horizon_mj1
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denying true Omnipotence?
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Isn't putting a gender on God...
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Desert Snake
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horizon_mj1
Well-Known Member
If God is the Creator how can there be a singular gender attributed to a Being in whom is beyond restriction and limitless in power. Therefore placing a gender trait would be to deny True Omnipotence would it not?No, why would it be?/
Desert Snake
Veteran Member
No, I still don't understand why that be the case.
Sumit
Sanatana Dharma
No, it's not. It's just for convenience of devotees.
Sees
Dragonslayer
To think any descriptive attribute is truly defining is to miss the point. It's about relating in a way...outside of a completely vague, abstract concept. The myths and descriptions are not meant to be a perfect mirror reflection of things. How much really works with our languages in such a way?
horizon_mj1
Well-Known Member
In order to "Create" male and female, how could you be one or the other?
horizon_mj1
Well-Known Member
I agree. Maybe the meaning of in the likeness of is our feelings or to state it better our emotions.
horizon_mj1
Well-Known Member
I relate to your explanation of "perfect mirror reflection" and in fact personally see it as vanity and pride when viewed in that concept, but am a bit confused with what you mean by "How much really works with our languages in such a way"? I always viewed language as a mimicked example of evolution.
Why would having any one particular gender identity prevent a god from being omnipotent? Does this imply that a male god could do something that a female god could never do and vice-versa? Or that a gender-neutral god could do no something that neither of those could? I don't see how that makes any sense at all.
Sees
Dragonslayer
Only that language is so imperfect even though the best we got. How very little we can truly describe and put into words. Things are what they are and often words or thought constructs that put things into neat little categories or boxes are rather hopeless. Poetic analogy and symbolizing just tickles the truth and points towards a reality.
My understanding is that in most religions, God is not considered to have gender even though we say 'He'. This also seems to apply to Christianity, unless I am mistaken.
Hinduism, on the other hand, sees God as being both male, female and other. Personally I think that a God will infinite attributes would represent both genders and simultaneously none rather than one or the other or none at all.
Hinduism, on the other hand, sees God as being both male, female and other. Personally I think that a God will infinite attributes would represent both genders and simultaneously none rather than one or the other or none at all.
Sir Doom
Cooler than most of you
Omnipotent beings are whatever form they wish to be. You can put a gender on it and you'll be correct. I would think by definition such a being will have been every gender and every combination of genders possible (including ones we don't have on Earth) literally an infinite number of times. This does illustrate the flaw in Omnipotence, but not specifically because of gender. Its like this with anything it does.
If an omnipotent being creates a world like ours, its already done it an infinite number of times the very moment it conceives of it. It takes no effort to do so and no time either. This is how it is with EVERYTHING it could possibly ever think of to do and because time is not an object, its already thought of everything its going to think of the moment it starts thinking.
Only one thing would change this... I'll let you guess...
Sir Doom
Cooler than most of you
I always thought lesson 1 was man is worthless without the woman?
dust1n
Zindīq
The following lessons will be God man's complete theory on woman's worth.
Yes, it would be a limitation. What use does a purely spiritual being have for gender, especially a being as vast as infinite as an all-powerful creator god?
horizon_mj1
Well-Known Member
In order for Omnipotence to be recognized there can be no boundaries. For example a woman gives birth to a child while a father gives seed for the child to exist determining the sex of the child as well. Why is it that there is such a need to place a gender on The Creator of genders?