Quote Originally Posted by alanmolstad View Post
The "creator" is a term that talks about who "made" things...

The "Father" is a term that talks about the relationship somone has with another.
And, in this case--the two is combined--as God the Father is both the creator and Father of the spirits--as earthly fathers are the creator and father of our flesh:

Hebrews 12:9---King James Version (KJV)
9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits,and live?

IOW--fathering is a creative act. Offspring are always of the same species as their Father:

Acts 17:29---King James Version (KJV)
29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.