Why do people refer to GOD as a HE?

The Word 'HE' is used in two cases, when the gender is male or when there is no specific gender, or gender unknown. The word 'HE' normally take precedence over 'she' in general usage as a general linguistic rule. God has no gender, and He is used as a general word, it doesn't mean he is a male. Since God has no gender and we have to use either He /She, so in general HE is used. 'It' is used for objects or non-living objects, God is not an object and he is ever living. Also some places you can see 'WE' to denote God. That doesn't mean God is a family or many people. That is called a Royal usage; 'Royal We'. In the same way some kings announce about them. Eg. a king says 'We Order to.....'. Peace.

Not that I believe in personal Gods but it looks like their creators (read makers of the concerned religions) were mostly masculine and were chauvinists. Also, you could argue that they are done so out of convention. I refer to my God, the Absolute Consciousness as 'It'. Not the obvious but I feel my God is more like energy or force.

Because most religions are run by males, and it is considered taboo to think God is a woman. Women are not meant to rule over man, in any religion, that I know of. You are lucky if you are considered equal

never gave much thought to it really I always thought of God as he because the bible speaks that when he made adam he made him in his image. I truely do think of god in the spirit figure though. Lets hope we all find the answers to all of our questions one day when we get to meet him.

One of the older religion Hinduism have god and godess ,may be your saying about other religion

Hello there! Some people say that when god made the man, she was still training. haha but i do not agree! I think god is a man because didn't he say u can call me father somewere in the bible? And because jesus always called him father, and jesus is his son isn't he?

This is just my personal opinion of course but I figure its because waaayyy back in the day when the bible was written (and the following centuries upon centuries when it was re-written time and time again) women were considered to be lower class so having a god who was female would have been a big no no....It would have been totally unacceptable and unheard of really

when I refer to Gods, there is male and female. I have a Mother Goddess and a Father God. after all, this is far more logical than one being of one gender creating life alone.

God does not have a gender, but He is the Father, which is why God is given the title "He" (capital H, of course). That doesn't mean it's wrong to refer to God as "She", because God also has feminine qualities and is a mother as well as a father. But I will not deny the fact that the Bible is a bit sexist, because men are the head of the household. That doesn't make women any lesser of people, but it does mean that the main authority of the house is men, which is undoubtedly why God is referred to as He.

because that's how a lot of us were raised to believe how god was to be percieved. Some may say HE sits up in the heavens wearing a crown of gold, in a thrown made of solid gold. I believe a lot of people got this reference of he from biblical scriptor that says man was made in his own image.

I refer God as He because it has always been done. It! doesn't sound right. Gender is a parameter of this physical world. If you weren't in your physical body, gender would mean nothing. God has no gender either. This is something for people to realize, especially in religions. They do tend to make women second class. Men and women are equal in God's eyes. To be any different is just that man has been trying to control women since the beginning of time.

In our religion ,our god is one ,The only,The ever lasting,The sustainer and has no partner,Our God is neither male nor female and present everywhere.

Yes that is strange, especially since so many of these religions claim God isn't a man, or is beyond human understanding. I am a Pagan, so I believe the divine consists of both male and female attributes. I usually refer to God as "it".