To be perfectly honest, In the Koran, God is considered sexless, He is only called He because we live in a male dominated society... If it was a Matriarchy, God would be She... :)
it does leave open the question why the koran does not state that explicitly.... and equally why the bible and other relgious tomes don't either ......
written by men maybe ;)
think in a broader plane bro - it's a wonderful place ;)
i cannot understand why texts clearly written by men can be used to determine that birth-cradle existence of at least 50% of world population... call me a simple soul on this if you wish ;)
it's no-where as simple as i stated - but - even a few direct statements show that women have received a raw deal in religion because of a few male dominated conclaves.
permit me to say that i beleive that the world would be a far richer place if the next pope is female. similarly, permit me to say that the world would be a far more stable place if the next Haj was led by a woman with support from female ayatollahs and imams....
and nope... there is no refuge for other religions (mainstream or otherwise) either ;)
i'm not looking to offend here - merely seeking to ask why women have been excluded from something that's pretty important to most of us for thousands of years.
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Date: 2006-10-13 09:00 pm (UTC)God has no gender, not male, not female... :)
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Date: 2006-10-13 09:17 pm (UTC);)
down the spiral we go LOL ;)
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Date: 2006-10-13 09:43 pm (UTC)Notice I stay away from Gender when I discuss God ;)
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Date: 2006-10-16 06:40 pm (UTC)personally i don't have any problem with God being female ;)
you?
LOL
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Date: 2006-10-16 07:10 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-10-16 07:13 pm (UTC)*smiling here* ;)
yeah i'm naughty but it's fun ;)
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Date: 2006-10-16 09:16 pm (UTC)To be perfectly honest, In the Koran, God is considered sexless, He is only called He because we live in a male dominated society... If it was a Matriarchy, God would be She... :)
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Date: 2006-10-16 09:43 pm (UTC)written by men maybe ;)
think in a broader plane bro - it's a wonderful place ;)
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Date: 2006-10-16 09:46 pm (UTC)As far as the others go, well, yes, they were written by men, hence the He :)
In the Koran, God is described as a pure being of light...
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Date: 2006-10-16 09:49 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-10-16 09:50 pm (UTC)Unless there's some secret Amazonian book of God's ;)
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Date: 2006-10-16 09:52 pm (UTC)i cannot understand why texts clearly written by men can be used to determine that birth-cradle existence of at least 50% of world population... call me a simple soul on this if you wish ;)
see... i told you i was naughty ;)))
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Date: 2006-10-16 09:54 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-10-16 10:02 pm (UTC)permit me to say that i beleive that the world would be a far richer place if the next pope is female. similarly, permit me to say that the world would be a far more stable place if the next Haj was led by a woman with support from female ayatollahs and imams....
and nope... there is no refuge for other religions (mainstream or otherwise) either ;)
i'm not looking to offend here - merely seeking to ask why women have been excluded from something that's pretty important to most of us for thousands of years.
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Date: 2006-10-16 10:03 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-10-16 10:09 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-10-16 10:11 pm (UTC)No...
Look at it this way, all the current male world leaders had to listen to their mum's in their formative years, and has that made a difference?
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Date: 2006-10-16 10:21 pm (UTC)they are of course extremes... but the exception..... ? ;)
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Date: 2006-10-16 10:26 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-10-16 10:30 pm (UTC)time to hit the sack ;)