Original sin: Why all parents and adults were born in sin

The doctrine of original sin is one of the most misused of Christian teachings, meaning it has been used to subjugate slaves, wives, and now children. It has been used in church teachings to justify punishment and control of children. The fact of the matter is that the teaching has a proper usage - ALL adults.

Original sin is indicated in the New Testament by the Greek root word πλεονέκτης (Latin: pleonektés) and refers officially to wanting things from children to the point of seeking to impose said want onto children. Unofficially yet officially nonetheless, it refers to any want from a child. As a Christian adult, I am not to want anything from a child, even if I am allowed to officially, as wanting anything from a child is the very definition of original sin. I am to ask things of children, not issue demands or orders, just as the Greek root word νουθεσία (Latin: nouthesia) implies. See Eph. 6:4.

This is applied to the doctrine of mutual submission in parenting. It says in Colossians 3:20-21 KJV:

Children, obey your parents in all things, as 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 trust in parents. Replace "obey" with "trust" and you come to a roughly better translation. This, however, refers to a very special type of trust borne out of maternal warmth and sustenance. Attachment parenting was the Judeo-Christian tradition in the Bible, with children up until age 3 being breastfed as infants by their mothers, and treated behaviorally as such. Children slept next to their mothers into adulthood, and even perhaps into adulthood. Children were seen as naturally rebellious, but in a doting, endearing type of way where their rebellion was seen as adorable by parents.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to provocations to anger, meaning all offenses against children, with "offense" defined as the slightest of personal offense perceived by the child. This was intended by the Apostle Paul and the legal context he was writing to as including a prohibition on all punishment, control, and punitive parenting, including spanking and corporal punishment, regardless. The Apostle Paul here was warning against the spanking of children in Greek Christian households, where such parenting was the "tradition". Corporal punishment of a child was legally defensible under Roman law, but not Jewish law. Corporal punishment in the Bible existed only as a legal punishment for ADULTS, and only after a conviction of a capital crime. It was administered in the courtroom, not in a family home, and it was administered to the bare back with a switch, meaning the rod of correction. Children could not be punished at all under Jewish law, as they were seen as learning the Law, not bound to the Law, until they reached the age of majority in that society.

I am a depraved and entitled adult deserving of DEATH and PUNISHMENT merely for existing in relation to children, simply for existing as an adult in relation to children. I am to surrender to the every need of children, showing Christian love to my neighbor, reverently fearing the needs and best interests of the child. I am entitled to nothing in relation to a child, and grateful for every child that trusts me, given that I am deserving of none. I am a pedophile, and I choose not to abuse children.

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, which is Satan's tomb! Let them descend to Hell and torment forever and ever, suffering God's Wrath! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!