Only responsible persons should answer this question and shouldn't be taken lightly. Well, anyways, the topic is Child Discipline. The Bible says "Spare the rod, Spoil the child", but how many people do you know misinterpret the word "rod". Rod has many meanings in the Bible. Rod can mean guidence, leadership, and yes, discipline. Who said discipline is spanking or hitting your children. No one. A shepard has "rod" his staff, but he uses it to gently guide his sheep, not hit them, and children are most certainly more precious then sheep. I feel God wouldn't like an adult hitting God's children. Everything else in the Bible has to be thought through before you can understand, so why take the word "rod" litteral?
2007-10-13
17:14:41
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