[Iscool]

Furthermore, I believe that the stated example of the father disciplining his son as a metaphor for a church disciplining non-conformance is totally out of place.

So true...As we know, the way of the father with the son was chastisement...And as we know the position of the Catholic religion is vengeance...

When the Catholic religion was created with the power and might of the Roman armies, the vengeance against non Catholic believers took on an appalling act of murder and torture, because they could...

We can see in this post that if the means was again available, we'd be living in a far more bloody world...

[D-fendr]

non-Catholic believers were AKA heretics.

Is that the heritage you mourn?