Christian Domestic Discipline or Spanking can cause permanent physical damage.
Repeated blows to the buttocks can cause two serious types of physical damage.
In the article I will outline both of them.
Sciatica:
The sciatic nerve runs from your leg up into your buttocks. Spanking can cause damage to this nerve, which can result in numbness or muscle weakness, tingling or a pins and needles feeling, loss of bladder control, and loss of bowel control. It can also (rarely) result in permanent nerve damage.
Cellulitis:
Cellulitis is caused by bacteria entering the body through cracks or breaks in the skin.
It appears as a red swollen area of the skin, and it feels hot and tender. If left untreated it can spread rapidly, and become life-threatening. Once below the skin, cellulitis can spread to the lymph notes, the bloodstream, and the rest of the body. In rare cases it can turn into necrotizing fasciitis (flesh-eating strep).
Symptoms include: red, swollen, tender, and warm skin, as well as fever. Over time the area of affected skin expands. Small red spots can occur on top of the reddened skin, and less commonly, small blisters may form and burst.
Conclusion:
As you can see, spanking can be life threatening.
Is that really being loving, and those in CDD claim?
From this information we may also infer that spanking is very harmful to children as well.