Many people here in the children's rights community oppose certain fundamentalist sects that have long been known to hide and harbor parents who abuse their children physically, mentally, or sexually. Most child advocates here in the United States seem unaware.
Let me make it clear that I do not hate individual Catholics, as many are children's rights conservatives like I am (ex. counselors, nurses, therapists. etc,). Much of my family is Catholic, and so I have no problem with any individual Catholics apart from how they use their values and tenets in relation to children.
Where did all this start? Rome, in the 3rd Century AD. The Bible itself is very much pro-spanking, but Roman Catholic monks and scholars translated the scrolls in a way that is pro-spanking in nature, catering to the pagan and idolatrous pro-spanking traditions, usually conflated with sexuality. The Apostle Paul gave this commandment, in Colossians 3:21, to Christians in the Greek city of Colossae:
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they become discouraged.
The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to short-term damages such as pain, shame, fornication, and control to the level of din perceived by the other person. This command, and others like it to their respective churches, were given due to widespread spanking of both gender, but mainly girls as a form of "purification" that had nothing to do with Christianity, Christ, or the Bible. This was the first seeping of idolatrous influences into God's Church.
Over the centuries, European cultures condoned forms of "chastening up" and "training" children", whereas ancient Hebraic society saw children as individuals in providing custody, meaning above the parents in terms of familial and societal priority in terms of needs. "I don't have time for you" was a shunned attitude in that culture.
Today, protestant Christians are more likely to abuse the Bible in order to abuse children by spanking/punishment. The main stereotype of the children's rights conservative would be a Catholic woman who works in a human service field of some sort, such as counseling, nursing, teaching, or so forth. I might have a lot in common with such a person's religious views of children.
I do not believe all Catholics are going to Hell. Anti-Catholic can mean how Catholic doctrine has lead to many forms of chaos and abuse in Western cultures in particular. You become an extremist when you condemn every single Catholic parent to Hell, because in many Catholic countries today, spanking is banned. This includes Costa Rica, Spain, and Uruguay...I do not believe "all any group" are going to Hell, in terms of unchosen groups. Using a group label as an excuse for sin, crime, or abuse is the moral crime of entitlement and perjury, and perjurors will burn. Abusing the Bible is perjury, because you know the context behind the rod verses, but you don't care.
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