You wrote:
“According to the Webster’s Dictionary, it means “father”. Notice, it does not say “Father”.”
You think it’s in caps in the Greek mss.? So are you saying that you can call your Dad Dad, but you better not do it at the beginning of the sentence or else you’re in trouble with Jesus? Hilarious.
“You really don’t see the difference between calling your dad “father” or calling some one else “Father So-and-so”?”
Yes, I see the difference. I also see it doesn’t violate the scriptures. It just violates your own weird interpretation of them. http://www.catholic.com/thisrock/1991/9101dq.asp
http://www.catholic.com/library/Call_No_Man_Father.asp
“I taught for one year at a Catholic high school, and I left (wasn’t fired, they tried to sue me to force me to return) among other things because of the way everybody looked at me when I called the priest who came once a week “mister” and “sir”. They thought I was being purposedly rude.”
The school’s better off.
Excuse me, for assuming you had the sense to see the difference between "father" referring to your progenitor, or "Father" as a title for someone. If all you saw was a case of upper vs. lower case, you're hopeless.
your own weird interpretation of them
weird? as compared to what? Your interpretation?
The school’s better off
No, I am better off. I had a hard time walking every day into that building, with a statue of St. Francis staring at me, and a picture of John Paul II watching me walk to my classroom. I had never before really understood the commandment against graven images, but then it became painfully real. They were a burden to my soul, and I was jubilant the day I walked out of that building for good!
“the Greek mss.”
The article “THE” can be very misleading as there are thousands.