Spare the rod, spoil the child

[vorlon13]

I'm aware when I admonish Christian 'slackers' into greater conformity with Scripture that a consequence of that is the possibility that some of them will abuse their children.

While it can be a source of amusement to me that Christians I chide into getting paranoid about wearing a polyester tie with a wool suit, or into looking at a shrimp appetizer prior to their 'front half of the cow' steak as something that will threaten their eventual Salvation, there are clearly some other items in their Bibles that are horrific, and that the power of shaming and 'peer' (even if I am insincere in my blandishments advocating Literalism and Inerrancy) pressure might result in more of the abuses noted earlier in this thread.

It's something I need to reflect upon.

I'll keep afflicting the cafeteria Christians, probably won't directly cite the abusive Bible crap (unless it seems appropriate) and will confine my chiding to the ridiculous aspects, such as the polyester tie with the wool suit example.

I'm not the one beating kids, and embarrassing Christers into doing so is unfortunate, particularly if that is a response to my pointing out milk gravy with beef sausage on a biscuit could get somebody condemned to the fiery lake for ETERNITY. I'm going to rationalize they are fucking up their kids anyhow. Getting them to think about the wackadoodle crapola might result in fewer kids getting whooped in the long run.

Damn, I am craving shrimp now . . .