Thursday, July 1, 2021

Useless advice - Why the Bible opposes it

Many people here know that I am a Christian conservative. There are two main camps of consent, pro-social ignorance/rebellion and pro-social submission/authority. My conservative theology is a little bit of both, meaning I submit to the world, but am to question everything in this world, and encourage others to think critically.

Useless advice can be abuse when directed towards a child, and comes from parental entitlement. Parental entitlement is referred to by the Greek root word πλεονέκτης (Latin: pleonektés) and refers to wanting to give advice when not warranted, to the point of seeking to impose said "advice" upon a child, leading to theft/abuse. It says in Colossians 3:20-21 KJV:

Children, obey your parents in all things, as this is well-pleasing unto the Lord. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they become discouraged.

The Greek root word translated "obey" is υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and refers to secure, vulnerable rest in the love and grace of parents, being able to tell them anything, or confide into them about anything, with children owing nothing to parents, but listening to parents anyway not out of fear, but out of trust for parents, trusting warmly that parents know what is best for you, and following their lead accordingly, with parents other times following the child's lead, meaning children give advice to parents directly about what they need, and parents provide. 

Giving advice to children, ideally, should only be when children ask for advice from parents, and otherwise, if a child needs to admit something sensitive, the environment should be set up so that they feel safe admitting any problem on their own. The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to the offenses in the Bible, meaning torts and damages under the Mosaic Law, such as assault and battery, which extended to children in terms of scope. In the New Testament, the offenses are summed up as the slightest of personal slight perceived by a child, meaning whatever is offensive to the child, in relation to guilty intent to control, punish, or harass a child, or recklessly do the same. Useless advice is often offensive to children, such as when someone is picking on them at school, they say "you said those things to upset them" that were normal things to say, but were taken in an abnormal manner. The idea is for a good parent to give no advice to a child by default, unless they ask for help. A baby asks for help by crying, as does a toddler in a very similar way (that most parents today don't get). 

I, as a parent, would not give any advice to my children, by default. If they needed help, I'd stand by for assistance. Think customer service desk, meaning walk up and be treated warmly. Think therapist, meaning the humanistic, listening type. That's how I see help in relation to a child. Step in help would be handing out pamphlets and flyers on how to assert themselves. I am not one to give advice to others, like many here seem to stereotype us conservatives. I am a quiet conservative, and one to assume that I know nothing about my neighbor apart from what my neighbor presents about themselves. I know nothing about a child I might run into in the store apart from she's there, she's dressed a certain way, and apart from that I know nothing about her, so I stay away, because of common courtesy to not talk to strangers. I may have had trouble with that in the past, but now I am better...I prefer children solve their own problems, including report their own abuser, and me be there to stand by and back them up. Think victim advocate, but for children. Pro-social promote.

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

 


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