Context: The gender of God may be viewed as either a literal or an allegorical aspect of a deity who, in classical western philosophy, transcends bodily form. Polytheistic religions commonly attribute to each of the gods a gender, allowing each to interact with any of the others, and perhaps with humans, sexually. In most monotheistic religions, God has no counterpart with which to relate sexually. Thus, in classical western philosophy the gender of this one-and-only deity is most likely to be an analogical statement of how humans and God address, and relate to, each other. Namely, God is seen as begetter of the world and revelation which corresponds to the active (as opposed to the receptive) role in sexual intercourse.

Question: How is sex by God handled in a monotheistic religion?
Answer: God has no counterpart with which to relate sexually

Question: How do polytheistic religions view sex by God or gods?
Answer: attribute to each of the gods a gender, allowing each to interact with any of the others, and perhaps with humans, sexually

Question: What is God's role in the creation of the world?
Answer: begetter

Question: In what ways can the gender of God be viewed?
Answer: literal or an allegorical aspect

Question: What do polytheistic religions assign to their gods?
Answer: gender

Question: What role does got serve in a sexual intercourse?
Answer: the active (as opposed to the receptive) role

Question: In which type of religion does God have no sexual partner?
Answer: monotheistic

Question: What does western philosophy attribute to each of the gods?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What is the role of God's counterpart in creation?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: In what way can the sexuality of God's counterpart be viewed?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: How does western philosophy allow God to act with humans?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What does the counterpart of God transcend?
Answer: Unanswerable