Can God Be a Woman?

[InChrist]

Yes, and the reason is that the ones who made IT up, where misogynist.

Ciao

- viole

As a woman who understands the depravity of misogynist behavior, I disagree.

 

[viole]

As a woman who understands the depravity of misogynist behavior, I disagree.

Have you been forced to marry your rapist? i ask because that is what your holy book recommends.

ciao

- viole

 

[InChrist]

Have you been forced to marry your rapist? i ask because that is what your holy book recommends.

ciao

- viole

No, it does not. If you would take the time to read the scriptures in context and understanding of the culture of that time, you wouldn’t make such an ignorant statement or spout off atheist rhetoric.

“Note that throughout the Old Testament no rape victim is ever recorded as being forced to marry a rapist. However it is plausible that there could be circumstances in which a father would choose to have his daughter marry a rapist. In 2 Samuel 13, Amnon, a son of David, rapes his half-sister, Tamar. Tamar was not forced to marry Amnon. Interestingly, though, Tamar seemed to have wanted to marry Amnon after the rape (2 Samuel 13:13-16). Why would she desire such a thing? In that culture, virginity was highly prized. It would have been very difficult for a woman who was not a virgin, and especially a woman who had been raped, to find a man to marry her. It seems that Tamar would have rather married Amnon than live desolate and single the rest of her life, which is what happened to her (2 Samuel 13:20). So Deuteronomy 22:28-29 could be viewed as merciful to the woman, who, because of the rape, would be considered unmarriageable. In that culture, a woman without a husband would have a very difficult time providing for herself. Unmarried women often had no choice but to sell themselves into slavery or prostitution just to survive. This is why the passage leaves marriage to the discretion of the father, because every situation is different, and it is better to be flexible than have a blanket rule.

Also note that the penalty for having sex with an unbetrothed virgin is completely different from the penalty for sex with a married or betrothed woman. Sex with a married or betrothed woman is adultery and was to be punished by the death of both if consensual, or the death of the man if it was rape (Deuteronomy 22:22-27).”

Does Deuteronomy 22:28-29 command a rape victim to marry her rapist? | GotQuestions.org

 

[viole]

No, it does not. If you would take the time to read the scriptures in context and understanding of the culture of that time, you wouldn’t make such an ignorant statement or spout off atheist rhetoric.

Ergo, whether moral statements and commandments are valid or not, depends on the culture of that time, as you said.

which implies, that Christian morality is relative

correct?

And who cares whether nobody was ever forced to marry her rapist? That is what God commands. If that has never been done, would just indicate that the enforcers were more decent than the legislator. A bit like those people who refute to execute immoral orders from their superiors.

how that takes the fundamental immorality of your god’s command off the hook, is a mystery to me.

ciao

- viole

 

[Vee]

Yet definitely a person?

We use words we understand and can relate to. "Person" works. So does seing God as a "he". It's a way for us to have an image that approches what we're familiar with.

 

[Triumph]

Hey guys, as someone who sees God as a woman (The Goddess) I'm curious to hear what other religions think of a female deity. Can your God be a female? Why or why not?

God is pure intelligent Energy without a gender based body. God is called "Father" because God creates life without the need for "female" assistance.
A female can create more females from her DNA but never a male. God designed male DNA that is passed from father to son and is not in the bloodline of any female.
In the beginning was only the Creator without any gender, but God designed male DNA that can not be replicated without a male.
A woman does not need a male to create another female by invitro manipulation/impregnation but a male needs a female to develop his DNA into a viable male human son. Man could never create himself.
God is not a man/male but as the creator of all life, male and female, God is called a Father because God alone creates what can not create itself.
Woman did not create herself, God did and not out of a male, but after creation woman with the use of science can continue the human specie( if all men on the planet suddenly died), but they would be all females. Males would be extinct.