Actually, I don't think I even brought that up. However, I'm certain that my father believes that it proves that that is not the church that Jesus would have built.
But, you asked what good reason the priest could have had for beating my, at the time, 9 year old uncle with a rubber hose.
Tell me what you would accept as a good enough reason for a rubber hosing.
Tell me what you would accept as a good enough reason for a rubber hosing.
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It's been amazing to me, over 30 years of counseling mostly Christians . . . the number of parents who felt that
spare the rod and spoil the child was proof that God wanted them to
beat the very devil literally out of the child if it meant leaving a mass of bloody progoplasm where a child used to be.
Satan tends to love angry, vengeful violence. Even that justified as punishment.
I'm not against appropriate whacks on appropriate aged kids WHEN they work for that particular child to deal with defiance or rebellion.
But there's no excuse for the levels of abuse that commonly go on.
I thought that way too, from time to time.
So when Calvin had his rival burnt at the stake in Geneva, what did your father say when he found out? And when Luther was indirectly responsible for the death of thousands in the Germany, did your father figure out that Protestantism was "just as bad" as Catholicism, and has become Buddhist now?
As you know, we shouldn't base our faith on the actions of one person. Did the Corinthians leave the faith because of the pervert mentioned in 1 Cor 5? How deep is our faith in Christ?
But, you asked what good reason the priest could have had for beating my, at the time, 9 year old uncle with a rubber hose.
I am not going to be drawn into that discussion.
Regards