Evil Woman

The traditional depiction of God (a.k.a. G-d) as male has for centuries been a thorn in the side of many thinkers. Applying gender to a deity is always a tricky thing when it comes to monotheistic religions. With your Greek or Norse gods, say, you've got a cast of characters whose stories demand both males and females. Our tendency to view God as a type of superhuman demands that God have some sort of gender. Recently, feminists (among others) have begun highlighting the feminist aspects of God as gentle, caring protector in addition to the masculine traits of strong, judgmental provider. Many have advocated referring to God as "She" as well as "He", stressing that God is above gender, but does have gender roles. Mormons, on the other hand, created their own loophole out of this early on with the whole "God has a physical body" thing, so they get to keep their sexist views. Lucky bastards.

However, in the end, a gender-inclusive or gender-neutral conception of God becomes sexist itself. We gain a God that is made up of the sum of desirable masculine and feminine traits, but we are left with Satan as only a male. Satan was, by all accounts, originally an angel. Calling God a male gets people up in arms, but no one seems to care when angels are only given either men's names (Michael, Raphael, Gabriel) or robot names (Metatron). It would make sense to consider all angels to be either gender-neutral or gender-inclusive. Jesus mentioned that angels don't marry, so why give them genitals? (Insert "flaming sword" joke here.) Besides, all the orgies are saved for depictions of hell. (The Mormons, with their whole "celestial marriage" thing, get out of this one too. Jerks!)

So, to everyone out there who wants feminine depictions of God, I say you're going to have to be okay with feminine depictions of the devil, too. Lucifer exhibits the masculine traits of rebellion, lust for power, and physical attempts on humans' lives; Lucy is the deceitful slanderer ("diabolos" is Greek for "slanderer", by the way) who will do her best to manipulate humans emotionally.

And this Lucy doesn't need an Ethel to carry out her demonic schemes.