(Jun 25, 2019 03:07 PM)C C Wrote:This is interesting, CC. My beliefs are such that God encompasses male/female traits, but perhaps not in how we see them. I think gender constructs ebb and flow in terms of how society ''builds'' them. Perhaps because I believe that God create men and women in ''its'' image, is where I derive my personal views of both genders being not only a creation of God, but a flowing from God, if that makes sense. The Hebrew Bible or OT is a fascinating read, and I'm reading it probably open-minded for the first time. (not with trying to be ''sold'' into a religion)(Jun 25, 2019 02:02 AM)Leigha Wrote: Probably just a byproduct/habit from my childhood upbringing of how to consider God. I've left faith and come back recently, and I believe that God embodies both female and male attributes. Not necessarily in a human condition kind of way, but that God represents both male and female. ''We'' were created in that likeness. I think ''he'' is a common way of referring to God, as ''it'' sounds impersonal, perhaps?
The Greco-Roman gods at least made pronoun selection easy via their genitals; and for the segment of Christian beliefs that deem "Jesus" to have been the embodied avatar of God on Earth, I guess that would be an additional source of "he/him" being justified. Albeit like other supernatural beings supposedly lacking sexual reproductive capacity from the start (angels, demons, God-not-incarnated) the groin package would be lost after resurrection or apotheosis to a spirit or whatever immortal entity classification. (Theologian Nancey Murphy, for instance, holds a rival view that resurrection revolves only around physical bodies that persist without deterioration. [see footnote, also])
If there are any gods of other cultures that can be legitimately construed as non-personhood agencies, then "it" might be applicable for one of those.
But otherwise, situation does indeed fall back on English and its lack of non-plural, gender-neutral personal pronouns (though English is hardly alone in that respect). The Spivak set of alternatives still isn't widely accepted or easily recognized when used.
Back when knowledge of biological gender was post-natal, circumstances could have been fairly weird in having to use "it" to refer to even a late-term unborn as a "thing". Except everyone being forced to do that kind of mitigated such. (In fact, the lingering habit both then and now has people calling a baby "it" occasionally even after birth.)
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Excerpt below from a much older "Closer To The Truth" episode than the one in the video link above.
What are you listening to ...right now? |
Sigh. Watched a couple minutes of the news this morning, and their song before taking a commercial break was Miley Cyrus' ''Party in the USA.'' I can't get this song out of my head!
(Jul 4, 2019 08:11 PM)Leigha Wrote: Sigh. Watched a couple minutes of the news this morning, and their song before taking a commercial break was Miley Cyrus' ''Party in the USA.'' I can't get this song out of my head! Well, if that's stuck in your head anyway... (Jul 4, 2019 09:38 PM)Syne Wrote:(Jul 4, 2019 08:11 PM)Leigha Wrote: Sigh. Watched a couple minutes of the news this morning, and their song before taking a commercial break was Miley Cyrus' ''Party in the USA.'' I can't get this song out of my head! omg lmao
While I often like covers better than the original, not so much in this case.
Yea, but believe it or not, Pink probably does that cover the best, imo.
I'm obsessed with The Running Mates right now, they've done some great covers. (Jul 7, 2019 03:23 AM)Leigha Wrote: Yea, but believe it or not, Pink probably does that cover the best, imo.Challenge accepted. Quote:I'm obsessed with The Running Mates right now, they've done some great covers. Now I like that one. |
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