Chalk one more up to the Liberal Agenda working overtime to punish True Christians™ who dare to trust and follow the Holy Bible with shaping their value system. Some time ago, True Christian™ husband, father, and businessman Steve Haymond wrote about the virtues of beating your children on his Biblical Child Training website. Haymond even sold a modern kind of rod that would produce "the right amount of sting without injury!" Speaking as a parent in the 21st century, I think the "injury" refers to "evidence," as social services tend to be awfully touchy these days about repeated bruises and broken bones in children.
The so-called "Friendly Atheist" (more like "the passive aggressive atheist, if you ask me) suggested this idea was "disturbing," and implied it was "damaging" to beat a child like the LORD instructs (Proverbs 13:24; Proverbs 22:15). Besides, it's not like beating a child will do them irreparable harm. The Holy Bible says so (Proverbs 23:13)! Who can you trust if not Jesus?!?
Still, the liberal elite mocked, ridiculed, and persecuted Mr. Haymond for upholding the faith so much he sent out letters begging people not to talk about his products online.
Nevertheless, such outrage followed that
Mr. Haymond's business suffered, much to the rejoicing of this not-so-friendly atheist. Mr. Haymond no longer sells these child-beating sticks precisely because liberal people persecuted him out of this business.