Posted By: Bonnie Blue on 2007-12-07
In Reply to: It is in the Good Book.... - Kids!

Isn't it interesting what we choose to take from them?  An abuser will quote *spare the rod and spoil the child* as justification for beating a child to death.  Guess he missed *thou shalt not kill* or maybe his priest/minister/rabbi/iman interpreted that commandant as not applying to a crying child or one that has had an *accident*.  Guess that's why there are so many religious wars:  It's not so much about what Jehovah/God/Allah said as the agenda of the human who interpreted it.

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