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
them so hard that it hurts, that they cause physical pain. they call it spiritual spanking. they believe it s god s will. lid gentleman shatz was just seven years old when she was beat ton death in the name of god. she allegedly mispronounced a word during a home schooling session. that was her so-called sin. the phrase death by 1,000 lash, . that s basically what this was. lydia s parents pleaded guilty and were sent to prison. but michael pearl, the man whose teachings they followed, is still spreading his gospel. through a popular christian parenting book he wrote with his wife to train up a child . apparently more than 1 million copies have been sold. 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 chasen him timely. the pearls say not to blame for what the shatzs did but spare the rod, spoil the child is a message that many fundamentali
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