[annalex]

think of Him as “Papa”

I am sure Kosta is referring to the modern goofy connotation of "daddy" nonstop promoted by the secular media, and not the sense of familial intimacy with God that Christ gave us in His Church.

[Quix]

goofy connotation of “daddy”

= =

Had I felt that close to an earthly Daddy,

I would certainly not have considered it goofy! Sheesh!

Blessed,
Treasured,
God-sent,
Protective,
Thrilling,
Redemptive,
Guiding,
Supportive,
Loving,
Righteous,
Godly,

. . .

. . .

NOT goofy, at all.

[Quix]

I did have some cousins who could do goofy quite well, however.

[kosta50]

I am sure Kosta is referring to the modern goofy connotation of "daddy" nonstop promoted by the secular media, and not the sense of familial intimacy with God that Christ gave us in His Church

Well, that is certainly right on target, Alex, but I also want to emphasize that paternity at the time of our Lord's ministry was somehting a oot stricter and reverential than it is today. As I mentioned earlier, a father had the power of life and death over his family. For dishonoring the father and the mother, the Old Testament prescibes death.

"He who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death [Ex. 21:15]

He who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death [Ex 21:17, lev 20:9]

If any man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father or his mother, and when they chastise him, he will not even listen to them, then his father and mother shall seize him, and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gateway of his hometown...Then all the men of his city shall stone him to death;" [Deut 18-19, 21]

Hardly an American 21st century "daddy" and "mommy" and son relationship. Protestants cerate this feel-good, cozy "relationship" with God who that does not reflect the paternal reality with sons of the 1st century Middle East. Jesus did not call the Father His "Daddy." Abba and the Chaldean word for Father.