while he was in jail , he wrote a bunch of letters -- just like the revrun martin luther king did when he was in jail , or so the revrun said -- only hunters letters were n't about letting his people go free but rather bout how it was all a columnist conspiracy gainst good god-fearing chrissesan folk who was just trying to follow the world of the lord that said to train up a child like you want him to grow up , and if you want a child to grow up peace-lovin and jesus lovin , you 'd best beat the hell outta them everyday ( which never quite made much sense to me , but i ai n't got no doctrine in theology neither ) , and how he 'd ruther his kids died than go to the devil .