"Call no one on earth your father." Matthew 23:6-9 reads, "They (the scribes and the Pharisees) love places of honor at banquets, seats of honor in synagogues, greetings in marketplaces, and the salutation 'Rabbi.' As for you, do not be called 'Rabbi.' You have but one teacher, and you are all brothers. Call no one on earth your father; you have but one Father in heaven." Are we also not to call anyone "teacher" or "doctor" which is how "rabbi' would translate? I think not. This is call for humility for those in leadership roles. Not to be taken literally. We are not to deny our male parent and cut the Commandment to honor our father and mother in half. Some leaders in any church may fall into the same folly of a lack of humility as the pharisees of Jesus' day. The Apostle Paul writes: I am writing you this not to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children. Even if you should have countless guides to Christ, yet you do not have many fathers, for I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. (1 Corinthians 4:14-15) And: As you know, we treated each one of you as a father treats his children, exhorting and encouraging you and insisting that you conduct yourselves as worthy of the God who calls you into his kingdom and glory. (1 Thessalonians 2:11-12) And: I urge you on behalf of my child Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment, who was once useless to you but is now useful to (both) you and me. (Philemon 10-11) And finally, Peter calls himself the "father" of Mark: The chosen one at Babylon sends you greeting, as does Mark, my son. (1 Peter 5:13) With love in Christ.

Where Jesus is (mis)quoted as saying "no one comes to the father except through me". The hardcore Christian zealots believe that (mis)statement is good enough to condemn all other religions as false.

The bit about remaining 'celibate'. I'm pretty sure the word was 'celebrate'...

Are you kidding? Take your pick. Gen 1:1 and just keep reading.

Spare the rod and spoil the child. What a crock thinking that hitting will make someone a better person. WWJD? What would Jesus Do? Certainly not hit a child with a stick, that's for sure!