SUCH a boring and well-worn counter argument - one which never has held water.
Our dads are the original image YHWH gave us to teach us what HE is - Without having a father, without seeing a father, the term would mean nothing.
That others would usurp this most powerful image should be expected, as it is the height of patriarchal authority (real authority) - 'The Strong Man of the House' (what 'father' means, a man in his prime), or the ultimate wisdom of the human father (the grandfather, how ever many removed, only makes them all the wiser) - That some would abscond with these very honorable things to increase their gaudy plumage is predictable, but such as these should never be listened to, as one who requires such plumage, it turns out, can be no 'father' at all. For if he must pluck the title from someone else, it inherently shows he did not possess it naturally.
Not nearly as boring and well-worn as the Protestant heresies repeated on this forum day in and day out.