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12. Christians who teach how to beat babies.

Sun Nov 25, 2018, 11:03 PM

Nov 2018

We have Christians in America who teach how to beat babies.

These must be some lovely people (sarcasm).

Beating Babies in the Name of Jesus? The Shady World of Right-Wing 'Discipline' Guides

https://www.alternet.org/story/153006/beating_babies_in_the_name_of_jesus_the_shady_world_of_right-wing_'discipline'_guides

They even recommend what type of plumbing tubing to use.

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http://www.patheos.com/blogs/lovejoyfeminism/2013/04/some-quotes-from-michael-pearl.html

This Christian is Selling Child-Beating Sticks (But He Doesn’t Want the Internet to Find Out)

(easily fits in a ...diaper bag).

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http://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2016/08/31/son-had-36-bruises-mom-quoted-bible-defense/88998568/?hootPostID=05bee88b4178c6162714e1226bb770b7

Son had 36 bruises. Mom quoted the Bible as defense.

'Religious freedom' of course

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How to Raise Children, According to the Bible [View all] MineralMan Nov 2018 OP

Just talking shit to your parents is an automatic death sentence Major Nikon Nov 2018 #1

Well, I'm sure glad my parents didn't read the Bible, then. MineralMan Nov 2018 #2

You mean Abraham. Jacob is Isaac's son, not his father. nt IphengeniaBlumgarten Nov 2018 #4

God intervened and saved Isaac. Mariana Nov 2018 #5

That's one reading. Igel Nov 2018 #11

What other way is there to read this, then? Mariana Nov 2018 #13

It's stuff like this that makes me completely PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2018 #6

That's true for many people. MineralMan Nov 2018 #8

Explains a lot about the last 10,000 years of history. gtar100 Nov 2018 #9

I can't disagree with any of that. MineralMan Nov 2018 #10

Christians who teach how to beat babies. keithbvadu2 Nov 2018 #12

Yes. I've been aware of that movement for quite some time. MineralMan Nov 2018 #15

Totally indefensible Cartoonist Nov 2018 #14