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!
You wrote:
“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.”
No, I think the hopeless case is yours. Let’s look at your own words: “According to the Webster’s Dictionary, it means “father”. Notice, it does not say “Father”.” Yeah, you’re case is hopeless.
“weird? as compared to what? Your interpretation?”
Compared to how Christians have ALWAYS interpreted them. When do you think some Protestant (Protestants didn’t even exist until after 1516) came up with the weird interpretation you’re putting forward? What century? 16th? 17th? 19th?
“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.”
If you think the statute and picture were watching you, then, yeah, the school is MUCH BETTER OFF without you.
“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!”
Yeah, it was such a burden on your soul that you took their money for a year and showed up every day, right? Some burden.