This is one of the most disgusting things I have ever read. Any parent who follows its teaching is a criminal who should be imprisoned for the rest of his/her life. I am outraged that anyone would so misinterpret the Bible. Jesus taught compassion and mercy, not violence, especially not violence to the most helpless and innocent among us. I have met people who have been abused in the way this book described and without exception they are incapable of understanding what love is, having never experienced it. We don't need more people like that!