Politically generated and built-up organizations of man simply do not remotely qualify as my mother or anything else very critical.
. . . particularly compared to God; Son, Spirit . . . Saving, indwelling, leading, guiding, protecting, providing . . .
Yeah, fellowship with others of like precious faith is important and worthwhile.
But it’s soooooo far from God . . . to compare them as mother/father
is virtually blasphemous, imho.
Agreed. But the Church is a divine organization. She is the "Body of Christ".
-A8