If you constantly tell your young child there is a monster under the bed who will gobble them up if they dare get out of bed before morning and they believe it and lay in their bed till dawn even if they are sick or need the restroom because of the fear you have created - how is telling them if they lie, swear, cheat, etc. they will be burned for eternity any less emotionally abusive? It's threatening behavior used for control with one using a monster and one using a god...never mind...they are both using a monster to instill fear on a young psyche. Both are abusive.
I'm your huckleberry.
