How Many Churches Allow and Even Encourage Abuse

Valerie Tarico looks at the problem of  Christian discipline leading to abuse in “Bible-based” discipline has led to child abuse in Salon Magazine.  I am seeing non-believers getting more and more concerned with this issue and rightly so.  It breaks my heart that abusive Christians are giving Christianity a bad name.  Of course, it is only…

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Abusive by Definition

I found this secular blog entry which I found interesting.  It links to the Salon Article about the Pearls, discusses it a bit and then goes on to look further at the Blogger’s own observations of how the Pearl’s advice is abusive by definition.  She compares it to the well known Cycle of Abuse seen…

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Arguments against The Pearls’ Teachings

  On The Pearls and Parenting by Tulipgirl Michael and Debi Pearl’s No Greater Joy Ministries: A Look at the Basics From Allthings2all by Catez Michael Pearl on Original Sin: An Analysis From Allthings2all by Catez Concerns about the Pearls A letter to a pastor By MarynMunchkins Salon’s article about The Pearls by Lynn Harris Child…

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The Schatz Story in the News part 1

Kevin and Elizabeth Schatz are now being charged with torture and murder after following Pearl’s training advice.  Here are some news stories: Note:  Many news stories removed from their paper’s websites can be found elsewhere.  I’ll try to keep the links updated.  Many can be found at the first 2 links. Religion News Blog’s news…

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