No recorded words of Jesus recommend corporal punishment of children or subjugating them. Insisting that the physical pain comes because of love and that a supernatural being has ordered it compounds the assault on the childs sense of self. x\2u&Mf;/&NOw:IL&L2b H-s$}`b_,ksQqV%>pTy]o,R8c,gE~~x?c?Y&BkVi^m5o?,S2*J)sPIZ`Ljr?aMo}5N |o"J" A childs reluctance or refusal to obey a parents order is as offensive as Satans original rebellion against God. 2 0 obj Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1995. Fear of rebellion is prominent among fundamentalists. Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale, 1992. 4 (2002):539-79. Do Conservative Protestants Spank More Often? Gershoff, Elizabeth. The National Council of Churches, which represents 35 mainstream Protestant and Orthodox churches, has advocated for the abolition of the death penalty since 1968. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Books, 2003. One less than the Biblical number of blows was given, in order to prevent the possibility of a mistake in giving one more than the lawful number. 0 )cvEm.8\V7/t}-p{/|%~V$)_[^lJn&%"}uJ/Mr0OrjVf`]+zDH#3Mv7r;}Nvc'^l;RNQO^Q`k\(W1;Q/+kk_cUJ~y*4by Lbp$ ;Hko["9osEyQEB4kTt] 4Cuz*Qj #EK^%jWL+r_ou>iqG-\Up'/HU##Xb-]?eCW8]ikl@tzsdE-J6^\'{pr7y}z=:]BRBR |nT\}]sb~O( nnhCcHj"TLj m_]=3M5o^;{E2_z=r!""f^Xf\YtR%:Otr=VQK(|?J-nUZ*9LyV74lyV7bWGO7y*u=/QpA (e#pTZwQq.f. The Talmud is opposed to corporal punishment. stream The child training literature of this patriarchal religion, however, is radically different from that of fundamentalist Protestants. Some claim that even the conservative Protestants emphasis on hitting without anger is harmful. Thisoriginal CHILD website,www.childrenshealthcare.org, continues however as an archive for CHILDs many endeavors from 1983 to 2017 to protect children from harmful religious and cultural practicesespecially faith-based medical neglectthrough public education, research, legal action, and a limited amount of lobbying. The parents love is conditioned upon stripping the child of will. (Adobe) They say that children will develop their image of God from the parents behavior and therefore parents should show love as well as punishment of sin that is inevitable and consistent. >> The maximum number of blows was thirty-nine (compare Mak. Their determination that the Bible is the literal, absolute word of God throughout leads to insistence on authoritarian relationships. The Mormon Churchs sacred scriptures do not express the doctrine of original sin, view children as inherently rebellious, nor recommend corporal punishment to break their will. 88, 90, 100. s7:KUhx*3WU Paul does, however, set forth an authoritarian model for the family with wives and children subjugated to the adult males. 39, 43, 171; Mayer, Gesch. 23). The convict was tied to a post by his hands, his back and breast bared, and the beadle stood behind him, a fourfold thong of leather in hand. Christians believe that only God should end life. The majority say parents should never strike a child in anger or frustration for then they will be displaying loss of control. Web pages with material on corporal punishment, [A version of this article appears in Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence edited by Nicky Ali Jackson and published by Routledge.].
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