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In reply to the discussion: Breaking a Child's Will The Evangelical family's twisted obsession with corporal punishment. [View all]Response to demmiblue (Original post)
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Breaking a Child's Will The Evangelical family's twisted obsession with corporal punishment. [View all]
demmiblue
Oct 4
OP
I guess I was lucky, my non-believer dad used belts, fists and feet. Child abusers are from all niches in society.
marble falls
Oct 4
#2
Except for the church stuff, we had the same dad. I have no sympathy whatsoever for anyone hurting children ...
marble falls
Oct 4
#7
When I see it going on in public, I do get cold inside and start walking into it. I can't handle hurt children ...
marble falls
Oct 4
#15
A shrink once told me I was feeling sorry for myself and that ended therapy for me with him. I went to another ...
marble falls
Oct 4
#43
Just shocked beyond words. "Preach the Gospel daily. If necessary, use words."
marble falls
Oct 4
#70
It happens in every niche of society. Religion just adds a different twist to it, but it all damnable. My point is ...
marble falls
Oct 4
#68
It is astounding the number of children murdered through physical abuse in cult "Christian" groups.
marble falls
Oct 4
#10
There was a big wooden paddle in the window of the principal's office of the Catholic school I attended in the 1960s.
OMGWTF
Oct 4
#21
you could get it for bad grades, conduct or otherwise, if you were on my middle school football team in the late 70s
prodigitalson
Oct 5
#99
I would hope and wonder if anyone given that book stood up, threw it in the trash and walked away.
chowder66
Oct 4
#57
Please post a detailed explanation of "a gard on". I've not heard of one before. Do you have pictures to help?
Bernardo de La Paz
Oct 4
#30
This small survey does not mean all religious communities. That's an inaccurate extrapolation.
ancianita
Oct 4
#42
Psalms are literally the "songs" OF David, then later, he & his people who broke their covenant with God - NOT of God.
ancianita
Oct 4
#52
Thanks, and I I fully understand that. (Sorry for the delay, it's been a day... )
ancianita
Oct 5
#97
Somewhere down the road many of these parents will find themselves estranged from their adult children.
milestogo
Oct 4
#80
woah... It's terrible that you all experienced physical & emotional punishment; and often left w triggers...
electric_blue68
Oct 6
#106