God is more than we could ever imagine, and part of what this means is that God does not have gender. God is neither male nor female. The claim that God is not male is not a recent one; it is the steady teaching of the Christian tradition through the centuries. In recent decades, many theologians have argued that using masculine pronouns for God confuses this fact and tempts us to anthropomorphize God—that is, to form God in our own image instead of remembering it is the other way around. Masculine language for God can contribute to the human tendency to fashion false idols, to think of God as
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