Feuerbach

"The need to represent the Absolute as Subject has found expression in the propositions..." (from the preface to Phenomenology of Spirit)
The whole concept of reification was very interesting to me. When we had our guest speaker in class the other week he was talking on Feuerbach and one the main points he touched on was the use of reifying propositions by using God. The word "God" doesn't mean anything in and of itself, because like all words, it is just letters strung together until we tie some meaning on to it. In the same way, concepts are without actual substance. Once we say something like "God is love" or "God is holiness", we have something concrete to tether the concept to in our mind. So if the attribute is what defines God, why don't we focus on the preposition instead of on God? Because we need a thing, that's just the way our minds work. Like Seasame Street does, we need to put an image of some kind with the idea. But in this case, instead of the number two walking around or something, it would be omnipotence, or compassion.
But does that mean God would not be those things if we didn't describe him that way? I'm struggling with reading the texts without my personal beliefs getting in the way...