Thursday, December 30, 2021

"Back talk": Why children have the right to talk back to parents in the Bible

Many parents oppose back talk in their children, and assume the Fifth Commandment in the Bible prohibits their children from opposing them on anything. Back talk is here defined as any opposition to parents whatsoever. Punishing children for anything, but especially back talk, is unbiblical and heretical, given the extensive, irrefutable evidence against corporal punishment.

Wanting things from children is not a good thing, and that includes wanting children to shut up as you preach to them. Parental entitlement is wanting things from children to the point of imposition, meaning any time you impose what you want onto a child, you are entitled, with this being denoted in the New Testament by the Greek root word πλεονέκτης (Latin: pleonektés). However, why want anything from a child at all? I, as an adult, want nothing from a child, as a child owes me nothing. Wanting your child to treat you with respect is entitlement in and of itself, and abuse once it leads to theft. 

Every single parent and adult is guilty in relation to children, and is deserving of DEATH and DESTRUCTION merely for existing in relation to children, and are to be meek and shamefaced in relation to their children, putting their children first, and themselves and their own needs last, to the point of submission to children, surrendering to the every need of one's child in Christian love, as denoted by the Greek root word αγαπαο (Latin: agapao), with children resting securely in the love and grace of parents, with parents submitting to children from above. See Colossians 3:20-21 KJV:

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

The Greek root word translated "obey" is υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and refers to secure, vulnerable rest in the love and grace of parents, with parents surrendering from above to the child's every need. Attachment parenting was normative in ancient Hebrew and Christian culture, with children being wrapped up in swaddling blankets next to mothers, going in the nude, being immersed in skin-to-skin closeness with mothers. Children were intensely close to their parents during the first 6 years of life, with older children alternating between free play and closeness to parents. Mother nurtured, and father encouraged.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to provocations to anger against children, as defined under the Law as the slightest of personal offense perceived by the child, with this being intended by the Apostle Paul to include any punishment or control in parenting, including spanking and corporal punishment, regardless. The Apostle Paul here was rebuking Greek Christians who held onto the pagan custom of spanking children. The "rod verses" in Proverbs, meaning all of them, are repealed verses, and were seen as such by the Early Christian church, as they refer not to punishing a child, but a sentence for crime for an ADULT child - the 40 minus 1 lashes administered by a father as a last resort before an adult child of his was put to death. That was the only corporal punishment parents could use in the Old Testament, and it only applied to ADULT children, never minor children. Christ endured both capital and corporal punishment so that we don't have to, with this including children especially. The Early Christians did not use corporal punishment in law enforcement, but instead used pro-social non-association (1 Cor. 5:11), including with adult children who violated the Law in an unforgivable fashion.

Children in biblical times were allowed to talk back. They rested with parents, meaning they were not under the command of parents, but instead directed how their needs were met, demanding and petitioning for needs/wants and a redress of grievances. Attachment in ancient Judeo-Christian culture between parents and children was policing in nature, meaning the child policed the parents for their needs, and parents righteously gave up and gave in, being meek and shamefaced in the never-ending demands of their children, with behavior such as crying, whining, and even aggression being seen as an expression of vulnerable needs. Parents bent over backwards for their children, expecting absolutely nothing in return, being shamefaced and meek in their servitude towards their children. 

Children have the right to demand their needs even today, just as they did in biblical times. They don't have to mince words, since tone-deaf, imposing demands are simply a phase in development, meaning they don't know how to "ask nicely". Why? Their brain isn't fully developed, and thus they cannot comprehend that they have to ask a certain way to get what they want. Thus, children are going to express themselves however they will, and parents must give in and give up the fight.

The depraved and entitled parents will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them burn in the lake of fire and burning sulfur, which is the second death prepared for Satan and his accomplices! Let them descent into everlasting Hell and torment, with them suffering God's Wrath forever and ever!

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