Bloom- I feel the same way- seeing God as a Father does not work for me. I wasnt taught anything about God as a child, though. I grew up in a completely secualr home and I was left to my own devices when it came to spirituality and God. There was nothing spiritual about my family. It was a narcissitic house with every man for himself- do what you can to survive kind of thing. I think I felt very very alone in that world. So alone I cant even describe it in words.

Maybe growing up that way, so alone and feeling like I had no one is what mades a loving universe who knows me so comforting. I remember as a child talking to "someone" and crying. I didnt call it God or anything like that. I was hoping someone could hear me and know how I felt.

Bloom- so how do you see God if he cant be a father? I guess whatever the power of the universe is, it doesnt have anything to do with male or female.