Your neighbours have a son. He is now thirty-five years old Going by his age you would think of him as a young man and on meeting his mother or father, would ask, almost

out ot habit And what does the young man do? That expression. young man doesn't sit well as he is but a child He cannot walk Indeed he cannot stand. He cannot use his

right arm He can see only to his left. His hearing is sharp as is his memory But he speaks only syllable by syllable. 

The father shouts at him He curses him: "You are the one who brought misery into our home We knew no trouble till you came Look at you-weak dependent, drooling. good for nothing . Nor does the father stop at shouting at the child at pouring abuse at him, at cursing the child. He beats him. He thrashes him black and blue As others in the tamily try to save the child from the father's rage, he leaps at them Curses them, hits out at them.

What would you think about that damned father? Wouldnt you report him to the police or some such authority that can lock him up? Wouldn't you try everything you can to remove the child from the reach of the father?

But what if the father is The Father-the T and F capital. both words italicized? That is, what if the father in question is God'? Why do the reaction and answer change for so

many of us?