New Posts For Thread: Religion and Child Abusehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/28264633/Religion_and_Child_AbuseI know a couple whose kids are grown, so they're trying to raise someone else's. They recently set up a baptismal ceremony for an eight-year-old. When the eight-year-old got cold feet, they cajoled until she got a tummy ache. After an hour of thisI think the passage speaks for itself.And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. Exodus 21:20I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten hihttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/28264633/Religion_and_Child_Abuse?post_id=510044595#510044595I think the passage speaks for itself.And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. Exodus 21:20I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten hiSat, 15 Oct 2011 13:54:41 -0500Didn't have to be. What he said is nothing but the usual BS spewed by biblical revisionists.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/28264633/Religion_and_Child_Abuse?post_id=509882559#509882559Didn't have to be. What he said is nothing but the usual BS spewed by biblical revisionists.Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:33:00 -0500Mormon leader, Brigham Young, is often thought of as a very stern character, someone you'd almost expect to interpret such a passage in a stereotypically punitive way. His approach, however, made me laugh because it's more progressive than a lot ofhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/28264633/Religion_and_Child_Abuse?post_id=509841711#509841711Mormon leader, Brigham Young, is often thought of as a very stern character, someone you'd almost expect to interpret such a passage in a stereotypically punitive way. His approach, however, made me laugh because it's more progressive than a lot ofMon, 10 Oct 2011 23:16:58 -0500That's not what the professor's opinion was. It was nothing but revisionism; taking all the bad stuff that's in the bible and changing it through "reinterpretation" to good.[/quote]All the more remarkable that you know what his opinion consisted of shttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/28264633/Religion_and_Child_Abuse?post_id=509037315#509037315That's not what the professor's opinion was. It was nothing but revisionism; taking all the bad stuff that's in the bible and changing it through "reinterpretation" to good.[/quote]All the more remarkable that you know what his opinion consisted of sWed, 05 Oct 2011 01:56:30 -0500That's not what the professor's opinion was. It was nothing but revisionism; taking all the bad stuff that's in the bible and changing it through "reinterpretation" to good.The passage was just repeating the thought back then that if you don't beat yhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/28264633/Religion_and_Child_Abuse?post_id=508443167#508443167That's not what the professor's opinion was. It was nothing but revisionism; taking all the bad stuff that's in the bible and changing it through "reinterpretation" to good.The passage was just repeating the thought back then that if you don't beat yTue, 04 Oct 2011 13:43:48 -0500The problem with that guys revisionism is that they used that shepherd crook to BEAT the child with. If that society thought it was OK to stone a child to death I sincerely doubt they had any problem beating a child with a large staff.[/quote]I onlyhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/28264633/Religion_and_Child_Abuse?post_id=508295507#508295507The problem with that guys revisionism is that they used that shepherd crook to BEAT the child with. If that society thought it was OK to stone a child to death I sincerely doubt they had any problem beating a child with a large staff.[/quote]I onlyTue, 04 Oct 2011 12:25:27 -0500The problem with that guys revisionism is that they used that shepherd crook to BEAT the child with. If that society thought it was OK to stone a child to death I sincerely doubt they had any problem beating a child with a large staff.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/28264633/Religion_and_Child_Abuse?post_id=507521791#507521791The problem with that guys revisionism is that they used that shepherd crook to BEAT the child with. If that society thought it was OK to stone a child to death I sincerely doubt they had any problem beating a child with a large staff.Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:30:07 -0500Yeah, but try explaining that to people who think the KJV is the literal word of God, and don't realize Moses didn't speak English.[/quote]True. Like most rationality, it would go WHOOOSH! right past them.I know precisely what you mean...I've met farhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/28264633/Religion_and_Child_Abuse?post_id=507429321#507429321Yeah, but try explaining that to people who think the KJV is the literal word of God, and don't realize Moses didn't speak English.[/quote]True. Like most rationality, it would go WHOOOSH! right past them.I know precisely what you mean...I've met farSat, 01 Oct 2011 12:18:26 -0500Yeah, but try explaining that to people who think the KJV is the literal word of God, and don't realize Moses didn't speak English.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/28264633/Religion_and_Child_Abuse?post_id=507332099#507332099Yeah, but try explaining that to people who think the KJV is the literal word of God, and don't realize Moses didn't speak English.Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:36:10 -0500Interestingly, I once learned in a religion seminar that "spare the rod" interpreted as advocating corporal punishment is a mistranslation. The instructor gave a detailed explanation of the confusion between a couple of Hebrew words that results in rhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/28264633/Religion_and_Child_Abuse?post_id=507239721#507239721Interestingly, I once learned in a religion seminar that "spare the rod" interpreted as advocating corporal punishment is a mistranslation. The instructor gave a detailed explanation of the confusion between a couple of Hebrew words that results in rMon, 26 Sep 2011 21:33:07 -0500