{"id":89940,"date":"2025-08-15T14:45:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T14:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=89940"},"modified":"2025-08-15T14:45:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T14:45:45","slug":"knii-lante-questions-why-god-is-always-described-as-he-in-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=89940","title":{"rendered":"Knii Lante questions why God is always described as \u201cHe\u201d in the Bible"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'>\n                <div class=\"twp-read-time\">\n                \t<i class=\"booster-icon twp-clock\"><\/i> <span>Read Time:<\/span>1 Minute, 22 Second                <\/div>\n\n            <\/div><div>\n<p>Ghanaian musician Knii Lante has questioned why the Christian God is consistently referred to in masculine terms in the Bible, rather than being described as both male and female.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview with Kwame Dadzie and Doreen Avio on\u00a0<em>Daybreak Hitz<\/em>, the reggae and soul artiste compared the Christian depiction of God to that of the Ga people, saying the Ga concept reflects the full nature of humanity more accurately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was reading around and I realised that our concept of God is Ataa Naa Nyungmo. Ataa is \u2018father\u2019. Naa is \u2018mother\u2019. So our concept of God is either neutral or represents both [gender].<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the Bible they say \u2018and he created\u2019. God is never referred as \u2018she\u2019 in the Bible. Why? God is a spirit; God doesn\u2019t have testes, God doesn\u2019t have vagina. God is a spirit so on what basis do we refer to God as a \u2018he\u2019? It is just masochism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that the Ga understanding of God may even be more balanced than that of those who claim to have brought Christianity to Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>According to Knii Lante, Ghanaians should take pride in their cultural heritage, describing it as the \u201csoul\u201d of their being.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He made the point while speaking on the significance of the Homowo Festival, which is currently being marked in various parts of Accra.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his critique, Knii Lante stressed that he remains a Christian.<\/p>\n<p>Some notable songs by Knii Lante are Baby Take Good Care, House of Pain, You, Baby Be Mine and Beautiful Virgo.<\/p>\n<p>Others are When You Love Someone, What\u2019s the Reason, Baby Take Me Away and Jee Juju.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls 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