text: "...there needs to be other ways to think of God."
  Perhaps there need to be other ways to think of "Father", "Lord", or "Master"; like the ways characterized in Scriptural accounts.
  In which Christian culture is the title "Father" unacceptable for God?
  I agree that there are a number of theologies available; all give analogs for God as no one can pretend to understand Him fully.  We have only what we can derive by reason or what is given in public revelation.  The first, however, cannot contradict the second.