Gender, When people talk about the imaginary deity they assign a sex to it. I have questioned this in the past. I have never gotten an answer. If the people that had invented the primary deity would have been a tad smarter they would have assigned a male and female deities as separate entities. The control factor would have gone way up.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.The wiccans have this. Pan and venus. The group I studied with prayed to these two.
BucketlistBob
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June 8, 2018
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What’s the point? In the societies where these myths were invented, women had little to no power. Creating a female deity would only serve to disrupt the male power structure.
indirect76
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June 8, 2018
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Gender in religion has always been interesting to me. Having grown up in a patriarchal tradition, I was always more curious to learn about the early matriarchal ones. Studied them a bit. It's a curious element of human history
HeraTera
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June 7, 2018
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Just looked androgynous deities is interesting history presents many of them.
In Edward Willett's sci-fi novel, "Marseguero", the deity of the religious "Body Purification" fanatics is referred to as It ans "Itself". This novel is an excellent exploration of fanatacism, racism and corruption fueled by religion. I hope to read the sequel soon.
pixiedust
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June 7, 2018
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Sounds like modern day politicians.
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