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Well, most Christians believe that the Bible was inspired by God (though they disagree on exactly what that means). One thing noteworthy, as I pointed out in another thread, is that while the Bible occasionally uses feminine imagery to refer to God ("O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!" Luke 13:34), it never uses it to refer to God directly. In fact, when his disciples ask Jesus how to pray, he tells them to address them as Father. So, under this line of reasoning, we call God Father, because that's what he wants us to call him.
Three notes to append:
1. No one really believes that God has a sex. Some, but not most, might believe he has a gender, but not a sex.
2. But, technically speaking, if we really wanted to assign God a sex, it would have to be male. Traditionally Christians have believed in, not only the bodily resurrection of Christ, but his bodily ascension. And since Christ was obviously male... That's really just nitpicking though.
3. I was sure I had a third point just a second ago, but it seems to have slipped my mind. If it comes back to me, I'll edit.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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