Just a thought influenced on a convosation (see argument) I was partially involved with over the weekend.
I'm not too clued up on the theology of gender and what not so please correct me if I'm becoming heretical or anything.
Was thinking to myself about it and how many Christians see it as God creating male and female and that's it
there's nothing in between, no grey area as such. we are made in his image and whatnot.
But that got me thinking the idea of being made in Gods image does not answer the gender question as God has no gender. (God doesn't have a from either according to Aquinas but that's a whole other issue) and so the made in his image argument does not work for gender.
Another thing is God is described as having both male and female characteristics like the love of a mother and the protecting gaze of a father. the language used b the Hebrews to describe God also used feminine words showing that they must have thought of God as having female qualities.
SO if God contains elements of both genders and we are made in his image why shouldn't we as a species also contain elements of both genders? This surely would make gender more fluid then the concrete set definitions of male and female with no grey area inbetween.
Anyway this was just a thought I'm sure there's a lot more to it then this, feel free to enlighten me on the subject.
