Blue3
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« on: November 17, 2012, 06:30:03 PM » |
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The Jews, Christians, and Muslims I've talked to all believe that God is gender-neutral.
I think it's mostly because our very Language tends to always pass on masculine/feminine traits to certain words.
English isn't as bad as most, but there are very few gender-neutral words that come easy, at least when talking about people. We use "he" or "she," there's no gender-neutral word for that, and "it" just signifies something less than a person. Same with "father" and "mother," and while "parent" does exist, and it just doesn't flow easy. How many people actually call their parents "Parent" like they would call them "Mom" or "Dad"?
I'm not an expert in Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek, but I'd guess their languages have similar problems.
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