Religious entitlement: Why punishment does not pass down the faith

America is a Christian nation, founded upon a framework of Judeo-Christian family values, which are the norm in the United States, and will be until the end of the time. Most parents, quite understandably, want to pass down the faith, but quite not understandably at all, do so with force and punishment. One common form of religious child abuse is breaking the will of children.

It says in Ephesians 6:1-4 KJV:

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor thy father and mother, as 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.

Religious instruction should be based in Christian example, not punishment or control. The Greek root word translated "nurture" is παιδεία (Latin: paideia) and refers to a specific standard of Christian discipline, namely one that is entitled to nothing in life, and is grateful for everything life brings you, with this applied to Christian parents in relation to their children. Children owe nothing in relation to parents, and parents owe everything in relation to children, with this leading to a chastened up example in parents for children to follow. This includes religious practice. This is backed up in instruction in the Lord, meaning usually a warning that a certain want or behavior is unattainable or unsafe. This is an agreed-upon warning, usually in an unsafe situation. Usually, even that level of intervention is unnecessary, as most childhood behavior is a phase, meaning a child at age 3 who is hitting parents likely won't be at age 13, because they would have a larger vocabulary at that age. The best way to hand down Christian family values is by being religious around children, in a way that invited questions about God and Jesus. The Christian faith is based on discipline, meaning a certain grateful form of discipline that demands nothing and offends nobody, and is charitable nature. The only way to teach these values is to be their first role models, and model to them the faith, hoping they take after parents and respect and listen to the example of parents. This is all weighed by the Greek root word translated "provoke...to wrath" which is παροργίζο (Latin: parorgizo) and refers to provocations to anger directed towards children, with this referring to the commandment to love your neighbor and not provoke them to anger. This is defined here as the slightest of personal offense perceived by the child, including the slightest of unwanted touch. The Apostle Paul here was lifting up a prohibition on any punishment and control of punishment in the Law, rebuking Greek Christians who misused the verses in Proverbs to justify corporal punishment. All seven verses pertaining to the rod are repealed verses, as they refer to a dated legal punishment - the 40 minus 1 stripes with the rod of correction, which was only applied in the Old Testament, never the New Testament or the Early Church.

Every single 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, shut up by the Lord for what all adults have collectively individually done to children, or are capable of doing to children. This guilt should convict parents especially to put themselves last, and their children first, leading to dutiful and selfless submission to the every need of children, expecting absolutely nothing in relation to children, leading to rest. This rest is denoted by the Greek root word υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and refers to secure, vulnerable rest that leads to children taking after the example of their parents. In the biblical context, this was ensured by attachment parenting, meaning children wrapped up next to the bosom of their mothers, in pure skin-to-skin closeness, wrapped up in swaddling blankets. Most children were weaned by age 3, with children as old as 10 being wrapped up in swaddling bands next to their mother, with older children alternating closeness with free play.

Religious entitlement is a form of parental entitlement, and is denoted by the Greek root word πλεονέκτης (Latin: pleonektés) and refers in the case of religious entitlement to wanting a child to believe the same way you do to the point of imposition. Imposition is demanding that children follow a specific belief system, whereas it is not religious entitlement if you give them room to reject you instead of hear you out. As a Christian, I would want my children to hear me out, but then make their own decisions as to whether to run with it or not. I might want them to run with it, but ultimately, that is their choice, and I am not to interfere either way. I would not deem a child competent to fully decide until age 18, either way, but would allow them to have their own opinion before then that is non-binding and likely would vacillate.

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 descend into the Hell of fire and torment, suffering God's Wrath forever and ever! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!