Why They Made The Holy Spirit Into a Man Persona? Why They Made The Holy Spirit Into a Man Persona? They decided a long time ago that the Holy Spirit is likely a male persona. They got this idea in a myriad of ways. But some of the controversy surrounds Proverbs 1, whether \""Wisdom\"" is the Son or the Holy Spirit. Most say Wisdom was the Son, including Constantine. A good quote that sort of shows the mindset of some influenced by Gnosticism is Jerome's famous quote: \""Women are the root of all evil\"". And by this he meant Eve was the temptress. And since women are part of the process of birth and creation through babies, they are seen as \""earthly\"" and \""sensual\"". This at least is what they teach and it is directly from Gnosticism