Hey guys, as someone who sees God as a woman (The Goddess) I'm curious to hear what other religions think of a female deity. Can your God be a female? Why or why not?
God is the ultimate of each thing. Everything manifests God. But you have to understand, in this case, the ultimate manifestation of a woman is also the ultimate manifestation of man, since God is One. In the descent of the 7 heavens, God's glory becomes more divided, more formed, and more specific, that it's increasingly unlike God though there is nothing but manifests something about God. The diversity in descent is such that it divides aspects of God. The attraction we have for God is similar as a man and a woman have for one another except it's a higher type of pleasure that is holy to experience when intimate with God. The beloved of God that is meant to be loved highest is God and he too wears a "Hijaab" and loves veiling, so to only accept those who seek him sincerely in seeing him.
Fatima (a) and Mohammad (s) in their highest reality and essence, are one and the same, but in the descent from highest to lowest, and the forms they take on in multiple worlds, they are different. In the physical world, and through out the spiritual world, they take on different forms, except at the highest peak and utmost limit, where they are identical.
Exalted ones are a step below Godhood, Godhood belongs to the Creator and that is because he deserves a category of love and respect no one else does - and no should be put on par.
So there are female exalted ones, which, in polytheism often are called gods. But in Islam, we reserve the word of highest reverence and love for God alone.