A simple question for theists

[Kernel Sohcahtoa]

I've observed that "God that is himself goodness and love", was used in your post.  I've also observed other theists referring to god with words such as himself, he, him, or words that would seem to associate human masculinity with god.  Now out of curiosity, have you met other practitioners of Catholicism or Christianity who think of god as a woman or some other life-form?  To what degree do religious practitioners project human-like qualities onto their deity? Does your deity assume human-like qualities in order to make it easier for humanity's theists to relate to it and accept it. 

Also, is it more accurate to use more neutral descriptors for god, and do you have any suggestions?  With that said, thanks for your thoughtful and well-written posts, CL.

"He" is gendered (in the linguistic sense) pronoun but standard use is to refer to either a person known to be male or an unknown person of either sex. It is a convention - nothing more.

Thanks for the clarification, Neo-Scholastic. As per the op and out of curiosity, if your deity gave the order to kill an innocent person but did so in a completely peaceful, serene way while assuring you that its divine command gave you all the moral justification that was needed, then would you obey your deity's command? Would you question its omnibenevolence?  Are there some divine orders that shouldn't be blindly followed?  Thanks.