic cosmology generally doesn't involve a formless, genderless, omniscient being.

Could you expound on this for me? I think I know what you're saying, but I want to be absolutely sure

[YmirGF]

Originally Posted by Buttons*

I'm wondering if people here have a problem with the possibility that their god/goddess/es/s aren't male or female... but "It" something without gender. Would it be painful for anyones' beliefs to refer to a diety as "it"?

Not in the slightest to me, O' Great Poowawa [may cupcakes always fill your larder]. I often use the term "IT" when referring to what other human animals call "god" or "gawd". The Big Kahuna or Whole Enchilada, take your pick, is a tad beyond our dwarfed concepts of male and female, imho.

[lunamoth]

This thread: it

[Buttons*]

Originally Posted by lunamoth

This thread: it

very clever, i only hope you came prepared with your boomarang

[lunamoth]

I am always prepared for IT.

[CaptainXeroid]

IT is an impersonal pronoun reserved for desks, fences, trees, and the like.

I prefer to refer to God as my Father in Heaven, so I use the pronoun He.

I don't see it as painful when people refer to God however they deem necessary, but I do find it rude and insulting when someone corrects me when I say 'He' I respect the fact that different people relate to God in different ways, so I don't think it's unreasonable for others to extend me the same courtesy.