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4MKfam · 09-28-2007, 08:01 AM

I think I just realized something (...I've been around too long to be this much of a GBD newbie

) ...the aim of punishment is not reconciliation. The aim of punishment is to associate misbehavior/disobedience/acting against the will of another with pain or suffering. In other words, "disobey me and I will hurt you". Discipline, on the other hand, is centered in reconciliation, instruction, and love. I think I get it now. Weirdly enough, I don't think of punishment as being entirely a negative thing, in part, because the punishment I was given as a child was also given along with discipline, if that makes any sense. There was little doubt that when we disobeyed, there would be unpleasant consequences, but we also understood that when we did wrong, mom and dad (and other authorities in my life) intended to help put us back on the path to doing right and reconciling us.

09-28-2007, 08:01 AM	#7
4MKfam Rose Garden Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 4,758	Re: So, when God gets angry... I think I just realized something (...I've been around too long to be this much of a GBD newbie ) ...the aim of punishment is not reconciliation. The aim of punishment is to associate misbehavior/disobedience/acting against the will of another with pain or suffering. In other words, "disobey me and I will hurt you". Discipline, on the other hand, is centered in reconciliation, instruction, and love. I think I get it now. Weirdly enough, I don't think of punishment as being entirely a negative thing, in part, because the punishment I was given as a child was also given along with discipline, if that makes any sense. There was little doubt that when we disobeyed, there would be unpleasant consequences, but we also understood that when we did wrong, mom and dad (and other authorities in my life) intended to help put us back on the path to doing right and reconciling us.

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