You are a twisted human being who should be sectioned
without delay - is
it really normal to create such drivel on the net

This is a Foster Parent Support newsgroup. Give it
back to the foster parents and stop with the childish,
inane crap. Do not go away mad, just go away;



"Carlson LaVonne" wrote in message
...
Kane,

I agree with everything you are saying, but there are
Christians who know how to read and interpret the
Bible, and who abhor the practice of hitting children
in the name of discipline.

For anyone interested, I would suggest
parentinginjesusfootsteps.org.

LaVonne

wrote:
"CHAPTER FOURTEEN
RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM: A PARENTING STYLE
Religious organizations generally address our common
need for spiritual
sustenance, and
for community. They uphold the concept of 'family'
in an era when
economic rationalism
is tearing families apart. Historically, religions
have spawned and
championed countless
humanitarian causes, such as the anti-slavery and
(American) civil
rights movements,
Ghandist non-violence and the Islamic zakat (alms
tax for the needy),
to mention but a
few. In modern times religious institutions have
often been at the
forefront of human
rights and social justice movements. For instance,
church authorities
have stood up
against repressive regimes in Latin America, and in
Australia they are
an essential part of
the fight to protect the rights of asylum seekers.
This chapter, however, is not about religion per se.
It is about the
use of religious
extremism, radicalism or fundamentalism as a
rationalisation for
repressive or punitive
child-rearing styles. In contrast to mainstream
religion, religious
extremism has
historically been associated with increased social
and international
violence. I simply
wish to pose the question 'Might this have anything
to do with the
way religious
extremist communities relate to children?'"



http://nospank.net/grille-ch14.pdf