What is crazy is that I just watched Rodney's edit on "If African Parents were in a movie scene" and it solely featured scenes of a parent "disciplining" their child and these were my exact thoughts.

A lot of people just hide under the guise of "spare the rod and spoil the child" to perpetrate abuse. Yet, when I argue that I don't believe that portion of the bible should be taken quite literally, it becomes "that's what the bible said" but the bible said cut off your arm if it makes you to sin 😭 Why not take it literally too???