 And the Bible does, in fact, forbid that. Forbids that all across the Old and New Testament. Forbids it in the Ten Commandments. Jesus forbids it. These things are explicitly forbidden. Violence against the innocent, harming the innocent. Actually, what Jesus says is that, and he specifies it for children, too. He says that if you're going to harm a child, it would be better for you to have a millstone hung around your neck and to be drowned in the sea.