# Theists: can you explain why you think of God as male (or female)?

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**Created:** [December 4, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theists-can-you-explain-why-you-think-of-god-as-male-or-female/642985 "2012-12-04T19:29:29Z")
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### Author: ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theists-can-you-explain-why-you-think-of-god-as-male-or-female/642985/15 "2012-12-04T21:57:52Z")

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It seems like there was a thread on this very subject not too long ago. Ah, [here we go](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=565565) — a bit over two years ago **Skald the Rhymer** asks “Theists: do you refer to God as “He,” “She,” “It,” or “They”?”, following it with:

> [@Theists: do you refer to God as "He," "She," "It," or "They"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theists-do-you-refer-to-god-as-he-she-it-or-they/541705/1):
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> And, of course, tell us why.

There [I pointed to](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12531183&postcount=24) a Catholic philosopher who argues that God should be considered analogically male because His relationship to us (and to creation generally) mirrors that of father to children. Not sure I buy it, but thereyougo.

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