Why are Christians so obsessed with Beating Children??

[Chas]

. I spent 2 years working for social services in south London essentially attending police stations as an appropriate adult for young offenders.Violent young thugs ALWAYS come from homes where children are hit

And bread. I beat they also came from houses where they ate bread. Fucking bread.

Interesting correlation, but scarcely proof of causality.

Say, were these violent young thugs all from Christian homes?

I see that the subtlety of evidence escapes you. You realize that if all of them came from an environment where they were hit, then none of them came from non-violent homes.

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Ugg. I hate to say this but I partly agree with drich.

Obviously striking a child is something which can be poisonous bad if done for the wrong reasons, or in the way, or to excess.

But I don't think a slap across the back of the legs to reinforce a point is necessarily a bad thing, or child abuse.

The world teaches us that way. Touch a fire, or drink and drive, or start a fight, the world punishes you with pain. That's how we learn.

Society has become very good at standing between people and the consequences of their actions. Kids especially. And I'm not sure that's always a good thing.

If a young child reaches for an iron, or goes to run a road, or reaches for something dangerous we stop them. But explaining to a 2 year old that that pan of water would have scalded them does not capture the essence or communicate the gravity. They don't yet have the conceptual tools or comprehension. A smack across the legs does no harm and fixes the association between that behaviour and pain.

I don't think that's abuse.

Yes, absolutely - toddlers who drink and drive should be spanked. I'm all for it.

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Beating children builds discipline, character, and strength into them. The Chinese who are harsh on their children will overtake and someday rule over the west. The west focuses too much on hedonistic desires and is rotten from the inside.

It's really quite unfortunate that there isn't a hell for you to burn in.

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I was beaten many times growing up and it made me into a better person. Without those beatings I would have fallen into sin and would probably be some drug abusing sex crazed atheist. The scars that mark my back and arms are marks of love from my parents and attest to their love and caring. I have direction and discipline and unshakeable faith. Nonbelievers are without direction or discipline. When I decide to have a child I will show them the guidance and love necessary to keep our country more disciplined than China.

Hang on, scars on your back and arms? WTF? Seriously that was abuse and your parents should have been jailed.

Stockholm Syndrome.

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Your Honors, I enter the following into evidence: To Train Up a Child