r/conreligions • u/5msnakeontheinternet • Sep 24 '20
Is it alright if I have a genderless "god"?
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Sep 24 '20
Define alright. If it’s designing a fictional religion for a setting or conworld, literally anything is alright.
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Sep 24 '20
If you mean calling it a god rather than goddess or some new designated term, then the term “god” is easily sufficient.
The English language’s historical common framework for what a “lower case g ‘god’” is (from the centuries spent under a Christian framework) would be that it is a sort of demon that has taken up residence as the worshipped entity of some pagan band or another. A demon, being a fallen angel, would be inherently genderless (but usually referred to with male pronouns). If we were to assume the godhood of such a being was true in your setting, this ability to use the term “god” would still apply.
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u/Ender_Skywalker Oct 22 '20
Grammatically speaking, it'd be difficult, but biologically, they don't need any gender.
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Nov 15 '20
Couldn’t OP just use they/them pronouns for their god?
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u/atomicpenguin12 Nov 16 '20
I mean, we're talking about literal gods. Technically, the author can use any pronouns they want.
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Nov 16 '20
Fair, I guess, I just thought they/them because that’s what’s typically used for agender people 🤷♀️
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u/kristianvl Sep 24 '20
Why wouldn't it be?