text: My Sunday School class is going through the video series "The Way of the Master" and they said on there that the past 1000 years, that's what the church has been teaching to make people feel better about it.  I totally agree with you.  Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Christ say that if a good human father would punish his children, then why wouldn't the Father in Heaven do the same?  He is love but He is also just.