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Podcast: Religion on the Mind
Episode: Shiny Happy People: Are Children Born Evil? (#200)
Description: Episode 2 of Shiny Happy People depicts Gothard's obedience teaching and child discipline, including spanking and the “break their will” approach. Paired with a deep fear of God’s punishment, Dan and Mark discuss how violent approaches like spanking confuse children and can even cross the line into spiritual abuse.Part 2 (Patreon feed–subscribe to access) dives deeper into the “umbrellas of authority,” as well as grooming language and the sexual abuse as it occurred in the Duggar household.Register for Theology Beer Camp: Theologybeer.campUse code: YHPGODPOD at checkout!