"德國政治人物爭論神的性別"

一位部長評論道，神應為中性，而非男性。

德國政治人物間展開口角，但這次無關經濟、教育或外交政策；這次的主題是神的性別。爭論的起點始於家庭部長施羅德在一次訪談中評論說，提到神時，人們不需要用陽性冠詞「das」，可以改用中性的冠詞「der」。她補充說：「冠詞並不重要。」

在德文中，名詞被視為陽性、陰性和中性，三種不同冠詞配合不同性別使用。神就傳統上而言，被認為是男性，但有些人覺得這是性別歧視，並爭論說神是沒有性別的。施羅德透露，在被問過如何向女兒解釋神後，她便傾向中性陣營。

雖然施羅德得到德國總理梅克爾的支持，但其他著名政治人物則對她的言論感到生氣。巴伐利亞社會部長海德紹爾說：「這個訴諸理性的胡言亂語讓我無言」，而基督教社會聯盟的謬勒說，他對這種「不恰當的」評語感到「困惑」。

(Culture) German Politicians Argue over Gods Gender

A minister commented that the word God has a neutral rather than masculine gender.

A row has begun among German politicians, but its not about the economy, education, or foreign policy; the subject in question is Gods gender. The debate started when Family Minister Kristina Schroeder commented during an interview that when speaking about God, people dont need to use the masculine article das and can use the neutral article der instead. The article is not important, she added.

In German, nouns are considered masculine, feminine, or neutral, and there are three different articles to use with these genders. God has traditionally been considered masculine, but some people feel that this is sexist and argue that God is without gender. Schroeder revealed that she is in the gender neutral camp after being asked how she explained God to her daughter.

Although Schroeder received the backing of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, other prominent politicians were angry at her remarks. Bavarian social minister Christine Haderthauer said: This intellectualized nonsense leaves me speechless, and Stefan Mueller of the Christian Social Union said he was "bewildered by the inappropriate remarks.

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