text: Thank you for the explanation.  I can't let that go by without the perfunctory reference to "cafeteria"; it's far too tempting.  OK.  Enough of that.
  I agree that some have troublesome relationships with men.  But it is the fullness of the Christian message that is important.  While "Father" is certainly a part of that, it is the greater ideal of Father that is expounded upon.  The message is one of Love and Mercy but also one of forgiveness, on God's part, for repentance, on ours.
  Again - I didn't set up God as Father or the Holy Spirit with the pronoun "He".  That was either Jesus or the fathers either 1) in an inspired way or 2) uninspired, who first set the canon of scripture.  If the former, it is clearly meant to convey something of importance, if the latter, 1) it is still meant to convey something of importance or 2) all of Christianity is a fraud - at least any that purports to be based on Scripture.