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Recently the Pope visited the United States. While he was here, I saw and heard some things that should disturb anyone who calls themselves a Christian. Every newscast that I saw referred to the Pope as "our Holy Father". I have a real problem with our government and everyone else calling this mortal man a name that the Bible says is reserved for God alone!
 
In Matthew 23:9, Jesus says,  "And do not call anyone on earth your Father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven."  I cannot with a clear conscience call some human being "Father" and accept that person in place of God. When one newscast showed religious leaders from other faiths bowing before this mortal man and bringing him gifts, all I could think was how hurt God must have been.
 
Look in scripture, find the places that angels refuse to let men bow down to them and realize that no man should be bowed down to in worship. The Pope is just a human being. He sins like everyone else on earth. He does not have the power to forgive sins, he must ask God for forgiveness just like every other person on earth.
 
Study for yourself, don't be deceived. The Pope is no more holy than anyone else on earth. The only good that we have is the righteousness that Jesus gives us so that we can stand before His Father, the only one that we can rightly call our Holy Father.