He Was Just Kidding Anyway

Christianity has always had it's masochistic side, but there's something entirely absurd about it's most fundamental tenet that I'd completely overlooked. In summary:

From the article:

This is the type of "relationship" that abused wives have with their husbands, that brainwashed hostages have with their captors. It is known in clinical circles as Stockholm Syndrome. Should it come as any surprise that the cries of the church, "The Bride of Christ" sound much like the cries of an abused wife attempting to protect her husband?

"He must beat me."
"I deserve it."
"He has no choice."
"It's for my own good."