Gender of God Masculine psychology

the original languages of several religions have gender-specific pronouns or verb conjugation. references god use masculine pronoun he, , in other ways refer god masculine. in many religions, including judaism, sikhism, , islam, god has traditionally been referred using masculine pronouns. however, in original hebrew , aramaic languages of old testament, god referred variety of names, in both singular , plural forms, , not clear use of masculine pronoun conveys actual gender. example, in sikhism use of masculine pronouns due grammatical conventions , not signify actual gender. in islam, similarly, god depicted having male gender, though there may debate god s gender. there no neutral gender in arabic, god referred in masculine form default, , universally understood god (allah) not woman.

in mainstream christianity god understood trinity of 3 persons in 1 god, consisting of father, son, , holy spirit. while in mainstream christianity god thought of in masculine terms, teachings state god has no gender, except in incarnation jesus christ, due fact spiritual being. however, names of father , son imply masculinity, , gospel of john implies masculinity of spirit applying masculine demonstrative pronoun grammatically neuter antecedent. still, teachings regarding gender , nature of god vary between christian groups, , state god male. these include teachings of church of jesus christ of latter-day saints, explicitly describe god father being male, corporeal, , separate in being son, jesus christ. unusually, latter-day saint teachings indicate existence of heavenly mother, wife of heavenly father, , spiritual parents of humankind. reinforces idea god analogous our earthly fathers. however, these beliefs not common among christian groups, see god having both male , female attributes , therefore no need female counterpart.

in many polytheistic religions, there both gods , goddesses defined. includes many pagan religions, such involving greek mythology, norse mythology, , celtic mythology. distinction exists in other polytheisms. example, hinduism distinguishes between god , goddess. there 3 main male gods known tridev (sanskrit:त्रिदेव) , wives worshiped goddesses. in hindu mythology, forces converge form female supreme power known aadishakti (sanskrit: आदिशक्ति.).