Captain's Log - Who's Your Daddy?

As I watched the funeral of the "Pope" (That is Latin for Father) and saw all the priests in their flowing red robes with tassels and funny hats, I was amazed. As I watched them come out and sit in the special seats and places of honor in order of seniority at the funeral, it looked impressive. They were introduced by the T.V. commentators as "most reverend" and "his holiness." Every channel had a catholic priest on to explain the events to the non-Catholics in the audience. They were referred to as "father" over and over by people who were not their children. And as I watched all this I could not help but think of Jesus rebuking the hypocritical religious leaders in Matthew 23:5-12 which says,

"Everything they do is done for men to see: They make their phylacteries wide and the tassels on their garments long; they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues; they love to be greeted in the marketplaces and to have men call them 'Rabbi.' "But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you have only one Master and you are all brothers. And do not call anyone on earth 'father,' for you have one Father, and he is in heaven. Nor are you to be called 'teacher,' for you have one Teacher, the Christ. The greatest among you will be your servant. For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted."

Here some ancient carvings of the priests of the god Dagon and a picture of the pope wearing a miter like the dagon priests wore. (It was the temple of Dagon where Samson died)

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