"Back talk": Why it is not a sin

Many parents think that children talking back is sinful, and that a child who talks back should be punished or reprimanded somehow. However, the Bible does not prohibit children from "talk back" to parents. Child surrender means something very different.

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, with parents/adults being meek and shamefaced in relation to children. Parents especially are to prioritize their children above themselves - children first, parents last - leading to dutiful and selfless submission to the child and their every vulnerable need, including attachment needs, with children resting in the love and grace of parents. See 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, 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. Attachment parenting was the norm in biblical times. Think a mother holding pales of water, with her young child wrapped up in swaddling blankets, with the mother gathering water from a desert stream. The modern equivalent of this surrender? A mother wrapping up her crying toddler, holding her in swaddling blankets fresh from the dryer. Children in biblical times were allowed to talk back, and they did as a norm. The most common form of secure attachment then is policing attachment. Picture a child with an extended stophand, ordering parents around as to needs and a redress of grievances. The Fifth Commandment, for minor and dependent children, simply means children rest while parents provide for a child's every vulnerable need, including attachment needs.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to the slightest of offense perceived by the child, including the slightest of offensive touch or contact perceived by the child. This was intended by the Apostle Paul to crack down on pro-spanking parents of Greek descent who brought the pagan ritual of spanking children into the church. Spanking does not come from the Bible, as the rod of correction was only used on ADULT children of Hebrew parents, and only in the New Testament. Spanking comes from pagan Europe, where pagan parents throughout the Roman Empire would whip or spank their children as a traditional form of punishment for their region of Rome. Punishing a child at all, however, was a violation of Jewish criminal law, and in the Old Testament, parents were hung in a bloodletting manner in what is known as chenek, then nailed to a cross after passing away for three days, as a warning for anyone who would dare provoke a child to anger. In the Early Church, these executions were seen as symbolic, but still were used as a convicting reason why never to punish a child.

Children did "talk back" in biblical times, and it was expected. Children demanded their needs and a redress of grievances, convicting their parents of their needs, being in place of God. Children demanded their needs and a redress of grievances, and parents surrendered, giving in and giving up, being bondservants to their children, paying due penance for their existence in relation to children. Children gave an order, and mother and/or father heeded command from their children. Children were demanding in biblical times, and the demanding nature of children was seen as endearing.

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke children to anger 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! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!