Friday, January 20, 2012

Who Can Represent God?

We are told God is male because the Bible uses the masculine default when talking about God (for example, God is called a Father) and therefore only men can represent God.

However, also the devil is called a father.

You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it. (John 8:44-45 NKJV)

If only men can represent God because God is male, does this mean that only men can represent the devil, i.e. be evil, since the devil is a male? 

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