Evangelical pastor, Reverend Howard Curtis, 'administered spiritual discipline by spanking the bare bottoms of female congregation members'
Self-style reverend is said to have run evangelical church 'like a cult'
He is accused of spanking the bare bottoms of a number of women
He is also accused of child cruelty for children's punishments
The 73-year-old denies the offences and is currently on trial
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...mbers.html
Self-style reverend is said to have run evangelical church 'like a cult'
He is accused of spanking the bare bottoms of a number of women
He is also accused of child cruelty for children's punishments
The 73-year-old denies the offences and is currently on trial
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...mbers.html
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"