Beating Babies in the Name of Jesus? The Shady World of Right-Wing 'Discipline' Guides: "There is a brutal movement in America that legitimizes child abuse in the name of God.
There is a brutal movement in America that legitimizes child abuse in the name of God. Two stories recently converged to make us pay attention. Last week, a video went viral of a Texas judge brutally whipping his disabled daughter. And on Monday, the New York Times published a story about child deaths in homes that have embraced the teachings of To Train Up a Child, a book by Christian preacher Michael Pearl that advocates using a switch on children as young as six months old.
What many people may not realize is that in the evangelical alternative universe of the home school movement, tightly knit church communities and the following of a number of big-time leaders and authors, physical punishment of children has been glorified for years...."
2 comments:
That is just sick. While I hope the authors did not mean for people to literally beat their children, that is what is happening.
For sure. It's really sad that people are doing this in the name of God and Jesus.
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