Ben Carson received profuse apologies after getting stuck in the apartment elevator. (Joe Raedle/Staff/Getty Images News)
A Twitter comment about Ben Carson getting stuck in an affordable housing complex elevator turned into a spirited back-and-forth over what the proper pronoun is for God.
Carson, the Secretary of U.S. Housing and Urban Development, toured Courtside Family Apartments, an affordable housing complex in the Miami’s Overtown neighborhood, Wednesday, April 12. After a rooftop visit with Miami-Dade County Public Housing Director Michael Liu and several others, the group got stuck when the elevator doors wouldn’t open, according to the Miami Herald.
Fire rescue arrived to get the jammed doors open and news quickly spread about the coincidental situation since Carson once said he doesn’t have enough experience to be a member of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet.
When Deray Mckesson tweeted that Carson’s dilemma is God speaking up on the matter, many took issue with his use of the pronoun “she” rather than the biblical “he.”
Reactions included arguments for God’s feminity, the gender being up to the individual believer and God being transgender.
Ben Carson being stuck in an elevator in a public housing building is God reminding us that she always has the last word.
— deray (@deray) April 12, 2017
When did God decide to have one?
— Trey Arline (@TreyArline) April 12, 2017
Except man and woman are created in God's image soooo if we can allow for God's maleness then we can do the same for God's femaleness. 🙃
— O. Emmanuel (@olutrain) April 12, 2017
@deray I will think God is transgender, so for some it’s She, for most it’s Him, others it’s They
— Rohan C Providence (@ProviRohan) April 12, 2017
Yeah, written by other MEN who decided what gender God would be. Like everyone has their own interpretation of what God looks like.
— Trey Arline (@TreyArline) April 12, 2017
Everyone doesn't follow the same religion as you lol, so to you, it's a HE.
— Jaida Steele | Marketing Consultant👩🏾💻 (@Jaida_Steele) April 12, 2017
@DeclinedCC @Jaida_Steele @TreyArline @deray Did “he” also tell you God is a white, bearded man in the sky?
— spellbound (@TheRealYousef) April 12, 2017
https://twitter.com/comprameunapiza/status/852164855540928512
@DeclinedCC @TheRealYousef @Jaida_Steele @TreyArline @deray God has been described as a mother, midwife, and mother of cubs. Since (s)he is Spirit, then (s)he doesn’t identify by a gender.
— Kat (@comprameunapiza) April 12, 2017
https://twitter.com/Yugenthusiast/status/852513139270627328
@deray Since when does a spirit have a sex, just saying bro. Or could be the elevator is broke because the owners are fucking slum lords.
— Brook Lee (@keybrite) April 12, 2017
@deray Lmao people getting triggered over if gods a female or not, he’s obviously neither cause he doesn’t exist
— Handcrafted Specimen (@tacoburns15) April 12, 2017
