If the word God in ones mind expresses masculine attributes of the supreme deity then it is appropriate to also use the word Goddess. The story of the creation of Humanity in the Bible says that we are made in the image and likeness of God- Male and Female.
But believing in God does not mean one has any kind of complete understanding what is believed. The best place to start with what is known is that God is ineffable. There is way more unknown than known. Our ideas about God are merely models that allow us to have some sense. Models generally focus on a part of the whole and if taken to be the whole give an incorrect picture.
So stressing the masculine over the feminine is harmful and vice versa. What I believe about God is perfect harmony. A complete balancing of Justice and Mercy leading to Peace, Masculine and Feminine coming together into a whole (Holy). Perhaps a good image of the divine is the yin/yang, but that is still just a model that gives us some understanding.
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