(July 15, 2014 at 4:46 pm)Jacob(smooth) Wrote:(July 15, 2014 at 4:28 pm)Napoléon Wrote: It's not simplistic. It's fact. Spanking is harmful to fucking children. The people who deny this are being as ignorant in ignoring the evidence as people are when they deny evidence for evolution.
Wow. That's an almost religious level of zeal!
By all means, show me this evidence.
(July 15, 2014 at 4:23 pm)alpha male Wrote: I think it's simplistic to say spanking bad or spanking good. It depends on the overall relationship, the age of the child, and other factors..
Bizarrely, I have to agree.
Why bizarrely? I'm trying to see how religion factors into this at all and failing unless it's because we think that all Christians and Jews take "spare the rod and spoil the child" as a commandment to go forth and spank.
I don't think spanking is usually a good method. But occasionally, not often, spanking is the best method. And there are parents who use it more than necessary without crossing the line and becoming monsters. Would that we all became perfect with parenthood.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
