"Biblical spanking": Why the rod passages in Proverbs are repealed passages

Many parents believe that spanking is a biblical concept. This is a common attitude amongst American parents. Most American parents cite 5 verses in Proverbs and insist that this alone constitutes the Bible condoning or commanding the use of corporal punishment in parenting. The fact of the matter is that the teaching of "biblical spanking" is a man-made teaching.

One popularly cited rod verse is Proverbs 13:24 KJV:

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: bur he that loveth him chasteneth him betumes.

The Hebrew root word translated "son" is ben and refers here to a mature adult son. The Hebrew root word translated "rod" is shebet and refers here to the rod of correction, namely a switch. This verse, and those like it, ultimately refers to the 40 minus 1 lashes, as a sentence for a crime. It was unlawful then for a Jew to strike another Jew outside of the context of a courtroom. It was unlawful then to strike a minor child under Jewish law under any circumstance. This judicial punishment was seen as a last warning before an errant son was put to death.

Christ died and Rose on the Third Day in order to repeal the harsh punishments of the Old Testament. Christ abolished corporal punishment by enduring it unjustly before being placed onto the cross. The Early Christians never used corporal punishment as a form of church discipline, with church scofflaws instead being excommunicated from the Early Christian Churches of God.

The biblical teaching of "biblical spanking" is a man-made teaching. The Bible nowhere legitimately condones or commands the use of corporal punishment in parenting. However, the Bible does touch in on the spanking issue, and then some. See Colossians 3:21 KJV:

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers here not simply to spanking your child, or simply punishing your child altogether for that reason. The Bible here prohibits any entitlement in parents, leading to offense in children. Offense in children consists of a parent refusing to apologize for hurting their child's feelings, at minimum. With that said, if you ever lose your cool with your child, including while setting limits, you definitely need to give a formal apology for hurting your child's feelings with your anger, such as "I apologize for hurting your feelings with my temper", and then commit never to lose your cool with your child ever again, as any parent anger directed towards a child is entitlement, and was seen as entitlement in the Early Church. This commandment cross-references the Eighth and the Tenth Commandments, with the Apostle Paul here convicting a group of Greek Christian parents who brought into the church their pagan ccustom of patrias potestas, which is a Latin term roughly translating to "power to the parent", namely the power to impose punitive sanctions on children, such as spanking or other forms of punishment of children. However, this commandment was ultimately received by the parish at Colossae as prohibiting causing offenses in children as perceived by a child, at minimum. Paul ,contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punitive parenting in his secular writings. Attachment parenting was banned under Roman law, but the Early Christians did it anyway, obeying God over men.

The Bible is an anti-spanking document. All 88 books of te Bible - from Genesis to Revelation - were written by anti-spanking Jews, with spanking a child always being a violation of Jewish law. All of the biblical writers also wrote parenting manuals advocating attachment parenting. Even King Solomon himself wrote an attachment parenting manual. It just so happens that these parenting manuals were not translated into English until the 1960s. Before then, this level of parenting knowledge was known only to the Jewish world. 

The Early Christians were pretty much solidly anti-spanking, shunning the punitive treatment of children as pagan. However, the Roman Catholic Church made many errors when translating the Bible into Latin. There is no excuse for this mistranslation of God's Law. Most all of our versions of the Bible, including English-language versions of the Bible, come from the Latinate Bible. God's Infallible Word is not in any of the English-language versions of the Bible, with the original Greek and Hebrew - as understood in context - being the God's Infallible Word. 

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke their children to anger through punitive parenting will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them be cast forever into the lake of fire and burning sulfur, which is the second death prepared for Satan and his accomplices! Let them desend into the abyss which is the ever-burning Hell of fire and torment, suffering God's' Wrath day and night forever and ever! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

Abortion: Why abortion is bad for women (and benefits men)

Many modern feminists in particular support it. Many religious conservatives oppose it. Abortion had a lot of support in America. Many American mothers in particular support the termination of a pregnancy - until they get one themselves. The fact of the matter is that not only does life begin at conception, but that abortion is bad for women. 

The Sixth Commandment not to murder is repeated in Revelation 21:8 KJV:

But the fearful, the unbelieving, the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. 

The Greek root word translated "murderers", and referring to murder in general, is φονος (Latin: phonos) and refers here to any death apart from natural death. All death caused by human beings is considered murder under God's Law. Christ abolished even the death penalty on the cross. Abortion existed even then, in the form of abortifacient herbs, and those herbs were prohibited as contraband in both the Early Church and the Old Testament. No abortions were ever performed in the Old Testament context, or else it would be seen as murder. Most women who got abortions in the Early Church were cold mothers who lacked nurturant drive, and those women were hated among the Early Christians. 

Abortion is not simply the doctor reaching in and taking out the baby. An abortion instead consists of a medically-induced miscarriage. An abortifacient is a drug that induces miscarriage  Most women who know this about abortions know not to get one. Most women are too nurturant to get an abortion, with only the most cold-hearted of women defend their choice to get an abortion. 

Abortion also benefits men. If a man doesn't want a woman to get pregnant, he can simply keep it in his pants. Abortion "rights"  for women benefit the sleazy type of man that does not want to pay child support or be responsible for a young child's upbringing. Too many men are running away from responsibility, and hiding behind on-demand abortion in order to escape male responsibility. A man who evades the leadership role in the family home as worse than an infidel. See 1 Tim. 5:8. 

An unborn child is a human life. From the point of conception, the unborn child has both the genes of their mother and their father. An unborn child is a genetically distinct human being even from their siblings who are already born. All alternate definitions of life are arbitrary, and are based off of leftist bias as to what is human life.

Most all of the Early Feminists were pro-life to the core, and warned their sisters about the dangers of abortions. Most of the Early Feminists could otherwise be explosive in their pro-social opposition to men. The mainstream feminist narrative changed with the influence of eugenicists such as Margaret Sanger. Some of us at feminists never bought into that tripe, including feminist men like me who strive to respect women. 

I support taking care of all human life, from the womb to the tomb, meaning from conception until natural death. I support a social safety net starting with extensive family leave policies enshrined into law. The Bible is clear about taking care of the poor and the vulnerable, and says that refusing to care for the poor and the vulnerable. See Matt. 25:31-46. 

I oppose abortion in all cases, including rape, incest, or life of the mother. Rape victims can see their baby as their baby, and not the rapist's baby. A child conceived in the context of incest can be seen as welcome even if they weren't planned. If the mother dies in childbirth, men are able to nurture if they want to. The idea is to get through the minds of most men that caring for a child is somehow "emasculating". Men have nipples for a reason - they can lactate themselves if they want to. A man who does not step up for his child when the mother dies in childbirth is worse than an infidel. 

The depraved and entitled mothers who murder in the womb, and all who aid and abet, will not inherit the the Kingdom of God! Let them descend into the abyss which is the ever-burning Hell of fire and torment, suffering God's Wrath day and night forever and ever! Repent!

Hebrews 12:5-6: Why this passage is not a pro-spanking passage

Many parents think that the Bible condones or even commands spanking a child. This is a common attitude amongst American parents. Most pro-spanking parents cite 5 passages in the book of Proverbs and 1 passage in the book of Hebrews as their "proof" that spanking is biblical. However, the main passage holding  together the case for "biblical spanking" is Heb. 12:5-6. But, this "proof" in Hebrews sits on shaky ground. The fact of the matter is that the passage in Heb. 12:5-6 refers to enduring hardship, not the spanking of a child.

God's Word on trials and tribulations is spelled out in Hebrews 12:5-6 KJV:

And ye have forgotten the exhortation that speaketh unto you as unto children, My on, despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 

This passage, when understood correctly, can be comforting to me. The Greek root word translated "scourgeth" is μαστιγόω (Latin: mastigoó) and can have a figurative meaning to it, as is the case here. This passage consists of a metaphor known as rod language. When a Christian man got home from a long day at work, he instead said "God whipped me hard today". God obviously does not reach down from the Heavens and whip His children. However, God punishes His children, like only He can, sending trials and tribulations the way of His children that He loves the most. However, God only punishes His children when it does not harm them, whereas earthly parents only punish their children when it does, in fact, harm them.

The teaching of "biblical spanking" is a man-made teaching. The Bible nowhere condones or commands the use of corporal punishment in parenting. God does not want His Parenting methods to be used by earthly parents, lest they get it wrong. However, the Bible does touch in on the spanking issue, and then some. See Colossians 3:21 KJV:

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers here not just to a spanking, or even just to punishing a child altogether for that matter. This passage prohibits entitlement in parents, leading to offense in children. Offense in children consists of hurt feelings that parents refuse to apologize for, at minimum. With that said, if you ever lose your cool with your child as a parent, including while setting limits, you definitely need to give a formal apology for hurting your child's feelings with your anger, such as "I apologize for hurting your feelings with my temper", and then commit never to lose your cool with your child, as any parent anger directed towards a child alone is entitlement, and was seen as entitlement in the Early Church. This commandment cross-references the Eighth and the Tenth Commandments, with the Apostle Paul here convicting a group of Greek Christian parents who brought into the church their pagan custom of patrias potestas, which is a Latin term roughly translating to "power to the parent", namely the power to impose punitive measures on children, such as spanking or other forms of punishment of children. However, this commandment was ultimately received by the parish at Colossae as prohibiting causing offenses in children as perceived  by the child, at minimum. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punitive parenting in his secular writings. Attachment parenting was banned under Roman law, but the Early Christians did it anyway, obeying God over men.

The staple punishment in the broader Greco-Roman world was an open-handed spanking to a bare bottom. This sort of punishment was seen by the Early Christians as pagan in nature. There existed church infiltrators then that brought with them their pro-spanking attitudes. Paul would have none of it, and sent anti-spanking commandments to the parishes at Colossae and Ephesus respectively. 

Contrary to popular belief, the Early Christians were not well-integrated into Rome. Instead, the Early Christians lived in urban enclaves in major Greco-Roman cities, shunning the broader Greco-Roman world, and the world at large. The Early Christians even had their own court system, with these courts being binding into the end of the 1st Century.  

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke their children to anger through punitive parenting will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them be cast forever into the lake of fire and burning sulfur, which is the second death prepared for Satan and his accomplices! Let them descend into the abyss which is the ever-burning Hell of fire and torment, suffering God's Wrath day and night forever and ever! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

Redefining child abuse: Why the Bible calls for tougher laws against child abuse

Many parents believe that the Bible does not have a concept of child abuse apart from obeying the law of the land. Most American parents support the present-day definitions of child abuse under state and federal law. However, God's Law is above the law of the land. The Bible has its own definition of child abuse - whatever the child victim perceives as abuse.

The Greek root word denoting parental entitlement is πλεονέκτης (Latin: pleonektés) and is defined as, officially speaking, wanting things from children, to the point of imposition. Unofficially speaking, parental entitlement consists of a parent who is sorely disappointed when they don't get the well-behaved child that they feel that they deserve. Even any parent anger directed towards children is parental entitlement, and was seen as entitlement in the Early Church. Whenever this sense of entitlement in parents then was perceived by children as offensive or damaging, it was deemed child abuse. See also Colossians 3:21 KJV:

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers here to child abuse, as understood then. This child abuse consisted of entitlement in parents, leading to offense in children. Offense in children consists of hurt feelings that parents refuse to apologize for, at minimum. With that said, if you ever lose your cool with your child as a parent, including while setting limits, you definitely need to give a formal apology for hurting your child's feelings with your anger, such as "I apologize for hurting your feelings with my temper", and then commit never to lose your cool with your child ever again, as any parent anger directed towards a child alone is entitlement, and was seen as entitlement in the Early Church. This commandment cross-references the Eighth and the Tenth Commandments, with the Apostle Paul here convicting a group of Greek Christian parents who brought into the church their pagan custom of patrias potestas, which is a Latin term roughly translating to "power to the parent", namely the power to impose punitive sanctions on children, such as spanking or other forms of punishment of children. However, this commandment was ultimately received by the parish at Colossae as prohibiting causing offenses in children as perceived by the child, at minimum. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punitive parenting in his secular writings. Attachment parenting was banned under Roman law, but the Early Christians did it anyway, obeying God over men.

The Greek root word translated "they be discouraged" is αθυμέω (Latin: athumeo) and refers here to long-term damages, namely childhood trauma. The ancients in the Bible had a basic understanding of childhood trauma. Whenever a child grew up to be atheist, shame fell onto the parents - meaning never the child - for being too harsh on their child. An atheist then was seen as an abused child, not a "lost soul" to be "won over".

The ancients in the Bible even had their own definition of child sexual abuse. The Greek root word translated "fornication" is πορνεία (Latin: porneia) and refers here to any sexual activity outside of the Christian norm, as understood then. This norm prohibits any sexual relations or advances outside of the context of a Christian marriage between one adult man and one adult woman, with this marriage needing to be equal in terms of chronological age. A groom was only allowed a bride his age or up to 4 years older. Intergenerational marriages or sexual relations were prohibited entirely in the Early Church. Also prohibited then was pornography, as intended as such, especially when it depicted children. Most child sexual abuse then happened in the form of father-child incest, with daughters being the usual victims. Most fathers then who had a parent attraction to their child masturbated to thoughts of the child that they were attracted to. Sexual attraction to children was something most men in the Early Church openly admitted to, with all men having an honest masturbation policy. Child sexual abuse was rare in the Early Church, meaning it almost never happened. Whenever a child was sexually abused. it was a huge moral outrage. A sexually abused child could easily know what was happening to them, and then they self-reported the abuse that they were suffering.

Contrary to popular belief, the Early Christians were not well-integrated into Rome. Instead, the Early Christians lived in urban enclaves in major Greco-Roman cities, shunning the broader Greco-Roman world, and the world at large. The Early Christians even had their own court system, with these courts being binding into the end of the 1st Century. 

Child abuse was prosecuted in the Early Church by way of internal church investigation. This investigation usually started when a child confided into a clergyperson about their home life. From there, the parents were summoned to appear before a council of 3 church elders, who would preside over the investigation. If the parents were at all defensive in court, as opposed to simply answering to the court, they were excommunicated from the Early Christian Churches of God, as well as any witnesses testifying on behalf of the parents. 

The Bible is an anti-spanking document. All 88 books of the Bible - from Genesis to Revelation - were written by anti-spanking Jews, with any spanking of a child being prohibited under Jewish law. All of the biblical writers also wrote parenting manuals that advocated attachment parenting. Even King Solomon wrote an attachment parenting manual, with the rod in Proverbs referring to a form of judicial corporal punishment towards an adult child known as the 40 minus lashes. It just so happens that these parenting manuals were not translated into English until the 1960s. Before then, this level of parenting knowledge was known only to the Jewish world.

The Bible is America's book. America is a Christian nation founded on Judeo-Christian values. Many of our customs and mannerisms come from the Bible. Even our legal codes, under the English common law, is based off of a basic understanding of the Bible. However, the criminal defense of "reasonable chastisement" is based off of dated biblical understanding. It is about time that we abolish the "reasonable chastisement" defense in all 50 states, and redefine child abuse to include whatever the child victim perceives as abuse. 

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke their children to anger through punitive parenting will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them be cast forever into the lake of fire and burning sulfur, which is the second death prepared for Satan and his accomplices! Let them descend into the abyss which is the ever-burning Hell of fire and torrents, suffering God's Wrath day and night forever and ever! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

Parental entitlement: Why to avoid parental entitlement in parenting

Many parents think it is necessary to have what they call a backbone. This backbone consists of a deserving attitude towards children, namely parental entitlement. Most parents think that this form of parental entitlement is necessary for protecting children from predators. However, any entitlement in parents is banned in the Bible, without exception.

God's Law on all entitlement is spelled out in Exodus 20:17 KJV:

Thou shalt covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbour's.

This list of entitlements is far from a complete list. The Hebrew root word translated "covet" is lachmod, which refers here to entitlement. Entitlement here is defined as, officially speaking, want, to the point of imposition. In the context of this passage, children count as your neighbor, with feeling entitled to good behavior from their children counting as coveting respect from their children. The Greek root word in the New Testament repeating the Tenth Commandment is πλεονέκτης (Latin: pleonektés) and refers here to entitlement, proper. 

Parental entitlement is also mentioned implicitly in Colossians 3:21 KJV:

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. 

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers here to entitlement in parents, leading to offense in children. Offense in children consists of hurt feelings in children that parents refuse to apologize for, at minimum. With that said, if you ever lose your cool with your child as a parent, including while setting limits, you definitely need to give a formal apology for hurting your child's feelings with your anger, such as "I apologize for hurting your feelings with my temper", and then commit never to lose your cool with your child ever again, as any parent anger directed towards children alone is entitlement, and was seen as entitlement in the Early Church. This commandment cross-references the Eighth and the Tenth Commandments, with the Apostle Paul here convicting a group of Greek Christian parents who brought into the church their pagan custom of patrias potestas, which is a Latin term roughly translating to "power to the parent", namely the power to impose punitive sanctions on children, such as spanking or other forms of punishment of children. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punitive parenting in his secular writings. Attachment parenting was banned under Roman law, but the Early Christians did it anyway, obeying God over men. 

Any anger directed towards a child was seen as completely abhorrent in the Early Church, and was seen as entitlement in and of itself. Most Christian parents in the Early Church did not ever get angry with their children. Instead, Christian parenting then was motivated by worry at the core of their parenting, not anger at children. In the Early Church, anger in parents was only allowed for child protection reasons, meaning never directed towards the child.

Gentle parenting is defined as any parenting not guided by anger. Gentle parents usually are guided instead by worry or concern, meaning the core of a gentle parent is anxiety, not anger. The idea behind gentle parenting is to know that you are deserving of absolutely nothing in relation to your child just for being parents. Once you lose that entitled anger, the rest should come naturally. 

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke their children to anger through punitive parenting will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them be cast forever into the lake of fire and burning sulfur, which is the second death prepared for Satan and his accomplices! Let them descend into the abyss which is the ever-burning Hell of fire and torment, suffering God's Wrath day and night forever and ever! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

Righteous apology: Why to apologize to children for hurt feelings

Many parents think that they don't have to apologize to their children at all. This is a common attitude amongst American parents. Most American parents think it is beneath them to apologize to their child. However, the fact of the matter is that parents owe their children an apology whenever they hurt their child's feelings.

God's Law on righteous apology is spelled out in Colossians 3:21 KJV:

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers here to entitlement in parents, leading to offense in children, in the context of setting limits especially. Offense in children consists of any hurt feelings that parents refuse to apologize for, at minimum. With that said, if you ever lose your cool as a parent, including while setting limits, you definitely need to give a formal apology for hurting their feelings with your anger, such as "I apologize for hurting your feelings with my temper", and then commit never to lose your cool with your child ever again, as any parent anger directed towards children alone is entitlement, and was seen as entitlement in the Early Church. This commandment cross-references the Eighth and the Tenth Commandment, with the Apostle Paul here convicting a group of Greek Christian parents who brought into the church their pagan custom of patriaa potestas, which is a Latin term roughly translating to "power to the parent", namely the power to impose punitive sanctions on children, such as spanking or other forms of punishment of children. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punitive parenting in his secular writings. Attachment parenting was banned under Roman law, but the Early Christians did it anyway, obeying God over men.

Offense avoidance involves, at minimum, apologizing to children whenever you hurt your child's feelings. This apology is definitely necessary in the case of hurt feelings stemming from entitlement. Whenever you refuse to apologize to a child, you offend them officially. 

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke their children to anger through punitive parenting will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them be cast forever into the lake of fire and burning sulfur, which is the second death prepared for Satan and his accomplices! Let them descend into the abyss which is the ever-burning Hell of fire and burning sulfur, suffering God's Wrath day and night forever and ever! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

 

Temper tantrums: Why temper tantrums in children are not bad behavior

Many parents have been there. A child kicking and screaming while throwing a temper tantrum. This is a common and normal occurrence in American home. However, most parents punish their children merely for temper tantrums alone. But, the fact of the matter is that temper tantrums are not bad behavior. 

God's Law on dealing with temper tantrums is spelled out in Colossians 3:21 KJV:

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers here not just to spanking or otherwise punishing children. It refers to entitlement in parents, leading to offense in children. Offense in children consists of hurt feelings that parents refuse to apologize for, at minimum. Children cry for various reasons, including when they are petitioning for vulnerable needs. Refusing to tend to a crying child was seen then as offense by way of omission. Any time you hurt your child's feelings while not tending to your child, you offend them. This includes punitive measures imposed on children when they cry. If you ever lose your cool with your child, including when they cry, you definitely need to give a formal apology for hurting your child's feelings with your anger, such as "I apologize for reacting like that to your tears", and then commit never to lose your cool with your child ever again, as any parent anger directed towards a child alone is entitlement, and was seen as entitlement in the Early Church. This commandment cross-references the Eighth and the Tenth Commandments, with the Apostle Paul here convicting a group of Greek Christian parents who brought into the church their pagan custom of patrias potestas, which is a Latin term roughly translating to "power to the parent", namely the power to impose punitive sanctions on children, such as spanking or other forms of punishment of children. However, this commandment ultimately was received by the parish at Colossae as prohibiting causing offenses in children as perceived by the child, at minimum. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punitive parenting in his secular writings. Attachment parenting was banned under Roman law, but the Early Christians did it anyway, obeying God over men.

For the first 6 years of childhood, children in the Early Church were in constant closeness to mothers. Wherever mom went, so did her child. Whenever a child cried, mothers responded to the every cry of her child, giving the child nourishment and sustenance. Mothers then never ignored a crying child, and never punished their children for crying. 

Temper tantrums are normal and natural behaviors in children. Most all children throw temper tantrums once and a while, at least. There is no need to spank or punish a child for crying or tantrumming. They grow out of that type of behavior on their own. Usually, by the time children have mastered self-control, they have developed religious beliefs of their own.

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke their children to anger through punitive parenting will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them be cast forever into the lake of fire and burning sulfur, which is the second death prepared for Satan and his accomplices! Let them descend into the abyss which is the ever-burning Hell of fire and torment, suffering God's Wrath day and night forever and ever! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!