Originally posted by Taoman
On the contrary, I knew immediately he was referring to the significance of cigars as a phallic symbol (duh!). This is in a post about the problem of talking defining "God" in terms of infinity and the problems of a supposed God with a 'form' of some sort. You would prefer to simplistically believe without questioning anything.
I proceeded to use the the ...[text shortened]... thout form? Or like the Dao, an indefinable mystery, yet very real nevertheless?
As He said many times in the Bible, "I AM that I AM".
Sort of the epitome of "ineffable", no?
Anyways, to answer your questions, to me, He is spirit, without form. This is not to say He cannot assume a form, I do not know. He's always appearing as a character in a movie, whether Morgan Freeman or George Burns (both are wholly believable to me, btw), but I think this is mainly because showing Him as just a patch of fog or a burning bush or something would get rather old fast.
I think the Bible always refers to Him as "He" out of respect. I'm thinking genderless, yet He made Adam in His "own image", whatever that means. Maybe it's how He sees Himself, which seems interesting to think about. Definitely not "She", since man the world over seems to have a somewhat non-respectful concept of women in general. Nor "It", like some inanimate thing, like a lamp or a kettledrum, or even a computer (nod to Orson Scott Card).
I hope you don't mind my sharing what I think, especially since you consider my world view outdated, primitive and judgmental. And gosh, no, who would ever describe women as subtle? (/sarcasm off) And my religious views are quite sufficient and complete, needing neither "freeing" nor "expansion". I like the truth just fine, thanks.