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https://www.gotquestions.org/father-Matthew-23-9.html

Elsie - while I agree with you (I think!!??), you are always so cryptic.

I thought the above link was interesting. Jesus was against the Jewish leaders raising themselves up as leaders and “fathers”. Too much focus on them, and not on God.

But it is still okay to call our parents Father and Mother (”Honor they father and mother”). I forget who it was (Jehovah Witnesses???) that told me I was a sinner for calling my dad my father. (Okay - I’m a sinner, but not for that).

Our pastor in Sunday School talked about lieing. Numerous examples in the Bible where God lied in order to keep a tactical advantage over the enemy. Of course I don’t remember them all!

The one big one was when he told Moses to “Let my people go”. But God told Moses to tell Pharaoh that it would just be for a few days so that they could worship God out in the desert.

Exodus 8:

26But Moses replied, “It would not be right to do that, because the sacrifices we offer to the LORD our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. If we offer sacrifices that are detestable before the Egyptians, will they not stone us? 27We must make a three-day journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as He commands us.”

28Pharaoh answered, “I will let you go and sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me.”

29“As soon as I leave you,” Moses said, “I will pray to the LORD, so that tomorrow the swarms of flies will depart from Pharaoh and his officials and his people. But Pharaoh must not act deceitfully again by refusing to let the people go and sacrifice to the LORD.”

Along the lines of it is okay to lie to the Nazi at the doorway when he asks if you are hiding any Jews.