The parents accused of beating their 12-year-old daughter to death have told police they were meting out the biblical punishment of '40 lashes minus one, three times.'
You know where this come from.
2 Corinthians 11:24, 25. "By Jews I[apostle Paul] five times received forty strokes less one, three times I was beaten with rods,..."
It was, in fact, a jewish way of punishment, but biblical, toward adult accused not child. This extrem twisted viewpoint is a perfect example of minds of Jehovah's Witnesses. How far and extrem they can go. I am sure the parents did get such viewpoint on their own. This particular incident happend over 10 years ago.
Was this an isolated incident among Jehovah's Witnesses? I don't know any other case to this extend. But then, hadn't someone posted this 10 years+ ago, I would never have known this one either. I know an elder belt his 3 children. The beating finally stopped for their oldest one when he got married and left home. There are still 2 more children home. I know another family who was investigated by the Child Protective Service for beating their toddler. They didn't happend 10 years ago but has been gone on for 10+ years. I stopped associate with them for a couple years now but last I know, their physical abuse toward their children have not stopped.