# Is God asexual?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-god-asexual/316378
**Category:** Great Debates
**Created:** [August 10, 2005, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-god-asexual/316378 "2005-08-10T01:52:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@souroranges](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/souroranges)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2005, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-god-asexual/316378/1 "2005-08-10T01:52:29Z")
I’m too lazy to ask “the Guy Upstairs” (which is, of course, Cecil) so I’m asking you fellas. Is this an actual documented theory? Is there any religious folk out there that can prove of disprove this? Any faith can join this conversation, of course. Open your mind!
God could be a “hermaphrodite” too…
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### Author:  [@rfgdxm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rfgdxm)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2005, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-god-asexual/316378/2 "2005-08-10T02:02:27Z")
Depends on the religion. And isn’t asking proof or disproof of this downright silly?
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### Author:  [@souroranges](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/souroranges)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-god-asexual/316378/3 "2005-08-10T02:03:55Z")
> [@rfgdxm](#):
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> Depends on the religion. And isn’t asking proof or disproof of this downright silly?
Maybe not proof, but some links to support your thoughts would be nice. 😃
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### Author:  [@Ava\_Gina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ava_Gina)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2005, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-god-asexual/316378/4 "2005-08-10T02:19:43Z")
Of course not. Haven’t you seen all the renderings of him? How many have you seen that wasn’t male?
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### Author:  [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2005, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-god-asexual/316378/5 "2005-08-10T02:29:02Z")
According to Judaism, G-d is indeed asexual.
Later anthromorphisms of the Biblical diety as male are probably rooted in the fact that Hebrew, having no grammatical neuter, renders the asexual G-d with male grammar…as the language does for a table or a window. But since sexuality is a physical trait, and Judaism believes G-d has no physicality, G-d is, by definition, asexual.
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### Author:  [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2005, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-god-asexual/316378/6 "2005-08-10T02:38:08Z")
> [@souroranges](#):
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> I’m too lazy to ask “the Guy Upstairs” (which is, of course, Cecil) so I’m asking you fellas. Is this an actual documented theory? Is there any religious folk out there that can prove of disprove this? Any faith can join this conversation, of course. Open your mind!God could be a “hermaphrodite” too…
IMHO Anyone too lazy to make at least one simple search deserves to be left in the dark.
Genesis I:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
In other words ‘man,’ male and female are ‘man’ made in the “image” of God.
“Image” is the question for you to ferret out.
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### Author:  [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2005, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-god-asexual/316378/7 "2005-08-10T02:40:40Z")
[Mary Knows.](http://www.udayton.edu/mary/)
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### Author:  [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2005, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-god-asexual/316378/8 "2005-08-10T02:54:39Z")
Asking whether God is asexual obviously depends on the religious beliefs of the person you ask. I believe that God is a transcendent being, and I don’t think it makes sense to ask what gender he has. I use masculine language when speaking of God because it’s traditional; I wouldn’t have a problem with someone else using feminine or gender-neutral language.
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### Author:  [@souroranges](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/souroranges)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2005, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-god-asexual/316378/9 "2005-08-10T02:55:18Z")
> [@spingears](#):
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> IMHO Anyone too lazy to make at least one simple search deserves to be left in the dark.
I thought the IMHO threads were **a-that-a-way** -----\>
You’re right, my bad. _guest closes his eyes and is now in the dark_
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### Author:  [@uglybeech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uglybeech)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2005, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-god-asexual/316378/10 "2005-08-10T03:25:22Z")
According to [a book I’m reading](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/080283972X/qid=1123644040/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-8850219-1488102?v=glance&s=books&n=507846) (well starting actually so don’t grill me on the details/complexities) the God Yahweh in early Israelite religion was originally one (male) god in a polytheistic pantheon, and also had a wife, Asherah.
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### Author:  [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2005, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-god-asexual/316378/11 "2005-08-10T03:29:25Z")
> [@souroranges](#):
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> Is God asexual?
Well the only time I ever say “GOD” is when I am having sex.
Hmm…no
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### Author:  [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2005, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-god-asexual/316378/12 "2005-08-10T03:53:15Z")
> [@Metacom](#):
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> I believe that God is a transcendent being, and I don’t think it makes sense to ask what gender he has.
Yes, it’s a little like asking what gender time is, or what gender nature is. Although we do sometimes speak of “Father Time” or “Mother Nature,” that doesn’t mean we believe that time is a male or nature a female.
God, as understood by all the major monotheistic religions, is not a physical being. God does not have genitalia; God does not reproduce. So in that sense God is certainly asexual. If you want to talk about what makes someone male or female besides the physiological differences of their bodies, that’s a controversial question right there.
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### Author:  [@Lilairen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lilairen)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2005, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-god-asexual/316378/13 "2005-08-10T04:06:16Z")
> [@souroranges](#):
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> I’m too lazy to ask “the Guy Upstairs” (which is, of course, Cecil) so I’m asking you fellas. Is this an actual documented theory? Is there any religious folk out there that can prove of disprove this? Any faith can join this conversation, of course. Open your mind!
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> God could be a “hermaphrodite” too…
Which god?
Some are male, some are female, some are neither, some are both. Some change depending on mood or purpose.
Presuming you’re asking about the Christian god, most orthodox denominations hold that that particular entity is neuter (and in fact there are venerable old pieces of artwork portraying Jesus with tits to include the female in the incarnation).
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### Author:  [@lekatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lekatt)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2005, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-god-asexual/316378/14 "2005-08-10T11:44:08Z")
Although some religions use the pronoun “He” when addressing God, there is no sex as we know it in the spiritual world. The reason is simple, there are no physical bodies. Spiritual entities are energy, and can take different forms, but sex is not needed, same for eating, drinking, breathing. etc.
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### Author:  [@SentientMeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SentientMeat)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2005, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-god-asexual/316378/15 "2005-08-10T11:54:27Z")
> [@](#):
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> there are no physical bodies. Spiritual entities are energy
Energy is physical.
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### Author:  [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2005, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-god-asexual/316378/16 "2005-08-10T13:09:37Z")
> [@](#):
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> Energy is physical.
In this particular case I would suggest that the word energy is… poorly chosen. Saying energy does imply physicality, and God is certainly real. His physicality is sort of irrelevant. He could be physical or not in any shape or form for whatever purpose He chose.
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### Author:  [@lekatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lekatt)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2005, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-god-asexual/316378/17 "2005-08-10T13:56:30Z")
> [@smiling bandit](#):
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> In this particular case I would suggest that the word energy is… poorly chosen. Saying energy does imply physicality, and God is certainly real. His physicality is sort of irrelevant. He could be physical or not in any shape or form for whatever purpose He chose.
Ok, spiritual energy is a common definition, but the word vitality, and the word essence is also used. Actually what we humans call physical is spiritual energy condensed. Words are only symbols defined by man indicating a reality of some sort.
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### Author:  [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2005, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-god-asexual/316378/18 "2005-08-10T14:20:15Z")
> [@lekatt](#):
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> Spiritual entities are energy, and can take different forms, but sex is not needed, same for eating, drinking, breathing. etc.
Where’s the fun in _that_? I like eatin’, drinkin’ and screwin’.
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### Author:  [@lekatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lekatt)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2005, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-god-asexual/316378/19 "2005-08-10T14:32:01Z")
> [@Homebrew](#):
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> Where’s the fun in _that_? I like eatin’, drinkin’ and screwin’.
Can you imagine yourself with no beginning, no end, no boundries, unlimited curosity in the middle of millions of things to learn about and master.
If not, you can always reincarnate back to earth for eatin’, drinkin’ and screwin’.
Have fun.
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### Author:  [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2005, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-god-asexual/316378/20 "2005-08-10T15:52:16Z")
Is not much of the ideas of the Judaic God borrowed from [Mithras / Mitra](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitra) , whom was a male deity of ancient Persia.
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