Talk:Holy Spirit

message: Given that there are valid arguments for a male, female and gender-neutral Holy Spirit, shouldn't this wiki use gender-neutral pronouns, such as "they" and "it" instead of "He" in related articles (and especially this one) to avoid bias?The Talking Toaster (talk) 17:48, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: After a quick look at this article, I'm not even seeing where the pronoun "he" is being used. Is it being used? As it relates to the religion-specific articles, it would come down to how the Holy Spirit is referred to in those religions. For example in Christianity, the vast majority of Christians today and historically consider the Holy Spirit to be a person of the Trinity. Therefore, it would be wrong to refer to the Holy Spirit at Holy Spirit (Christianity) as an "it". Furthermore, most Christians refer to the Holy Spirit as "he". While the minority viewpoint should be noted, it shouldn't be given undo weight so that we change every instance of "he" to "they". That's my opinion. Also, this might be something better addressed on each sub-articles specific page, since they each cover different religions. Ltwin (talk) 18:33, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. No big deal at all. History2007 (talk) 18:35, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

text: In traditional Christian theology, all persons of the Godhead are referred to in masculine pronouns. This is true even of English Bible translations as well. See John 14:26 in the King James, English Standard Version, the Douay-Rheims, and the English Revised Version: "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you." Ltwin (talk) 19:33, 22 September 2016 (UTC)

text: Wikipedia content must be based on coverage in independent reliable sources. Your belief is not a reliable source. - SummerPhDv2.0 14:15, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gender of the Holy Spirit 

message: I remembered a while back while browsing through Wikipedia that there was a section on this article on Zoroastrianism, but I noticed recently that it was removed for some reason. If there is a brief section on Hinduism and Buddhism, then surely Zoroastrianism also deserves a section, as it is mentioned very frequently in their belief system. However, I will indeed try to check the existing sources and replace them with more reliable and appropriate ones if possible. Aldergarbo (talk) 05:28, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Zoroastrian View 

message: Do most religions like Judaism and Bahai Faith say that the Holy Spirit is male and/or female, or essentially genderless? Should it be mentioned somewhere in the article maybe??  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.24.111.89 (talk) 21:43, 11 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gender of the Holy Spirit 

message: In Buddhism is a Christian imposition of a false equivilency & narrative. It is offensive, and misleading, and propaganda. It does not imo belong in Wikipedia. Db919 (talk) 22:05, 25 October 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I would agree, the source appears to be a book of advice and evangelism, not scholarship. 73.71.251.64 (talk) 02:48, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  In Buddhism section 

message: Is this the spirit of man or something else  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.160.166.110 (talk) 16:06, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: The spirit is the holly spirit, known to guide prophets and messangers and even jesus talked to god through him 197.119.67.157 (talk) 18:31, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  In Ephesians 1:17 What does mean when says The spirit of wisdom and revealation 

message: A discussion is taking place to address the redirect :Rooah. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 May 22#Rooah until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion.  Jay (talk) 18:09, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Rooah" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]] 

message: I have noticed that the first input definition only talks about what the Jews believe which does not represent the 3 Abrahamic religions like Islam or Christianity.
Since each Abrahamic religion has a different definition of the Holy Spirit, it seems appropriate to leave in the entry definition of the article what each religion believes.--Rafaelosornio (talk) 21:19, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds about right, and fulfills neutrality and undue. Probably the only controversy with this would concern wording. What wording would you go with? Randy Kryn (talk) 21:27, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: It is difficult to redact the article since each religion (Judaism, Islam and Christianity) believe something different about the Holy Spirit. I hope the wording can be improved. In my opinion it should be mentioned what each religion believes.--Rafaelosornio (talk) 23:08, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Definition of the Holy Spirit 

message: I hear someone praying in latin and repeating the words: Spirit de sancti ! I can not hear anything of the first parts if the baptism prayer..  I see a image of someone casting holy water on an coffin with their hand, and repeating just Spirit de sancti.. Men named Johannes, and/or "Paulus the first" are there. It looks like a funeral. If I could hear something in latin like this, translate it and then see that it says: The Holy Spirit, and actually is a sentence that makes me believe that I could hear them pray fir their dead pope.. While another pope is praying and then sprinkling holy water on the casket with his right hand I think.... It must be a sign ? I do not speak any latin before I heard this beeing said like at a seremony, at the vatican most likely.. Medium88 (talk) 06:27, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spirit de sancti, Spirit de sancti, Spirit de sancti! 

message: I’m the holy
spirit Skannerz22 (talk) 14:16, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  This page is about me so why can’t i comment 

message: Strange to have a page on holy spirit that does not manage to mention that ruah in hebrew also means breath/wind, and that the original greek translation of the bible used "pneuma", which also means "breath". Would interestingly connect to the vedic notion of agni, the "breath" or "fire". 2A04:EE41:4:1111:1088:833:4BF6:F7A6 (talk) 19:39, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Holy spirit is "ruah" is breath 

message: This article is so far off base about Judaism that it should be considered to be a form of missionizing. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity#Judaism and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shituf#Judaism's_views_of_the_Trinity_doctrine
and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Spirit_in_Judaism#%22Spirit_of_God%22
I will make the necessary changes to remove any reference to a Jewish belief in the topic of this article if no one else disagrees. Ruttgc49 17:43, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article is way off base on Judaism