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intaglio

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13. I agree that it is a misreading

Reply to Warren Stupidity (Reply #12)

Mon Feb 11, 2013, 07:04 PM

Feb 2013

except that extreme fundamentalists like Daniel and Debbie Pearl, their devotees and the Phelps clan do use such passages. They would say that your reading was wrong and that you were condemning both yourself and a child to hell by your beliefs. It is not as if the Bible is very clear because for every ethical passage in it there are others that are unethical.

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Is there any religious basis for "tough love"? [View all] grasswire Feb 2013 OP

NO. GeorgeGist Feb 2013 #1

Here is some tough love for ya. cleanhippie Feb 2013 #2

Sure, Jesus said "beat the crap out of both cheeks of your child if he dare turns the other one" Warren Stupidity Feb 2013 #3

Turn the other cheek is to keep any one part of your body taking too much punishment. dimbear Feb 2013 #9

I am a strong proponent of "tough love" in certain circumstances. cbayer Feb 2013 #4

+1 rug Feb 2013 #14

My mother-in-law's father was a Lutheran minister way back in the day. I southernyankeebelle Feb 2013 #5

Of course there is. FBaggins Feb 2013 #6

got any citations or quotes establishing... grasswire Feb 2013 #7

There's the prodigal son. okasha Feb 2013 #18

yes, thanks grasswire Feb 2013 #19

In Christianity? Yes - Start with the tale of Jephthah' daughter intaglio Feb 2013 #8

Matthew 10:21 is not a rule about how to beat your children. Warren Stupidity Feb 2013 #10

It is predicting intrafamilial violence and abuse intaglio Feb 2013 #11

no really I think you are misreading it, but go ahead. Warren Stupidity Feb 2013 #12

I agree that it is a misreading intaglio Feb 2013 #13

YES ProgressiveProfessor Feb 2013 #15

So far as I know, not in the sense meant here. LeftishBrit Feb 2013 #16

I agree that this is often used in the context of chemical dependency and cbayer Feb 2013 #17

I value your insight. grasswire Feb 2013 #21

thank you grasswire Feb 2013 #20