I could have written parts of most of every post here, so I won't recap!
But, what started the change in me was the niggling in the back of my mind. When I let that "niggling" get the better of me, was when I started to think differently. It all started with a sermon on sheep and shepherds, and I just could NOT understand how spanking could be justified as regards to that. It was mostly my experience with sheep, and my failure with my now 21 yo son, which just brought all the questions to the fore. And now here I am!