Wow, you put a lot of effort into that! I'm don't think Gary meant to lessen Christ in saying what he did...perhaps he (you, Gary) meant in the way that we can become son's too?

There are seemingly contradictory references where Jesus refers to himself as the Father. Just read a talk on it. Always has confused me. But we see them as one in purpose...but still separate. And of course by virtue of Jesus being the Christ he is now the Father in the sense of us receiving His gospel. He is the Christ and Savior of the world. We just believe that we do have a literal father of our spirits, God, (Elohim) and that Jesus (Jehovah) and He are two beings...and of course the holy ghost is without body so he can be more present in spirit here to help us.