Importing Fatherly Baggage

We often take the experience with our earthly father and place this construct upon God the Father. It can be very subtle and very poisonous.

But don't we do this with all sorts of other things as well?

It's a case of making God in our image. Or better stated, relating to God based upon the image we've concocted in our head versus who He really is, all of which we only know by what He has revealed to us.