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How Does Biblical Discipline Work?

Are there really churches where you get punished for bad behavior? And who decides on the punishments? Sorry, I'm not familiar with this topic.
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FloorGenAdm · 51-55, M
I bet search: Ned Flanders and you'll find the answers you seek.
CountScrofula · 46-50, M
Almost all Christian churches that practice discipline (usually the more intense Protestant ones) will shame people at increasing levels and eventually kick them out of the congregation.

However "high control groups" aka cults that fall within something like Christian tradition will go to the more extreme levels such as physical punishment or extreme acts of shame with the most extreme going into what effectively becomes sadistic torture.

Edit: I'm not endorsing this I'm an atheist lol
CountScrofula · 46-50, M
@kleinemaus I'd argue it's very bad in fact
@CountScrofula that doesn't sound very Christian at all.
CountScrofula · 46-50, M
@BridgeOvertroubledWaters You're right, it doesn't!
BohoBabe · M
Ja, aber das kommt heute seltener vor. In Kirchen, in denen noch körperliche Züchtigung angewendet wird, sind es in Regel die Priester oder die Nonnen, die darüber entscheiden. Es gibt auch Kirchen, die einen „Disziplinraum” haben, den Eltern nutzen können.
meJess · F
You hit people with a large hardback book.
ArtieKat · M
I snorted, @meJess
meJess · F
@ArtieKat then my work is done 😁
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
Catholic Church still has excommunication. So does Jehovah witnesses.
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Basically if you sin and do not repent you are condemned to an eternity of fire and brimstone
@CallMeWhatever I would have thought that repentance is the preferred way to deal with it. Shaming a punishing would have the opposite effect
Pfuzylogic · M
My ancestors stems from the Amish. The most severe discipline they have is shunning when no one speaks to you.
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@Pfuzylogic probably not called this, yet they likely have a form of excommunication.
Pfuzylogic · M
@DeWayfarer
Excommunication (the Bann)
Shunning (the Meidung): This is the social behavioral response that usually follows excommunication. It involves altering public social behavior toward the person, such as refusing to eat meals at the same table, avoiding business transactions, or excluding them from certain community activities.
Pulled this from Google of course
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@Pfuzylogic I'm more referring total exclusion from the whole community at large. That is what excommunication is with Catholics.
MrsRachelEvans · 31-35, F
Here it means a prayer followed by a spanking or punishment.
kleinemaus · 36-40, F
@MrsRachelEvans Oh, okay, but that's pretty strict.
What do you mean? I've been in few churches where this kind of adversity needed addressed. There is one example I could name, and there were biblical directives that needed to be applied for disruptive elements within
AdmiralPrune · 46-50, M
This subject is on SW mainly for use by spanking fetish apes.

 
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