Well, I'm a Baptist in the South.
Spanking = Godly here.
I had Babywise given to me at my baby shower for Doug, and my own mother gave me TTUAC.
While I started off a fairly natural parent, I was very punitive.
Some of my conversion occured because my kids are hn. Schedule and strict order simply doesn't work with those type of children, and I made myself and them miserable trying to make it all work. I tended to relax a little more and not make an issue of things because they reacted so violently to them.
Some of my conversion came from arguing on a message board.
I actually spent time online because I was alone with 2 hn kids, and I desperately needed something to keep myself sane. So I argued for spanking, and had a bunch of wonderful people try to convince me that I was wrong.
The straw that broke the camel's back was my parent's treatment of me and my children, and realizing how their style of parenting had made me miserable. I didn't want that for my kids. Finding GCM gave me some concrete ideas about how to stop spanking and what to do instead.
I'll type more later...my dh and I are going to enjoy the quiet.