I really haven't seen a lot of "study" here and haven't read the whole thread but the discussion has been interesting.
I feel so much for people like HO and others who have had such bad experiences in regard to absence of dads and a dad's love. That can't help but affect a person's perception of God and relationship with men in general.
Perhaps one of the reasons I've never lived my life in "fear" of God (the negative kind of fear I'm talking about - not the healthy kind of respect and awe and holy "fear" that we're instructed to have) is because I had a father who was such a wonderful male role model. I never had to worry about not being able to trust him. He was always there and I admired and respected him so much.
It must leave a huge hole in a person's life to have missed that.
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