News,Pat Roberston.... Spank your disobedient wife (testimony, doctrine, women)

[Katzpur]

Originally Posted by Supine

That website seems to be dedicated to satire. In other words... it doesn't look to be a website for serious news or journalism.

OMG, if that's the case, we should all be ashamed of ourselves.

[lovesMountains]

Originally Posted by Katzpur

OMG, if that's the case, we should all be ashamed of ourselves.

I edited my post

Apparently it never happened.

Geez, what a sleazy thing for some rag to publish

[Katzpur]

Originally Posted by lovesMountains

I edited my post

Apparently it never happened.

Geez, what a sleazy thing for some rag to publish

Yeah, that is sleazy. And all of us bought into it. Apologies to Pat Robertson.

[garya123]

Well Pat, you don't need to retire after all. Lesson in point; God hates lying for the damage it does.

[Miss Blue]

My apologies too, and am embarrassed I didn't look it up on Snopes, but then I am not a big fan of Pat anyway.

But that does not entitle me to poke fun at him

[sheena12]

This is called "domestic discipline". Google it.

I did and I was appalled. Some of what I read had a decidedly pornographic and sado-masochistic side to it. It was totally disgusting.

Is this what Jesus would do? I think not.

I do not follow Pat Robertson. I don't care what he says or thinks.

And perhaps he never said this. However, there is a Domestic Discipline movement within fundamentalist Christianity.

I think that the idea of men spanking their wives is disgusting.

What are your thoughts?

[Jerwade]

"Power tends to corrupt; and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

[Heartsong]

There is a whole website about how the Christian man is supposed to discipline his wife daily with hard spankings that make her cry. This is to show her he is the head of the household and that she is to learn to submit (like a dog, I guess). I only learned about this by listening to a liberal talk podcast "The David Pakman Show" -- he likes to keep his listeners updated on weird stuff going on in Christian circles.

[Heartsong]

Originally Posted by sheena12

This is called "domestic discipline". Google it.

I did and I was appalled. Some of what I read had a decidedly pornographic and sado-masochistic side to it. It was totally disgusting.

Is this what Jesus would do? I think not.

I do not follow Pat Robertson. I don't care what he says or thinks.

And perhaps he never said this. However, there is a Domestic Discipline movement within fundamentalist Christianity.

I think that the idea of men spanking their wives is disgusting.

What are your thoughts?

I think I saw the same site you looked at. It seemed like it was about sexual innuendo but at the same time serious about a man's right (and duty) to spank his wife daily until she breaks into tears. I never heard it associated with Pat Robertson, but I did hear Pat excuse men for cheating on their spouses and blaming the woman for not looking as pretty as she used to. He is clearly a sexist. It doesn't matter whether or not Pat said the thing about spanking or not - he's still a lunatic.

[Mike930]

Originally Posted by Heartsong

There is a whole website about how the Christian man is supposed to discipline his wife daily with hard spankings that make her cry. This is to show her he is the head of the household and that she is to learn to submit (like a dog, I guess). I only learned about this by listening to a liberal talk podcast "The David Pakman Show" -- he likes to keep his listeners updated on weird stuff going on in Christian circles.

That's fringe stuff, if it even happens at all. You present it like it's mainstream Christianity. It's not.