Has nothing to do with IDENTITY. If someone is a father he must be a male.
Sam Bettens - Wikipedia
His children call him "dad". For any and all purposes, he is a father and is called such.
He was born as Sarah Bettens, without a penis.
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Has nothing to do with IDENTITY. If someone is a father he must be a male.
It is how He identifies in the Bible. Not my decision. But I think there is a good reason for that, and the reason is, He has fathered everything. (Father = to be the originator of something).
For any and all purposes you can call her anything you want to call her. Someone with female organs who bears children is a female.Sam Bettens - Wikipedia
His children call him "dad". For any and all purposes, he is a father and is called such.
He was born as Sarah Bettens, without a penis.
Good job dodging the point made.For any and all purposes you can call her anything you want to call her. Someone with female organs who bears children is a female.
And a mother is not the originator of something?
I'ld say the mother has a much bigger role in bringing children into the world then fathers.
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Source for both sentences?
"...to be the founder, producer, or author of... ...to place responsibility for the origin or cause of......impose..."
Father Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
Also, this is one of my reasons:
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I don't say father has a bigger role, he has a different role and without it, woman would not become pregnant.
Funny how you cut out the part where I informed you that in plenty of species, the females actually don't really require a male. ...
If you think God has a gender (e.g. if you refer to God with "he/him" pronouns), how did you decide which pronouns apply?
I mean, I assume you aren't basing this on God's chromosomes or genitalia (or are you? ), so what criteria are you basing your decision on?
So referring to God with "he" and "him" pronouns is incorrect?Isn't gender only relevant if there is someone to mate with? Like if God is a man then that implies that there is a woman?
From what I have read in the bible, God is considered a man relative to his people on earth who are collectively a woman. God marries the church as the church is his consort. God's gender then becomes a metaphorical statement.
Based on the opening of genesis, God might not have a gender at all, as it is both masculine and feminine in one. Adam was made in his image, and female, Eve, came out of Adam, implying that at one point Adam was both male and female. When male and female mate they become one, implying that Adam was originally both sexes in one and thus both genders in one. Or maybe it is more accurately to say that back then gender wasnt a concept. So if my theory is what the author intended, then God, who Adam is the image of, is both male and female, man and woman, hence why it has creative power within itself.
... or they personalized nature by anthropomorphizing it into God.The biblical authors wrote from their lived experience, a patriarchal society, and personalized God through anthropomorphism.
So referring to God with "he" and "him" pronouns is incorrect?
If you think God has a gender (e.g. if you refer to God with "he/him" pronouns), how did you decide which pronouns apply?
I mean, I assume you aren't basing this on God's chromosomes or genitalia (or are you? ), so what criteria are you basing your decision on?
Believers did not make God...If you think God has a gender (e.g. if you refer to God with "he/him" pronouns), how did you decide which pronouns apply?
I mean, I assume you aren't basing this on God's chromosomes or genitalia (or are you? ), so what criteria are you basing your decision on?
Sam Bettens - Wikipedia
His children call him "dad". For any and all purposes, he is a father and is called such.
He was born as Sarah Bettens, without a penis.
If you use a term to describe God (e.g. "him"), the implication is that you agree that the term applies.Believers did not make God...
Neither did we assign a gender.
Sounds like you have criteria for what you think determines gender.And in the next phrase you will most probably tell me you follow the science...
It was not a choice. It is a given.If you use a term to describe God (e.g. "him"), the implication is that you agree that the term applies.
If you use the term "him" to describe God, how did you decide that it was appropriate?