I once had neighbors that believed a child was given to parents by God and however they treated the child was their right. IMHO -- that is sick, twisted, and wrong and lets people act however they want under the guise of "God's will."
The parents had this little boy for just weeks and obviously had no idea how a three year old acts. The "man" that beat this child to death is a loathsome coward that would cower if someone treated him the way he treated his own child.
thats really disturbing
usually when parents say 'he was given to us by god' or 'he was a gift from god' they mean it to say how grateful and happy they are and how they'd do anything for them. what a twisted logic those parents here have