[George W. Bush]

Let's parse this, then, and make a rule out of it. He granted his permission for the prodigal son to make his own choices. hmmmmmmmmm........sounds suspiciously like FREE WILL.

You pre-suppose that the Prodigal Son and his father were actually people whose salvation was in question.

It's a parable. Not a biography. You try to remove it very far from its historical and cultural context.

[xzins]

Hey, GW, check this out:

http://www.graftongop.org/images/kerryfonda.jpg