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From: alan@sdcrdcf.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.religion,net.women
Subject: Re: Deific gender question
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Date: Tue, 7-Aug-84 11:52:58 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug  7 11:52:58 1984
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Reply-To: alan@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Alan Algustyniak)
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> it doesn't
> make sense to assign a gender to God.  Quite bluntly,  what would God do
> with a penis or vagina? 

You're confusing gender and sex. What does a sailboat need with a vagina?
(e.g. She's a beaut!)  In German, the word for a young woman is neuter; in
French, the word for a garbage can is feminine.

You're right, it doesn't make sense that the word 'God' is masculine, just
as the above examples don't make sense.  Natural language has never made
sense.  But, to speak so that you can be understood, you've got to use
the language the way it's used.


	Alan Algustyniak   (ihnp4!sdcrdcf!alan)
        (allegra!sdcrdcf!alan) (cbosgd!sdcrdcf!alan)