Is this truly the Christian way to punish a child?

[Berserker]

Now I am about as knowledgeable in theology as the next Hispanic guy with a Jewish mother that eats poke and a catholic born father that is now some kind of hero-christina guru, so when I read this web page that I happened to come upon, I was not sure if it was fake: so I think I should as you people.

http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news0303/spanking.html

[Piebald]

Yep, it's 100% satire. That is, it's fake.

[Patroclus]

Landoverbaptist is a ver well known satircal site taht pokes fun at the holiness movement, and Christianity in general. It can be funny at times.

[Berserker]

Man you guys don’t take a joke well :ahem:

[Sher]

Today @ 10:23 AM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=125452#post125452)
Berserker:

Man you guys don’t take a joke well :ahem:

That's because jokes belong in the Dorm :bonk:

[Berserker]

Well I was hoping on having a serious discussion on how to raise kids, I was being sarcastic about the validity of that site; I thought it would make people think that all. :blush:

[Epoetker]

The supply/demand ratio of Christian and general conservative satire is horribly skewed. Yes, for the hundred millionth time, we'ver heard all of these criticisms before (in fact, if you read the old books, we criticized these practices ourselves long before they were fashionable to criticize) and we've already been "thinking" about it for some time, having direct experience and all. We might be nicer and more open in the communication of these thoughts if the siege mentality wasn't triggered by the ubiquity of prejudiced newsroom canards.

[AtheistArchon]

The supply/demand ratio of Christian and general conservative satire is horribly skewed.

- I'm not positive that this is the case. Because... it's getting harder and harder these days to tell the difference between satire and people who actually believe.

- That someone might be fooled by Landover Baptist is evidence to this effect.

[Epoetker]

it's getting harder and harder these days to tell the difference between satire and people who actually believe.

That's because comedians are lazy, lazy, lazy. Or so cut off from what's funny to their audience that they have to copy verbatim with minor alterations from people who are much more interesting than they are.

Remember-good comedy is how smart people communicate truth without getting lynched.

[Dee Dee Warren]

Remember-good comedy is how smart people communicate truth without getting lynched.



Oh man that can be so true.