Why proper religious instruction is non-abusive

 Many parents in this country who abuse children do something my parent didn't - teach them religion. We are a Christian nation, built on Christian family values. Instructing children on the Bible is a staple of American society, and has been since the very beginning. Sadly, in most cases, in this country, it is conflated with abuse, usually lawful in nature. It is sin to force religion on a child. Nobody did with me as a child, or at least not in my family, and hearing the stories of people in this movement.

It says in Ephesians 6:1-4 KJV:

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long upon the earth. And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

The Greek root word translated "obey" is υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and refers to surrender to the love and grace of parents by way of secure, loving attachment and rest, feeling safe with parents enough to disclose any detail to them, no matter how incrimination. 

The Greek root word translated "admonition" is νουθεσία (Latin: nouthesia) refers to teaching and instruction, and ultimately the period in a Christian boy's life after age 6, when he departed from his mother and went with his father to be taught the Law. No, don't picture any rod of correction, as such was for a young man AFTER he turned 13 and was convicted of a capital offense, and only in the Old Testament. In the Early Christian context, instruction was simply sitting down with your son, and instructing him on the Law and other Christian literature then. This was a specific form of teaching that lead to discipline in a child by way of attached example, as denoted by the Greek root word παιδεία (Latin: paideia)

There was no punishment then to back up the instruction, as punishing a child was a moral crime of entitlement by way of kidnapping. "Kidnapping" refers to the fact that damages of pain and/or shame are inflicted upon a smaller person. These damages are denoted by the Greek root word παρορλιζο (Latin: parorgizo) and refers to offending a child through legal damages...Spanking, striking, or punishing a child any way, or else imposing any form of control or coercion.

Religious entitlement is a charge under Christian law, and is denoted by the Greek root word πλεονέκτης (Latin: pleonektés) and refers to an entitled attitude in an adult of "I am a good, loving parent, and my child should see things as I do" leading to controlling, demanding, or hovering attitudes. It is wanting your child to believe what you believe to the point of seeking to impose said belief onto a child, whatever the belief may be, with the physical, emotional, and sexual damages imposed by the perpetrator being abuse. 

One must instead allow children to come to religion on their own, and allow them to explore the Bible on their own, without punishment of any kind. Usually, children tend to believe much like their parents growing up, when children aren't spanked. Why? The punishment part is the worst part of religious child abuse, with it being conflated in with religious beliefs systems that can, many times, be otherwise benign. Parents should be a church that invites, and doesn't draw in children forcefully

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke children to wrath through punishment and control will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them burn! Many will be called to be parents, few are chosen as His gentle parenting elect.