what i find most interesting is how that most of these folks who do all this hitting and beating are merely imitating their heavenly father- when one considers that most Belief Systems teach that the Divinve one can invoke the power to kill, be it flood, bears, pillar of salt, etc, why then do we find the followers of those belief sytems not imitating thier Divine One.
when you consider that the teaching of Hell by most christain belief sytems or dying at /Armedgadon by JW are all part and parcel of a "Father" killing his kids, then one can't be too surprise to see this process in action
God = beats kids on earth called Man-- man beats wife-- wife beats kids= kids beat dog and the dog goes after the cat- who goes after the mouse- smile
it is all real simple- kids are known to do what they see their parents do all the time
you got to love religious belief systems - there could be nothing more powerful than to be told and actually believe like most folks who beat their kids THAT THIS SOMEHOW IS THE WILL OF GOD
As old folks used to say when they were about to tear your A$$ up: "I will beat the Devil out of you"