From: "Richard Hong" 

>> Whereas, while God may be able to afford to give freely and completely a
real father is going to have to think about the hard facts of life (eg
money doesn't grow on trees) and a real father would be very unwise and
impractical to do what the father did in that story. <<

Randall,

Has it occurred to you that this is one of the points of Jesus' teachings -
that one should NOT pay so much attention to what seem to be practical
"realities" and simply pursue righteousness?

Rich

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