{"id":1080,"date":"2015-03-16T21:26:58","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T01:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northernway.org\/weblog\/?p=1080"},"modified":"2015-03-16T21:26:58","modified_gmt":"2015-03-17T01:26:58","slug":"is-god-genderless-is-there-a-god-the-mother-and-god-the-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernway.org\/weblog\/?p=1080","title":{"rendered":"Is God Genderless? Is there a God the Mother and God the Father?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1082\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1082\" style=\"width: 295px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.northernway.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/TrinityUrschallingFresco.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1082\" src=\"http:\/\/www.northernway.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/TrinityUrschallingFresco-295x300.jpg\" alt=\"God the Mother Genderless Holy Spirit is Female\" width=\"295\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.northernway.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/TrinityUrschallingFresco-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/www.northernway.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/TrinityUrschallingFresco.jpg 709w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1082\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">God the Mother as part of the Trinity on a church ceiling in Urschalling Germany<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>My <a href=\"http:\/\/northernway.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">seminary<\/a> friends and I were discussing God-the-Father and God-the-Mother existing as one step down from the Absolute, an Ultimate deity (in the Wisdom Traditions called &#8220;The Monad&#8221;) who is beyond gender, even beyond\/above Creation.<\/p>\n<p>Wikipedia articles give Christian and Jewish opinions:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Gender of God in Christianity <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gender_of_God_in_Christianity\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gender_of_God_in_Christianity<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153the majority of Christian denominations (with the notable exception of Mormonism) accept a God who transcends gender.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Gender of God in Judaism <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gender_of_God_in_Judaism\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gender_of_God_in_Judaism<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 G-d has no body, no genitalia, therefore\u00c2\u00a0the very idea that G-d is male or female is patently absurd. We refer to G-d using masculine terms simply for convenience&#8217;s sake, because Hebrew has no neutral gender; G-d is no more male than a table is.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My seminary friends and I were discussing God-the-Father and God-the-Mother existing as one step down from the Absolute, an Ultimate deity (in the Wisdom Traditions called &#8220;The Monad&#8221;) who is beyond gender, even beyond\/above Creation. Wikipedia articles give Christian and Jewish opinions: &nbsp; Gender of God in Christianity http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gender_of_God_in_Christianity \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the majority of Christian denominations (with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northernway.org\/weblog\/?p=1080\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Is God Genderless? 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