Why are all the renditions of Christian angels female even though the only angels in he Bible are male?
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^ ^ ^ ^ ^\n\nHuh??  Angels don't sing?????\n\nRevelation 4:8:  "And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to sing 'Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty who was and is and is to come!". \n\nThat is a clear reference to the seraphim (angels) in Isaiah's vision, where the angels are seen singing the trisagion.\n\nThe Bible does not necessarily support the gender of angels being male or female. I do agree with you: Whenever gender is “assigned” to an angel in Scripture, it is male (Genesis 19:10,12; Revelation 7:2; 8:3; 10:7). This does not indicate that angels are male though. Matthew 22:30 is probably indicating that angels are “sexless.” If angels do not procreate, why would they need a gender? In a similar manner, God always refers to Himself in masculine language. God is neither male or female, however. He just uses masculine language because it more adequately describes who He is and what He does. If angels do have a gender, Scripture would indicate that they are predominately or universally male. It is more likely that angels are genderless, just as God is, and that masculine language is just used to describe them
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I'm not sure that god has a gender.  I think that is a human convention used to help us feable humans comprehend and relate to a god.  After all God is omnipotent and logically must be able to relate to both genders.  If God was a man or woman the God would run the risk of being biased.
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christian... female version of christian...
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Neither (yet, oddly, both).\n\nIn response to the argument that the Bible refers to God as "Him" and therefore God is Male -- In the French language, words describing objects are preceded by "le" or "la" which gives them value as being masculine or feminine terms -- that doesn't mean the objects are female or male.  In most languages, ships and nations (just two examples) are referred to as "She" and "her" -- that doesn't mean they are female.  In the past, in the US, to simplify statements, if the gender was not known or could be either, "he" was used.  (Example:  "To return an item, he must have his receipt.")  Our (US) Constitution uses the term "he", but in no way is meant to imply that it only refers to men.  And, man, as a species, includes women.\n\nGod (as great as He is) and the Lord (as great as He is) would not be so petty (I believe) as to bicker about the terms, He or She, to describe Them.  If the Lord was both male and female through the ages, the use of "He" to describe His position simplifies writing.  People (I believe) are equal in His eyes regardless of gender.  \n\nBesides, in Scriptures, in naming woman, we really don't know that "woman" doesn't mean "equal to the first one, but different-looking". \n\nPeace.
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In the Bible when it refers to men, in just means people in general, so yes, women are created equal in God's eyes, but in society now-a-days women are still receiving the short end of the stick. Trust me, I know!
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I think God is both male and female and appears in innumerable forms. God is everything.
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There is alot of gnostic traditions of Christianity that believe he did have a female mate. Some believe that this was essentially "choked" out of the christian story. I believe in Genesis in a few of the translations of the bible the term "we" is used. Paraphrased " we should make them in our image" however I am not sure where it is found. The we in that phrase being the male and female of God. Sophia is the term for wisdom in the bible in some translations. Sophia at one time was celebrated as a "Goddess", there was a catherdral built to her I believe in the area of what is now Turkey. Most tradition christian religions sort of brush all of that away. The dove symbol for the holy spirit, again is another female divinity symbol. Some researchers have speculated that the dove is another symbol for Sophia. This just the little that I know of it, I hope it helps a bit.
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The Bible describes many differen't types of angels some were winged yes.Ezekiel 1:5-11 5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living acreatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man. \n  6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. \n  7 And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass. \n  8 And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings. \n  9 Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward. \n  10 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle. \n  11 Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
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here's  the Tafsir.\n3:42\nAnd, mention, when the angels, namely, Gabriel, said, 'O Mary, God has preferred you, He has elected you, and made you pure, of the touch of men; He has preferred you above all women of the worlds, that is, the inhabitants of your time.\n\n\n3:45\nMention, when the angels, namely, Gabriel, said, 'O Mary, God gives you good tidings of a Word from Him, that is, a boy, whose name is the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, He addresses her attributing him to her in order to point out that she will give birth to him without a father, for, the custom is to attribute the child to its father, honoured shall he be in this world, through prophethood, and the Hereafter, through [his] intercession and the high stations [al-darajāt al-'ulā, cf. Q. 20:75], and of those brought close, to God.\n------------------------------\n19:17\nThus she veiled herself from them, she draped herself in a veil to conceal herself while she washed her hair [from lice], or [washed] her clothes, or cleansed herself from her menses; whereupon We sent to her Our Spirit, Gabriel, and he assumed before her, after she donned her clothes, the likeness of a well-proportioned human, perfect in physical form.\n\n19:18\nShe said, 'Lo! I seek refuge in the Compassionate One from you! If you fear God', and leave me alone on account of my invocation of refuge in God\n------\n\ni think  this explains it. the angels visited her in the form of angels and that's why she freaked out. then God sent Gabriel in a form of human so she doesnt freak out again. in sura 3:42-43 Gabriel is referred to in the plural sense for Gabriel is the chief of all angels, he's way bigger and has 600 wings while the regular angels have 2, 3 or 4.
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I think it's because it was mostly men who were in control of  nearly everything in the past. It was men who worked, voted, drove, and etc. I'm sure that when "God" was first acknowledged or came into existence, it was probably men who preached and wrote about "God" and they could only relate to a "God" that mirrored them in some manner. And because women were once considered weak, how could someone or something as powerful as"God" be female? \n\nI also agree with what you said about language constraints.
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I would have to say the reason would be that females have always been considered pure and good like the "Virgin Mary". While males on the other hand  have all kinds of evils that are related to them. I wouldn't let it bother you, the names given to females for the same acts is "Old World Thinking". Female sexuality has only begun to become socially accepted. Just remember to always practice safe sex.
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The Bible is silent on this topic.  We do know that 1/3 of the angels were tossed out of heaven after their rebellion, and that there are legions of fallen angels.  God could continue to create angels, there's no reason no to.  By the way, the word angel simply means messenger.
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You are NOT being overly feminist. That is really odd, I never noticed that before. I guess I never listened to the words closely enough. \n\nWhy do we need men to be our God?
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Angels are spiritual beings and have no solid bodies. They are described in the Bible in some parts as having wings, but this is usually symbolic. When you read in the Bible of when angels took material form, such as when two appeared to Lott, they just looked like handsome men ( the men of Sodom desired them for sex, to the exclusion of Lott's daughters). Also, in Noah's day, they appeared as "mighty men of fame".  So I suppose the answer is no, although if God wanted them to appear in a winged body, they could.
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Because all throuought scripture God always has a man in charge.  You will NEVER see a woman in a position of authority over a man.  \nNow, this is not to say that all men are more spiritual than all women.  That is most certainly not the case.  However, in a church environment, the structure and order should always have a male as the highest authority.\n\nIt is not demeaning in any way whatsoever.  We were created differently for different roles.  It is when we step outside of our roles that we are ouside of the will of God.
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Eve, Deborah, Rebecca, Sarah, Ruth, Bathsheba, Abagail, Zipora, Jezebell, Mary, Mary magdalene, The woman who was the head of the church of Ephesus. \nThese are all key people in the Bible and in Christianity.\n\nGod often uses male figures to characterize certain aspects of Christianity because for example his relationship Jesus most closely resembles a father/son relationship.  \nHis relationship to us is charactaristic to a Father/Child relationship etc.\nLucifer before he was satan was the equivilant of one of God's generals.  No way could the reader relate to a female general, Especially in ancient times.  \nSatan is a spirit, and is therefore not truly male of female anatomically, but in character is male.\n\nHope that helps.
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Your "she" made me laugh. Indeed, the idea of God being a male is in everyone's mind, although we know he doesn't need to be any gender. \n\nYour question could be "Who programmed God?"\nI don't think at all that way, but respect your original question and smile.... ;-)