[quote=@Multifarious]
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As my mom and I agreed.
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Why don't the two of you talk him out of thinking it? Is he really so stubborn as to stick to a rule if he's the only one satisfied with it?

[quote=@Mammalia]
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I know a lot of families who either used to or still have that rule. It's sad.

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Well, I meant that he would be obligated to listen to them. This wasn't made out of a religious bias, it was made out of my observation that normally, people consider the word of the leaders of a church to be important. But I would suppose that if it makes him mad it's not the way to go. This is really a bad position. A father should never be so adverse to listening, but when he is, your options for action besides prayer deplete to almost zero.
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That doesn't make it any less of an idiotic rule.

Obligated to listen, perhaps, but not to change.