Our "Parent" who art in heaven"?.........yeah right.
Recently I saw a PBS documentary about the lesbian Methodist pastor who was defrocked.
In that church, the congregation prayed, "Our Mother/Father, who art in heaven ..."
I kid you not.
The real kicker was that many in the congregation thought the head pastor (the lesbian was the junior pastor) was too much of a biblical literalist.
***Our "Parent" who art in heaven"?.........yeah right.***
from the TNIV*:
Matthew 6:9-13:
This, then is how you should pray:
" 'Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
And forgive us our debgts,
as we also have fogiven our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation.
but deliver us from the evil one.'
No use of the word "Parent".