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      the
      Sexy
      Religious
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Studies
      Majors
     
     
      by
      George
      and
      John
     
    
   
   
    
     
      What
      is
      Gods
      gender
      and
      who
      were
     
     
      Gods
      parents?
     
     
      -
      Q.
      Frank
      -
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      traditional
      Catholic
     
     
      response
      to
      this
      question
      would
      be
     
     
      that
      God
      transcends
      gender.
      As
      a
     
     
      spirit,
      God
      is
      not
      limited
      to
      the
      same
     
     
      gender
      constraints
      as
      most
      of
      His
      ani-
     
     
      mal
      creation.
      However
      the
      Kethuvim
     
     
      (Hebrew
      Bible/Old
      Testament)
     
     
      speaks
      of
      God
      in
      gender
      terms,
     
     
      because
      that
      is
      the
      easiest
      way
      for
     
     
      men
      (and
      to
      an
      unfortunately
      lesser
     
     
      extent,
      women)
      to
      relate
      to
      God.
      The
     
     
      New
      Testament
      sees
      Jesus,
      one
      aspect
     
     
      of
      the
      Trinity
      appear
      in
      human
      form
     
     
      as
      a
      MAN.
      However,
      the
      authors
      of
     
     
      these
      scriptures
      also
      speak
      of
      God
      as
     
     
      a
      mother
      figure
      (e.g.
      Isaiah
      42:15,
     
     
      Luke
      13:34).
     
    

    
     
      There
      have
      been,
      of
      course,
     
     
      many
      other
      approaches
      to
      peg
      down
     
     
      the
      gender
      of
      God,
      or
      the
      gods.
     
     
      Egyptian,
      Greco-Roman
      and
      other
     
     
      religions
      had
      pantheons
      full
      of
      both
     
     
      gods
      and
      goddesses.
      Also
      the
      Gospel
     
     
      of
      the
      Egyptians
      (not
      in
      the
      Bible-but
     
     
      part
      of
      the
      Judeo-Christian
      heritage)
     
     
      also
      contains
      a
      Trinity.
      However
      its
     
    
   
   
    
     
      THE
      RIOT
      DIARIES
     
    
   
   
    
     
      aspects
      are
      Father,
      Son
      and
      Mother,
     
     
      instead
      of
      the
      Holy
      Spirit.
      Other
     
     
      Gnostic
      books
      like
      this
      speak
      of
      Sofia
     
     
      as
      one
      of
      the
      mothers
      of
      creation.
     
    

    
     
      These
      Gnostic
      scriptures
      pro-
     
     
      vide
      also
      an
      answer
      to
      who
      Gods
      par-
     
     
      ents
      were.
      Typically
      God,
      whom
      is
     
     
      named
      Yaldabaoth
      in
      these
      scriptures,
     
     
      is
      an
      accident
      creation
      of
      Sophia.
      The
     
     
      Gospel
      of
      the
      Egyptians
      makes
      him
     
     
      one
      of
      about
      a
      dozen
      offspring.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      As
      a
      Spirit,
      God
     
    

    
     
      is
      not
      limited
      to
     
     
      the
      same
      gender
     
     
      constraints
      as
      His
     
     
      animal
      creation.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      In
      mainstream
      Christianity
     
     
      these
      scriptures
      have
      attained
      the
      sta-
     
     
      tus
      of
      heresy,
      as
      they
      tend
      to
      paint
     
     
      Godin
      a
      negative
      fashion.
      They
      are
     
     
      not
      the
      norm.
      But
      they
      do
      reveal
      an
     
     
      intense
      longing
      for
      knowledge
      of,
      and
     
     
      relationship
      with,
      the
      divine.
      They
     
     
      have
      hence
      continued
      to
      survive
      as
     
     
      important
      religious
      texts
      and
      are
      stud-
     
     
      ied
      to
      illuminate
      the
      thought
      of
      the
     
     
      early
      Christians.
     
    
   
   
    
     
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