Quotes of the Day

Michael Pearl speaks during a Sunday service in Pleasantville, Tenn., Sept. 16, 2011.
Monday, Nov. 07, 2011

Open quoteIf you find a 12-step book in an alcoholic's house, you wouldn't blame the book.Close quote

  • MICHAEL PEARL,
  • whose controversial book To Train Up a Child, which advocates use of "the rod" to teach toddlers to submit to authority, has been blamed for the death of three children
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