Can ‘one’ be used as gender neutral third person pronoun in referring to god?
If one doesn’t wish to refer to God as ‘he’ or’she’, can one use the gender neutral pronoun ‘one’ to refer to God in third person?
What in the Universe does God decide on, and to what degree, one wishes to respect the codes of conduct of people?
To talk about the generalised concept of people in general. As a cultural term, we use ‘one’ to mean a group of people, or something similar. Is ‘we’ a gender neutral substitute for ‘he’ or’she’ when talking about ‘God’ etc? What should Christians do to be a responsible Christian. There is little agreement among Christians about the need/need of this/need other than raising a child? The Church of Sweden made the decision in 2017 to only use ‘God’ instead of either human-gender personal pronoun. “Theology we believe that God appears beyond our gender determinations… God is not human”. Some Christians, however, feel that such usage undermines the doctrine of Trinity (The Father, Son and Holy Ghost) because it de-masculinises the “Father”. Many churches try to give both sexes equal time by alternately using ‘he or he’ of the names of each and every year. Church of England Bishop of Gloucester Rachel Treweek, adopts the Swedish practice, and have said that God should not be referred to as “he”. She says, “Shakespeare is a woman: I’m all a man, if I am made in the image of God, then I am not to be shown as male.” God is God. Gender
neutral pronouns for God’s name.
Is a single person a person? Define them as ‘their’ (respecting all linguistic similarities) as opposed to theological (meaning they, whom, and why) Originally, “they” is a third person plural pronoun, but modern English is evolving to have a third person singular use of “they”
Is using a pronoun traditionally meant for the third person plural to
- describe a single
- entity possible?
Is a single person a person? Define them as ‘their’ (respecting all linguistic similarities) as opposed to theological (meaning they, whom, and why) Originally, “they” is a third person plural pronoun, but modern English is evolving to have a third person singular use of “they”
Is using a pronoun traditionally meant for the third person plural to
- describe a single
- entity possible?