Don Johnson
2007-07-21
I agree with you. Here is my understanding.
- God is so far beyond us that we cannot comprehend. We are finite and God is not finite. In order to allow us to even begin to understand aspects of God, God will use similes and metaphors, else we would be mostly clueless about God.
- As far as I can figure out, the only description of God that may not be a simile or metaphor is that God is “Holy, Holy, Holy”.
- The OT has some references to God as “our Father”. Jesus went even further with “my Father” and “abba”.
- The OT also says that God has breasts and a womb, but I cannot find where God is said to have male genitals.
- My conclusion is that God incorporates aspects of both genders. That is, God is not gendered, God created gender and one reason to do so was to show us aspects of God.
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