Ann Widdecombe criticises the belief that God is female

Widdecombe, who is a Catholic, was asked by Piers Morgan on ITV’s Good Morning Britain whether calling God ‘He’ was offensive to some.

She answered: “I don’t think it’s remotely offensive.

“In fact, I have never heard such nonsense throughout the entire New Testament.

“Christ is a ‘He’ and Christ refers to God as the father.

But her main complaint was about the claim that calling God male would put people off Christianity, as the Bishop of Gloucester, Rt Rev Rachel Treweek suggested in the Sunday Times at the weekend.

The former Conservative politician said: “What really worries me is the sheer superficiality of this.

“Because the whole objection to calling God ‘He’ is apparently that it puts people off Christianity.

“If you are not going to be won over by the message of redemption and forgiveness, you’re not going to be won over by somebody saying ‘Oh look God is a she’. Come on.”

‘What we do know is that he is consistently throughout Christianity teaching a he’

Devout Catholic Ann Widdecombe says God is male. pic.twitter.com/eXaqRcpKco

— Good Morning Britain (@GMB) September 19, 2018

She was in debate with Rae Duke, a religious and ethics commentator who made the point that New Testament writer Paul says ‘there is no male and female for you are all one in Christ’ in Galatians 3:28.

Duke argued that ‘Father’ is only used so that Jesus’ contemporary audience could…