What did Christ do while He was here on this earth? He came to save those which were lost. What would you do if Christ came to you and offered you life? That is exactly what all Christians are doing when they present Jesus Christ to you "Salvation".

What does that mean? It means they are offering the same thing Christ offered and that is if you truly ask Christ and believe in your heart that He died Conquering Hell and the Grave for you. You will be saved.

JOHN 4:10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. 11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that
living water? 12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? 13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: 14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

personally I'd like to have a "Bite Ma Lily White B*ttocks" nudger

or buy me a plane ticket and I will meet you one..

That is what email is for.

I'm still hoping for a swirly nudge.

The only one like that AT ALL is the kick someone in the butt, which I actually just used! HA

Sorry, I'm back. But I just had to speak to this. If you are a Bible quoting kind of guy, and you seem to be by the spare the rod spoil the child, then surely you would also know that We, man, were put above all other "animals" wayyyy back in the Garden of Eden. We were given dominion over them. But I'm sure you knew this already.

Thanks!.....Dad

Being a good parent is about communication, setting and enforcing FIRM and CONSISTENT guidelines to behaviors, helping to develop their ethical code, and being there as a resource and a problem solver.


I am not necessarily against corporal punishment. It is probably useful for those who cannot get their message across via other means. In other words, if your communication and problem solving skills are somewhat lacking then ONE smack across the butt is a possible answer.

Conventional wisdom says one smack across the butt is for the sake of the child. Any more than one is the parent venting anger and frustration.

it's Lady Rapunzel to you

and notice the spelling Sir,,,

Try growing up Irish catholic in the 70's, my parents whacked us for no reason!

Try growing up Irish catholic in the 70's, my parents whacked us for no reason!

Nope, not really. When you hit your kids to "teach" them anything, you're not teaching them anything at all, but how to fear you. Sure, they may not repeat the behavior, but that's in fear of the pain you, as a parent, are inflicting on them. It's not teaching them anything about the rightness or wrongness of their actions, or the whys and wherefores of their behavior. And mostly, parents who spank, spank out of anger and frustration, not to "teach." Spanking them in public simply teaches them that it's ok to be humiliated and to humiliate others.

The difference between spanking and abuse is simply a matter of degree and semantics.

I agree to

I spanked all four of them when they needed it!

I was never their friend. Always their mother!!

I ruled!!

And ya know what. The older ones actually verbally thanked me

My heart melted!!

( I love you barbi. Jamie. Ashley. Chelsea)

Thank you.....you have kids?