Kay

“While there is certainly a figurative or metaphorical ingredient in the human terms ‘father’ and ’son’ as they are used in divine revelation, they are to be understood in ways that point utterly beyond all sexist connotations and implications.Both the generation of the Son and the procession of the Spirit are incomprehensible mysteries which are not explicable through recourse to human modes of thought.”

Beautifully put, Frank. It is not like God has some Eternal use for male reproductive organs. It is not as though He needs to distinguish Himself from female “goddesses.”

The only member of the Trinity we know for sure had them was Jesus (the Scriptures say He was circumcised), but neither the Holy Spirit nor the Father are ever expressly said to possess them.

So now, if authority lies in the possessing of male genitals, wouldn’t that put the Son in authority and the Father and the Holy Spirit in subordination?