In praise of paternalism

I've been thinking some lately about the way the word "paternalism" is used today, and how it's apparently a negative thing to act like a father. How strange; Jesus told us to pray to "Our Father." He spoke lovingly of His Father, and how He wanted to do His will. He describes, through the apostles, how our loving Father disciplines those He loves, and describes the role of apostles and elders in those terms as well.

And yet we describe it as a bad thing when a person acts as a father. Now while granting that at times (Obama administration) it's a bad thing when an unworthy person acts this way, I have to think that maybe, just maybe, our world would be a far better place if.....

.....we had a bit more paternalism in our world.