Beating Your Children In The Name Of Jesus
Feb 08 2010
View CommentsReligion Child Abuse, Richard Fugate, Spare the Rod, What the Bible Says About Child Training
Child abuse, is quite common in the Evangelical/Fundamentalist Church. The Bible DOES teach it, after all.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. (Proverbs 13:24)
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying. (Proverbs 19:18)
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. (Proverbs 22:13,14)
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. (Proverbs 22:15)
If you don’t beat your children you are not a good parent.
A popular book among Evangelicals/Fundamentalists is Richard Fugate’s book What the Bible says about Child Training.
I wasn’t able to find a text copy of the book online. What follows is a few screen captures from a website devoted to Fugate’s teachings. I will leave it to you to decide if Fugate teaches child abuse in the name of Jesus.
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