Talk:Father
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Religious title
I think there's a few other religious denominations that refer to male priests as Father besides Roman Catholics and the Orthodox churches, but I am not 100% sure which ones they are. If anyone else knows what other religions use that title with their priests please feel free to add that. JesseG 04:23, 14 May 2004 (UTC)
- From personal contacts, I'm almost 100% certain Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism are not among those faiths who require its followers to address others as their fathers. --Menchi 06:32, 14 May 2004 (UTC)
"Surprise father"
Is that a real established term? [1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Father&diff=3544106&oldid=3544054) Google has only 600 hits, and most aren't even related to it, as defined in this article. --Menchi 07:19, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- It is a real, established status which emphasises the psychological impact of discovering that he is the father of a grown-up child. The currency of the expression is to be found mainly in magazine and newspaper articles featuring 'people stories'. For example, the UK TV presenter Peter Snow apparently discovered he had fathered a child in his wayward youth only many years afterwards. (Query: Perhaps there should be another term to describe celebrities who refuse to accept they have fathered a child - such claims not being uncommon.) The Google test here is not conclusive. JPF 00:25, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- The latest high profile example is John Mortimer. JPF 20:23, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC)