I'm not sure how I feel about the Father being portrayed as a woman.
I can tell you how the queer community feels about it.
Let's face it, He is actually spirit and neither male nor female.
I'm sure the queer community, feminist theologians and pagans around the world absolutely agree with your claim. Maybe you are reading from a gender-neutral Bible version.
The authoritative Word of God describes God Almighty as
"Father," as
"Husband." Do you really believe these nouns are gender-neutral? He is always described in the masculine sense. Could there be reason for this? UHHHHHHHHHH....YEEAAhhhh!!!! Every word in the Bible is significant!
Do you think that if you die tomorrow, your
Spirit will suddenly be neither male nor female? Will you loose your gender-specific name? Believe it or not, a Spirit can still be male or female. Being Spirits without flesh and blood, did Samuel, when he appeared to Saul, Moses/Elijah when they appeared on the Mount of Transfiguration, loose their "maleness." Were they not still recognizably male? Did they loose their male names? Did Christ loose his masculine nature after his death but before his resurrection? We do not loose that important component of our identity when we our separated from our flesh. So if we, being suddenly disembodiment will still retain the male and female aspects of our person (even without genitalia)--as spirits--then so to can God be simultaneously male and a Spirit.
The first person created was a man....God's son was a man....In God's Word, angels are always described in the he gender. Mmmmm..could there be a reason for this?...I wonder.......
Headship, relationship, God immanent yet distinct from His creation; these and much more are extremely relevant to God being our Father, not our mother.
Gender-inclusive language has been a priority of many mainline Protestants and liberal Catholics for a long while now. I will not accommodate such absurdity.
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