WOTM: Heavenly Step Father
I've been both a father and a step father. I may become a step father again soon if things go as I hope they do. But God is the "Heavenly Father" of us all. So, why has he treated the vast majority of His children worse than some evil stepfather character from a Disney film? And why does He continue to do so?
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Hmmm. Our lives overlap is some way, but diverge in others, Brian. I've never had step kids, just my 4 kids. And I really did adore them. However, upon coming out of the Mormon closet, their mother did anything and everything possible to undermine and poison my contact with them, indoctrinating them that the devil now had hold on me, that I had "abandoned" them, that I was no longer their father. Indeed, that's what one daughter told me straight up. Well… after decades, my eldest daughter once called to apologize for how they'd treated me, and we get along very well now. But the other kids… I get the impression from them that they consider me something of a wayward uncle. Letting go of indoctrinated beliefs is very hard. At any rate, the idea of being "dad's" favorite child is still prevalent, not only among Jews, but also Mormons. They are "Gawd's Chosen People." Everyone else… inferior "Gentiles." BTW, just gotta say that I miss Amy. She really added some great biting satire to the Mr. Deity episodes.