If you witnessed a child being slapped across the face by a parent for questioning God, what would you do?

Question

Questing existence of God, questioning parent's view of God, etc

Answer 1

I would mind my own business. Just like you should.

Answer 2

I wouldn't do anything because the parents might have a different religion without God. It is to their own control of what the child should believe just as a parent will tell a child that Santa is real and the tooth fairy replaces teeth with money underneath their pillow. When that child grows up, I'm sure he/she will see who God is if they really want to. However, a parent can't control a child's thoughts, so I'm sure that child will continue to wonder. Since there's so many people who know who God is I'm sure the child will learn, so I suppose I would do nothing. If the child came up to me, I think I'd answer.

Answer 3

If that parent is a godly parent they wouldn't do that anyway. I would have to say something to them in the child's defense. " Like, Hey, don't you think that was a bit harsh I can't believe youd did that" and then console the child and check them out. That should never happen, I mean if one of my children had a question about another religion or the existence of God, I would try to explain the best I could, but I wouldn't get mad. I would be a little worried, so then I would pray for my child.

Answer 4

usually just standing there with arms crossed and foot tapping with a loud throught clearing is enough to put a stop to it for awhile. unless the parent got up into my face about it. then either call security or tell them that they are showing their child a bad example of how to be what ever religion they are. not everyone one is christian in this country after all.
if the child sustained any vsable harm you can put them under citizens arest until the police show up and let them handle it from there . also try and keep at least one other witnes with you to back you up.
a child has the right to ask questions and get a decent answer without physical vilolence. how else are they to grow and learn.without questions.

Answer 5

Firmly but gently point out that punishing to the foolish little individual (the parent) that asking questions is a good thing, and slapping a child solely for asking questions borders on child abuse because it is corporal punishment for an invalid reason as recognized under the law.

Answer 6

Did something happen to "you" like that??
How old was the child and did the child disobey the parent?
What was the question about God and did you hear the entire question correctly? See, I cannot answer you without having all the facts.

Answer 7

I would approach the parent, prayfully as to a way to speak calmly to them and try to rationalize with them. I would offer to pray with them about the situation. I would tell them that I thought there was never a good reason to slap a child on the face. I would tell them about the grace that my earthly father and my Heavenly Father had both, revealed to me. Their was a time in my life when I told my earthly father that I did not know if I believed in God anymore. I had became discouraged and lost my faith. My mother handled it in fear and emotional upheavel, My dad, after my mother's reaction immediately put his arms around me and told me that just because God had stopped answering my prayers it did not mean that He did not love me and that I should go on in faith remembering the things that He had done for me in the past. He also quoted me Job 19-26-27."And after my skin is destroyed, this I know, that in my flesh I shall see God, Whom I shall see for myself, And my eyes shall behold and not another. He said he believed that with all of his heart and that I should go on his faith since I had none right then. By the grace of God I was soon restored by and into his faith. So we must always be ready to give an answer as to the hope that is within us in order to help someone else who may be faltering.

Answer 8

Just wait and watch for the child to grow up and eventually slap the parent not literally but in various other ways by the rule of "as you sow, so shall you reap".

Answer 9

I don't know what I would do....but I wouldn't like the fact that the parent used violence to solve an issue (doesn't matter what the issue was).

I remember once being smacked by my mom in front of one of her church friends. I was 16 and I said the word poop. Not sh it, just poop. That was a very long time ago....and now we are smarter (or atleast we should be), and realize that hitting our children does not achieve what we want.

Answer 10

I'd report the parent to the proper authorities, abusing a child is never OK.
We are supposed to teach about God's Love with Love.

Answer 11

Report them to Child Protective Services.