• TheBlackLounge@lemmy.zip
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    5 days ago

    Only because “he” can be gender neutral in English. Singular “they” is old but has never really been popular. The original languages don’t have gendered pronouns.

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      Singular “they” is old but has never really been popular.

      What are you talking about? People use singular “they” all the time.

    • sangas@sopuli.xyz
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      Greek and Hebrew definitely do have gendered pronouns. Though Hebrew generally prefers suffixes, they’re certainly gendered. Interestingly Greek also has a neuter gender in both pronouns and nouns. A better argument might be that God’s gender is self-defined, rather than on a biological basis.