Religious people, why do you call your god "he"?

Answer 1

The "stories" say that god is a man. "Stories" written by men.

Answer 2

It depends on the religion. In my faith, Wicca, we honor Deity in male and female polarities -- as God AND Goddess.

The Judeo-Christian God is called "He" because Yahweh, the Israelite tribal God from whom He evolved, was a male deity. (There were many Gods and Goddesses worshipped in that part of the world at the time.) The male pronoun has been grandfathered in ever since. ;-)

Personally I believe that the Divine is beyond gender, but human beings, interpreting that fundamentally incomprehensible entity in human terms, usually feel most comfortable relating to the Divine as He or She. As far as I'm concerned, you can call the Divine what you like. It remains the Divine.

Answer 3

God could be "He" because in the older days when the Bible was written, men were more powerful figures. If men believed in God, then they had more control, sway, and pursuasion with who else in society believed in God. Using a fatherly figure (the person in a family back then that controlled and provided for the family) represents God as taking care of his "children".

Answer 4

We know that God is a spiritual being, and does not possess physical characteristics. This does not limit, however, how God may choose to reveal Himself to mankind. Scripture contains all the revelation God gave to man about Himself, and so is the only really objective source of information about God. In looking at what Scripture tells us, there are several observations of evidence about the form in which God revealed Himself to mankind:

To begin with, Scripture contains almost 170 references to God as the “Father.” By necessity, one cannot be a father unless he is male. If God had chosen to be revealed to man in a female form, then the word “mother” would have occurred in these places, not “father.” In the Old and New Testament both, masculine pronouns are used over and over again in reference to God.

Jesus Christ referred to God as the Father several times, and in other cases used masculine pronouns in reference to God. In the Gospels alone, Christ uses the term “Father” in direct reference to God nearly 160 times. Of particular interest is Christ’s statement in John 10:30. He says here, “I and [my] Father are one.” Obviously, Jesus Christ came in the form of a human man to die on the cross as payment for the sins of the world, and, like God the Father, was revealed to mankind in a male form. Scripture records numerous other instances where Christ utilized masculine nouns and pronouns in reference to God.

Answer 5

Because God CAN'T be a woman, want to know how we know? (And this is VERY scientific btw *wink wink*)

If God were a woman, when Cain said "Am I my brother's keeper?", God would have answered "Heck yeah! I TOLD you to watch after your brother, it's a big world out there!" :)

If God were a woman, she would have put a man's err, jewels, on his chin :)

If God were a woman, the 3 wise men would have been the 3 wise women and they would have shown up to Jesus birth on time, they would've brought appropriate gifts like diapers, and they would've stayed and helped clean up :)

If God were a woman, men would've had the babies :)

Of course, I'm joking, and I hope no one takes offense, I meant no harm. Seriously, we call God "He" because He has most compared His relationship to us as that of father to child.

Answer 6

Speaking as a Christian, its because God asked to be called "Father" who is a He in English.

Answer 7

Because calling G-d an It seems disrespectful. I could call G-d a She and be just as right, since He is neither sex. But you have to call G-d something.

Answer 8

many people are uncomfortable with calling G-d a "she" because it draws attention to the gender and implies a strictly feminine G-d. since "he" is basically the automatic pronoun in almost all languages, people often prefer it because it does not draw any specific attention to gender.

Answer 9

I guess it depends on the religion, right?

For me, being a believer of Christianity, I would say because the Bible tells me so. God is referred to as "He" in the Bible. He is everything the Bible says he is, and He will do everything the Bible says He will do.

Answer 10

Umm.. God could be He.. but he also not only is a "He" but He is also more of "She" as well too because He could be both "Father" and "Mother"