we ve heard the phrase death by 1,000 lashes. that s basically what this was. lydia s parents pleaded guilty and were sent to prison. michael pearl the man whose teachings they follow is spreading his goss pel through a popular christian book to train a child. the pearls wrote it as a blueprint for raising children they say the way the bible commands. it says that if you spare the rod, you hate your child. but if you love him, you chasten him timely. the pearls say they re not to blame for what the family did, but spare the rod, spoil the child is a message that many fundamentalist christians and preachers embrace. you ll hear from some of them tonight. you ll hear from a woman whose parents followed the treatment when she was growing up. she calls it abuse. this is systemic form of brainwashing these children. our investigation led us to a corner of christian fundamentalism that operates almost entirely beyond the reach of authority. fundamentalist baptist home
they call it spiritual spanking, and they believe it s god s will. lydia was beaten to death in the name of god. she allegedly mispronounced a word during the home schooling session. that was her sin. we heard the phrase death by a thousand lashes. that s basically what this was. her parent pleaded guilty but was sent to prison. but michael pearl is still spreading his gospel through a book he wrote with his wife to train up a children. more than a million companies have been sold. they wrote it as a blueprint. it says if you spare the rod, you hate your children. but if you love him, you chase him timely. they say they re not to blame, but spare the rod, spoil the child is a message many fundamental christians and preachers embrace. you ll hear from a woman whose parents followed the teachings. she calls it abuse. this is a systemic form of brainwashing of these children. our investigation led us to a corner of christian fundamentalism that operates beyond the re
for weeks we re investigating faith and family. in the next hour you believe the bible commands them to spank their children so hard that it hurts, they cause physical pain. they call it spiritual spanking, and they believe it s god s will. lydia was beaten to death in the name of god. she allegedly mispronounced a word during the home schooling session. that was her sin. we heard the phrase death by a thousand lashes. that s basically what this was. her parent pleaded guilty but was sent to prison. but michael pearl is still spreading his gospel through a book he wrote with his wife to train up a children. more than a million companies have been sold. they wrote advertiseit as a blu it says if you spare the rod, you hate your children. but if you love him, you chase him timely. they say they re not to blame, but spare the rod, spoil the child is a message many fundmental christians and preachers embrace. you ll hear from a woman whose parn parents followed the teachi
they call it spiritual spanking, and they believe it s god s will. lydia was beaten to death in the name of god. she allegedly mispronounced a word during the home schooling session. that was her sin. we heard the phrase death by a thousand lashes. that s basically what this was. her parent pleaded guilty but was sent to prison. but michael pearl is still spreading his gospel through a book he wrote with his wife to train up a children. more than a million companies have been sold. they wrote it as a blueprint. it says if you spare the rod, you hate your children. but if you love him, you chase him timely. they say they re not to blame, but spare the rod, spoil the child is a message many fundmental christians and preachers embrace. you ll hear from a woman whose parents followed the teachings. she calls it abuse. this is a systemic form of brainwashing of these children. our investigation led us to a corner of christian fundamentalism that operates beyond the rea
answering questions about her views on sexual orientation, sway bit strange, because the congresswoman has never been shy on the issue before. as a state senator, she sponsored an amendment to minnesota s constitution banning same-sex marriage. she spoke out sharply against homosexuality. she even spoke out about againsting the adjective gay in connection with same-sex orientation. that s how outspoken she was. it s part of satan i think to say it s gay. it s anything but gay. if you re involved in the gay and lesbian lifestyle, it is bondage. it is personal bondage, personal despair, and personal enslavement. claiming that millions of gays and lesbian americans are living in personal bondage or personal despair, personal enslavement, claiming that the very use of the word gay is satanic sounds like personal and judgment, certainly not a fact. she also refers to the gay and lesbian lifestyle by which one can only assume she means it s a choice. bachmann went on to descr