Duc_In_Altum Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 Does a human soul have gender? Why or why not? thanks. God bless. -Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paphnutius Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 I think this is an open ended topic here on phatmass still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Adam Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 [quote name='Duc_In_Altum' date='Mar 22 2006, 06:34 PM']Does a human soul have gender? Why or why not? thanks. God bless. -Joe [right][snapback]918437[/snapback][/right] [/quote] We can say that man is only complete body and soul. His eternal state will be bodily. Each person has a gender, male or female. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jswranch Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 If we retain our bodies after our resurrection, will we not also retain our gender? Was Jesus not identifiable as a male after his resurrection? To say we will have no gender in the next life is to say that as we are resurrected our reproductive organs will not come with us, but remain here on earth as dust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatcatholic Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 [quote name='jswranch' date='Mar 23 2006, 10:37 AM']If we retain our bodies after our resurrection, will we not also retain our gender? Was Jesus not identifiable as a male after his resurrection? To say we will have no gender in the next life is to say that as we are resurrected our reproductive organs will not come with us, but remain here on earth as dust. [right][snapback]918905[/snapback][/right] [/quote] well, the question is rather or not [i]souls[/i] have gender, not human persons, who are both body and soul. so, i take this to mean the soul in and of itself, as something distinct from the body, and even separate from it (for example, in heaven before the resurrection of the body). also, when the soul is created at the moment of conception, does the soul determine the gender of the body, or does the gender of the body determine the soul? what is our gender rooted in? what is "gender" for that matter....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Adam Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 If our souls are 'genderless', if they have no orientation towards male or female, than I don't see any argument against sex change other than multilation. Since God, before incarnation is masculine, and was incarnated as Son and is called Father (who has no body), I think souls have gender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatcatholic Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 [quote name='Brother Adam' date='Mar 23 2006, 06:55 PM']If our souls are 'genderless', if they have no orientation towards male or female, than I don't see any argument against sex change other than multilation. Since God, before incarnation is masculine, and was incarnated as Son and is called Father (who has no body), I think souls have gender. [right][snapback]919618[/snapback][/right] [/quote] hmm, that's interesting...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-I---Love Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 how do u figure that "God, before incarnation is masculine?" And what do u mean by masculine? body contains gender, obviously, but as phatcatholic said, our souls are distinct from our bodies (although this is a Hellenistic concept of philosophy that I'm not 100% we can depend on...) a soul can't have a sex change b/c one needs a body to have a sex change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paphnutius Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 [quote name='-I---Love' date='Mar 23 2006, 11:28 PM']a soul can't have a sex change b/c one needs a body to have a sex change [right][snapback]919947[/snapback][/right] [/quote] I believe that we are speaking within the confines of "gender" which is different than "sex." Man is complete only with body and soul. Would it make sense to apply gender to only the physical part which is only matter? The soul is of a higher order than the body and it would simply make more sense that something as intrinsic to a person's identity as gender would at least be reflected in the soul as well as the body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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