Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Why parents were born in original sin

 The teaching of original sin is one of the most misunderstood teachings in the Christian faith. Many parents believe in "breaking their will" or some analogous, pseudo-scientific concept. However, pro-social V is for parents, not children.

It says in Exodus 20:17 KJV:

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

This commandment is the most important commandment in the Christian faith, and all other sins are linked to entitlement, with the Hebrew word למחוד (Latin: lachmod) and refers to not merely wanting things from a child, but wanting things to the point of seeking to impose said item onto a child, leading to theft/abuse. This commandment is cross-referenced in the New Testament by the Greek root word πλεονέκτης (Latin: pleonektés) and refers to, in general terms, man's depraved and entitled nature, meaning the attitude of "I am a good person/adult" leading to demanding things from others, and controlling others, or else harassing or begging others. 

Children in the Bible, though having an entitled nature themselves technically literally, are exempt from prosecution. It says in John 7:24 KJV:

Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

The Greek root word translated "judge" and "judgment" is κρινο (Latin: krino) and refers to the courtroom judgment at the time, which, for adults, presumed innocence beyond a reasonable doubt, and for children, innocence from any culpability whatsoever, meaning children are not guilty of anything just for being children.

This is further detailed in passages concerning mutual submission between parents and children. It says in Ephesians 6:1-3 KJV:

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor thy father and mother, for this 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 secure, vulnerable rest and safety in the love and grace of parents, being able to confide anything into parents, being friends to parents, owing nothing in return, but showing respect and listening to parents due to gratitude that parents don't punish or control their children. The Fifth Commandment referred to here in the Old Testament was a step up from Canaanite custom, which involved parents sacrificing and killing their own rebellious children, thus giving children personhood, and at the same time banning any abuse by parents.

The Greek root word translated "nurture" is παιδεία (Latin: paideia) and refers to the chastening of the Lord, namely punishment and reward of one's own parental behavior as self-behaviorism, in a way that allows room for a child to confide tears and upset into parents, modeling self-control and self-discipline to a child, with this being known as co-regulation. It is a teaching tool where you teach children by example lessons about the world, as well as religious instruction if they are willing. The Greek root word translated "admonition" is νουθεσία (Latin: nouthesia) and refers to the admonition of the Lord, meaning the word "no" or its various variants as setting limits and boundaries with children. This is weighed by the Greek root word translated "provoke...to wrath" is παροργιζο (Latin: parorgizo) and is one of the Greek words that refers to the offenses, meaning in the case of the Old Testament legal context torts and damages linked to the Eighth Commandment. In the New Testament, this refers to the slightest of personal slights perceived by a child, coming from willful or negligent intent to control, punish, manipulate, or spousify/objectify the child.

Parents in ancient Jewish culture were attachment parents, by norm and by custom. Children remained close to their parents, with methods such as co-sleeping and carrying children on the mother's back being the norm. Parents charred themselves by being convicted in being servants to their children, and not wielding power and control over minor children at all, and adult children only in the realm of criminal trials, where fathers were used as a vehicle of justice for rebellious or delinquent sons, and that's why fathers gave sons 40 minus 1 lashes in the courtroom, meaning never at home. Whipping or punishing a child in any way was illegal, and not the norm. Assault and battery laws existed then, and those prohibited the slightest of touch without the child's consent. The mother could also step in and protect the child from being battered by a parent, and in the Early Christian context, had the right of divorce from a man, whereas men who have a wife they can't handle shouldn't have married her in the first place, because now he's stuck with her, and though wife-spanking was allowed then, it was seen as a sign of weakness in a man, as a non-violent man was in control, and thus a real man, as was an abstinent man of any type, including one that abstained from abusing children.

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke children to anger will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them languish in eternal Hell-fire and torment! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

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