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Originally Posted by Margies3
I was just thinking the same thing this morning, MissBratt. There are some people here who I have lost every shred of respect I had for in the past. Anyone who could condone this kind of behavior - and even DEFEND it - is as bad as the person who did the behavior. Makes me wonder what goes on in THEIR homes! That's scary.  |
Deuteronomy 21:18-21, says;
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
Do you consider this Old Testament practice, "Child Abuse", and do you have respect for people who did such things to their own children, like stoning them to death for being rebellious?
I find much inconsistency on this whole Thread; People are outraged for current acts of abuse, yet we ignore that God's Chosen people practiced forms of discipline in the past, that today would make our blood boil.
I believe these are important issues to address, as we take our strong stands in judgment of others, while holding a Book that may support an act of violence as "God's Will". This shows the valid conflict of the Old and New Testament, and, the possibility that certain forms of our own Religion may carry a very dark past and nature of cruelty towards innocent people and children.
BTW, I don't agree with this father's treatment of his daughter. I grew up in a very violent home, and I was abused by my drunken parents who went to Church every Sunday.
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