There are relatively few people IRL I discuss theology with.
My dad is one of them.
We are as far apart as you can get on a lot of controversial stuff--but he's smrt, respectful, and generally, when we're not dealing with 'hot button' topics, incredibly wise.
He had the 'mental lapse' when discussing something with me last week to play the "well, you know, if Bathsheba was culpable too, he couldn't have, under the law, touched her" BS.
I can't remember the last time I chewed him out taht badly.
He didn't quite ceede "history written by the winners" bit on it, but it had never occurred to him that king saying 'sleep with me' to a plebian was rather like a teacher saying it to a student--inbalance of power.
I'm rather shocked that the man had 3 daughters and that inbalance never occured to him.
I may have scared him away from talking theology w/ me for a while though--considering that this incident piggybacks on me being a bit pissy that the kid's bible they got Buffy DELIBERATELY omits ALL women's stories that 'challange' anything. They can squeeze hosea in there but Deborah, Esther, Mary/Marth, etc.
Since I"m in a funny place w/ church/religion/etc at the moment, this is probably for the best.