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No, Judaism does it too. They call Him Avinu (Malkeinu) which means Our Father (Our KInga) S's???. But it is less common. I will look into my sadder (Jewish prayer book) to find the passage. It is a big book, so leave me some time to update later.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:qjkmVm6A18oJ:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_God_in_Judaism+Jewish+prayers+calling+G-d+Our+Father&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ie&source=www.g oogle.ie
Part of Yom Kippur service:
Avinu M.alkeinu, Chaneinu V'aneinu, ki ein banu ma'asim. Assei imanu ts'dakah vachesed, vehoshiyeinu.
Translation ? Hear our voice, Lord our God, (take) pity and be compassionate to us, and accept - with compassion and favour - our prayer. (1)
And here another one: http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:M5P4TG4cjacJ:www.njop.org/html/HH%2520Prayer%2520Workshop%2520leaders%2520sample. pdf+Avinu+MALKEINU&hl=en&gl=ie&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEES iSYITXkLjkMK4aLZgveY0WxGFBFvhVWFdMs2RVUPxEsd8J8Tby gTn0vNmSUYFU-7V-AlrbQOIiJdO2pYf79ndMN221IELyR0IxxNzWQZmKAkHyNCoft4 OOW2HcpLTq8J_zKmeJ&sig=AHIEtbT1LyLyLLCGCl-zGl1QxUGPh2VIKw
We call Him Our Father because it is a prayer that J'esus taught us through his disciple:
"Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed by Thy Name, Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven..." Also it shows the relationship that G-d wants to have with us, His creatures. The G-d of the Bible is a relational G-d who wants to be know in a personal way. As a result, we can say that He is a personal G-d. And this is possible since the curtain separating the Holy of holies was torn in half at J'esus' death because we were reconciled with G-d through his sacrifice.
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