Great post, you sound like the kind of person that I could talk to for hours about all of these things.

Why do people refer to God as 'He'? I can't speak for others on this forum, but for myself I refer to God as He, simply because He is described as God the Father. There are other names, the great I AM and many others. I believe that He is described as the Father due to the fact that He is the origin of everything and hence the Father of all. We relate the word Father to male characteristics, but certainly the actual God the Father does not realistically have male or female characteristics and is transcendent and beyond all. So I refer to Him as He simply going along with our lowly human understanding of the Father as a male force, with full understanding that God cannot really be describes as He, She, It, or any other word that us little humans could think up.

Had to look up the word anthropomorphic, I'll probably forget what it means tomorrow. But yes, I agree with you completely that it is only the religion of man who has tried to create God in the image of man, instead of the other way 'round. Fortunately, it seems that most people that post on this forum do understand that God is not a white man in space with a white beard, as we have had discussions on this topic. But yes, many Christians have falsely created God in the image of man.

'Every day our bodies turn water into "wine" (blood) which is vital to our existence. How does this happen... It is a miracle pure and simple. No biologist or chemist can understand it fully'

I like that, our bodies turning water into wine. Biologists can explain this for the most part as far as generally what is happening, how our body creates red blood cells and what-not, but that doesn't make it any less of a miracle, let alone the millions of other miracles occurring in our bodies every second.

God has no sex however, Jesus, a member of the Trinity, did come to earth as fully man and fully God. So He can be considered male. We use "He" and the Bible uses "He" as a point of reference. Also, the Bible does refer to another member of the Trinity as God the Father even though He has no sex. It is a point of reference. Hope this helps.

Yeah I agree. I try not to use the word "he" when referring to God, but sometimes I just write it because it's easier and more acceptable to the people in here.

I think it goes back to the time when the books in the Bible were written. Like Rainy or Refreshed pointed out, women weren't allowed to speak in some churches back then. And I think they weren't allowed to preach or teach "the word" back then either. But it was a male dominated world back then. If it wasn't for that, God may have been a woman or both sexes like you mentioned. And the Bible basically says God doesn't recognize any of the human classifications or definitions. In my opinion anyway.

But as for me, I don't see God as male or female. I believe God is above or beyond all that. God is not any part of that. Male and female were God's creations. If I invent a clock, that doesn't make me any part of the clock. I believe it's the same with God. You can't be your own creation. But God has put that spark of Gods essence in everyone and everything.

I believe God does have a father attribute though. And it could be said God has a mother attribute too. God basically conceived and birthed us.

I think all that is beside the point though. The point is, God has that parenting attribute. God cares for each if us like a parent that loves their child, is what matters.