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From: heahd@tellab1.UUCP (Dan Wood)
Newsgroups: net.religion,net.women
Subject: Re: Deific gender question
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Date: Mon, 6-Aug-84 18:05:38 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug  6 18:05:38 1984
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Rich has a point. But, nearly all mythologys (and I include the
judaeo-christian systems under this title) make thier gods male or female.
Most forms of monotheism for some reason make their god male. I think this is
possibly because they all arose relatively late in history after humankind
(hupersonkind?) had changed from semi-nomadic hunter/gather tribes to settled
agrarian cities and the male of the species had assummed dominance. 

Before you have a chance to say "What about the Greeks and Romans?" They were
settled people and they had Goddesses" I would like to point out that while
they did indeed have Godesses, these were mostly left over from the pre aryan
populations of the mediteranian basin and the head god of both pantheons were
male.
 
"I have seen God, 
and She's black."
DW @ ...!ihnp4!tellab1!heahd