Will the unanswered question.....

[opebo]

Why would anyone care about James42's fantasy life?  I should hope he wouldn't answer such nonsense on here.

James42, do you believe in unicorns?

[opebo]

Nicely thought out. And I didn't know the part about the rod, that's interesting - thanks.

Thought out?  Maybe.

Correct?  No.  In fact, it is downright deceitful.

Pro 13:24 He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is careful to discipline him.

Pro 23:13-14 Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish him with the rod, he will not die. 14 Punish him with the rod and save his soul from death.

Pro 29:15 The rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.

Although the word used for "rod" in the above verses is also used for staff, James42's assertion that the word being used for “rod” is never used as a tool of physical punished makes a mockery out of many verses in which it is used:

Ps 2:9  Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

Ps 89:32   Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

Pr 10:13 In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

Pr 22:8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

Pr 26:3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.

Isa 10:24 O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.

Obviously the object James42 calls a “staff” is being used in anger in these verses.  But James42 will swallow anything that sounds good to his ears, and in so doing, he as deceived himself.

And I could quote a couple of dozen other verses where the word for “rod” is used in anger, but I'll just leave you with the link so that you can explore ALL the verses in which it is used:

Yes, jmfcst, your fantasy novel is full of phallic referrences.  But what I fine interesting is that this post implies that you beat your children!

Someone call DFS!  (though I suspect this religious makes too much money to be held accountable for child abuse).

[opebo]

...you would be wise to not opine on this subject until you have at least spent a single hour of your life researching the subject before choosing to speak.

I would advise you, Lewis Trondheim, not to waste an hour of your life in such a foolish pursuit.  After all, life is terribly brief, and this stuff jmfcst talks about is worthless.