More than half of all child abuse in the US cases come from religious homes. Why do you think that is?

EDIT: TOPIC *Religious



[This message has been edited by WakingTheDead (edited 05-03-2005).]

Cause religion is gay, duh.

Well, there's the possibility that the statistic has been misused, such as not taking into consideration the ratio of religious to non-religious families. But, assuming that it means that a religious family has a higher probability of having child abuse...

I'd have to guess it's either because religious families are more poverty stricken (not sure about that) and therefore would be more likely to have family troubles, or perhaps because the parents feel they are justified in their actions by their religion. There are quite a few verses in the Old Testament that support strong measures for disciplining children, even going as far as having them stoned (http://www.thebricktestament.com/the_law/when_to_stone_your_children/dt21_18a.html).

Proverbs 22:15 --

"Folly is deep-rooted in the heart of a boy;

a good beating will drive it right out of him." (NEB)

This is sort of a screwy question because more than half of the world is religious so it would make sense that more than half of the child abuse would be done by religious people, just because of the numbers... I don't think that statistic really proves very much.

Cheers,

Lost

quote:Originally posted by LostCause:

This is sort of a screwy question because more than half of the world is religious so it would make sense that more than half of the child abuse would be done by religious people, just because of the numbers... I don't think that statistic really proves very much.

Cheers,

Lost

No, in the US. Sorry about not adding it.

Give us a link to your source.

It speaks well of religious families.

Most of the US is religious...

but only half of the abuse cases come from religious homes?

Most people who are "religious" only claim to be out of obligation to the American Perfection.

The question isn't religion, it's how you define abuse.

I'll bet those pansy-ass liberals define abuse as spanking your child more than once a month, or raising your voice at them when they break you expensive china.

Pussies.

Because jesus said "Thou shalt

beat the hell outta yer youngins."

quote:Originally posted by Tarnak:

It speaks well of religious families.

Most of the US is religious...

but only half of the abuse cases come from religious homes?

And DS is right, too.

Cheers,

Lost

And its probably abbusive to tell your kid not to burn the dog now.

quote:Originally posted by l337:

And its probably abbusive to tell your kid not to burn the dog now.





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