tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332139268702707957.post7175690333102847030..comments2023-08-10T19:27:13.498+12:00Comments on Hermeneutics and Human Dignity: Can the church hold a belief for a long time and rightly be challenged to change?Peter Carrellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09535218286799156659noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332139268702707957.post-5719398640790868732010-03-08T19:44:18.973+13:002010-03-08T19:44:18.973+13:00Physical discipline is directly related to the lev...Physical discipline is directly related to the level of education and wealth in a society. It works in a crude way among poorer people of little education. That is why it is more prevalent among larger parts of Africa and Asia. <br />Societies develop their sense of rights (and wrongs) the wealthier they get. You won't find many educational psychologists in rural Africa.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332139268702707957.post-78803793106048372682010-03-07T19:36:00.607+13:002010-03-07T19:36:00.607+13:00Hi David
It is indeed possible for mature Christi...Hi David<br /><br />It is indeed possible for mature Christian parents to be able to exact discipline, even light physical discipline without pursuing a vicious system like The Pearl.<br /><br />My point is that for centuries the church has seen little or nothing wrong with beating children with sticks or straps. But claiming support from this longheld belief does not by itself dismiss arguments that it might be time to change.Peter Carrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09535218286799156659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332139268702707957.post-90180943676140178142010-03-07T18:56:05.669+13:002010-03-07T18:56:05.669+13:00Come now, Peter, do you not think it possible for ...Come now, Peter, do you not think it possible for mature Christian parents to still hold to "spare the rod, spoil the child" and yet be able to exact that discipline without pursuing a "vicious, even murderous system of child rearing"?<br /><br />If so then what exactly is you point? That people misread and misapply the Scriptures in every generation? Hardly a shattering thought.David Ouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10622248017352143637noreply@blogger.com