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I'm a follower of Jesus Christ, a Catholic priest (an ancient one at that), and a disciple of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. That about covers it for now.

I also am a follower of Jesus Christ, and am a real father of seven, and while we're on the subject, why do you allow people to call you "father", you are familiar with Mt 23:9 aren't you?

I am glad you are a real father.

You may know that I am a survivor of the Holocaust. After the Nazis experimented on me I could not be a real father. But through their cruelty I found hope and salvation in Jesus Christ, and I learned that what they had done to me for evil, I could offer up to God for Him to make a greater good from it. I could choose to be a eunuch for the Lord as He said in the 19th Chapter of Matthew. It was deeply meaningful to me that after the teaching on eunuchs immediately Jesus took children into his arms and blessed them. And so it is promised that we who follow in this way will see sons raised up to us in abundance. As the Apostle Paul said so have I become a "father in the Gospel" to many. And so the Lord is kind and gracious and allows me to be a spiritual father to many.

We will no doubt disagree for time and eternity about whether the Lord was directing his teaching "Call no man Father or Master" at the Pharisees or if he was declaring a new commandment. For my part as well as that of my Church, we believe that argument was with Christ's opponents and not with his friends or followers.

I also am a follower of Jesus Christ, and am a real father of seven, and while we're on the subject, why do you allow people to call you "father", you are familiar with Mt 23:9 aren't you?

Paging First Conservative ... come in First Conservative. ;o)

I also am a follower of Jesus Christ, and am a real father of seven, and while we're on the subject, why do you allow people to call you "father", you are familiar with Mt 23:9 aren't you?

Just curious JH, do you allow your seven children to call you "father"?

I also am a follower of Jesus Christ, and am a real father of seven, and while we're on the subject, why do you allow people to call you "father", you are familiar with Mt 23:9 aren't you?

He does use the small "f" JH. In this instance I'd give the benefit of the doubt. I think you are correct though, in the thought that he is not a practicing RC Priest. Time will tell.