I deliberately avoided answering this question in this thread because my views don't match most Christians' views.
Mormons see God not as omnipresent in the literal sense. We believe he is a physical being with a body, and despite being everywhere in power and influence (and his ablity to be wherever he wants at any moment), he is physically only in one spot at a time. That said, he is also a male to us. Get out the torches, lynch the Mormon!
Most I believe refer to him as "him" out of convenience, because you can't truly assign a sex to a sexless being. Correct me if I'm wrong, someone.
As for life on other planets, it's not something I'm opposed to at all. Wouldn't throw off my beliefs, though it would be a case of not full understanding. Is mankind special to be made in God's image? Does this extend in a less literal sense to other intelligent beings (since Mormons consider "in his image" to be quite literal, but this is not the case for other Christians). Perhaps God created other life that looks like us. I don't know, but you might find the Ender's Game series fascinating. Orson Scott Card is a Mormon, and his Ender character is the child of a Mormon and a Catholic. There are aliens, and some attention is given to religion's interpretation of different life, especially in Speaker for the Dead, I believe.
We believe God created woman in his image as well. "So God created man in his image. In the image of God created he him. Male and female created he them." Woman's role to us does not make her inferior. It is simply a matter of order. Any married man in my church will tell you that a woman is in no way the lesser part of a marriage. Her role is simply different than men's in our estimation. Many Mormons (and conservatives, which probably means many religious people) are big supporters of prominent female politicians, such as Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachman. You have to admit that does not sound too second class to me.