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ABC News
ABC News
National
religion & ethics reporter Nicola Heath

If God is neither male nor female, should we change God's pronouns?

Some people believe that referring to God exclusively as he/him overlooks the feminine aspects of the Holy Trinity. (Getty Images: krisanapong detraphiphat)

"God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day."

At first glance, there's nothing controversial about this passage, which many will recognise as Genesis 1:5 from the Bible's Old Testament.

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