>>”Call no man father.”?<<
Elsie, dear, due to the FACT that most people on the planet, Christians included, refer to their male parent, regardless of their native language, as “FATHER”, at your age it should have occurred even to you that there is something seriously wrong with your own private interpretation of the Good Book. I suggest that you give serious thought to this observation while kneeling quietly in front of a nice painting of George Washington.
It in NO WAY suggests children should not call their fathers *Father*.
Again, just the usual excuses for disobeying the clear concise command of Jesus.
Matthew 23: 8-10 But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brothers.And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, the Christ.
Matthew 23:1-12 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat, so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. For they preach, but do not practice.
They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger. They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long, and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces and being called rabbi by others.
But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brothers. And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, the Christ. The greatest among you shall be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Yep. The bigotry of the extreme proddies is just that, bigotry.