tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post6545379181639363558..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: As one raised with the rod...Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-90262356692783669622012-10-25T09:18:39.931-05:002012-10-25T09:18:39.931-05:00To quote (and adapt to the topic at hand) somethin...To quote (and adapt to the topic at hand) something I recently obtained from FB: Some legislators need a high five. In the face. With a chair. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-72053644959576271042012-10-25T08:14:24.874-05:002012-10-25T08:14:24.874-05:00One could argue that going to bed without one'...One could argue that going to bed without one's dinner could be construed as physical pain. We at times would with-hold any thing that needed electricity. Want to listen to music, tv? Nope. We had an electric stove-no cooked food. No blow dryers...you get the picture. They also learned really fast to obey. Would those be considered as "impairment of physical condition"?<br /><br />MaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-2641671342075384852012-10-25T07:41:59.275-05:002012-10-25T07:41:59.275-05:00I have always had issue with appealing to extreme ...I have always had issue with appealing to extreme cases to formulate laws, yet this is exactly where we are today - not just in this instance, but "all over the board." While I agree with the goodness and rightness of corporal punishment as exercised by sane, loving parents, I am afraid those days are for ever gone. And our hedonistic out-of-control society will continue to be just that, hedonistic and out-of-control. MARANATHA!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-85964213020228049002012-10-25T07:24:51.315-05:002012-10-25T07:24:51.315-05:00It pains me (no pun intended) that adults - read: ...It pains me (no pun intended) that adults - read: legislators - have such a low opinion of children's intelligence.<br /><br />As you say, you understood the meaning of the spankings you received. I also grew up with spankings. They might have come at the end of a hand, belt, or even wooden spoon, but I understood they were not intended to cause me pain for pain's sake.<br /><br />When will we give children a chance to be children? We make them grow up too soon (dressing like adults, early access to sexual content and stimulation). They need to understand authority. This learning of submission is a part of being a child. Instead we have adults who have never grown up in part because of these mixed signals we sent them as children.<br /><br />We are ever children of our Heavenly Father as Christians, and discipline of children prepares us for an adulthood spent as His children (who will be disciplined).Janis Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02947508427040251166noreply@blogger.com