Original sin: Why this teaching should instead be focused on adults (not children)

The teaching of original sin. It is the most misunderstood of teachings, and the most misused as well. Yet, the teaching is the backbone of Christianity. Most parents today misuse this teaching, in some way, to shame their children. Instead of focusing on children, why not focus on adults? We have all sinned as adults against children, since time immemorial.

The Greek root word denoting entitlement in the New Testament, and cross-referencing the Tenth Commandment, is πλεονέκτης (Latin: pleonektés) and refers here, officially, to parental entitlement, or wanting things from or of children, to the point of imposition. Unofficially, this refers to any want from a child, period. But, don't we all want something from children, due to our selfish, entitled nature towards children as adults? Ask, and you shall receive from your child, if she is developmentally ready. Demand, and you get nothing but resistance and resentment from your child. Wanting things is at the core of our fallen nature as depraved animals, and wanting things from children is at the core of the depraved and entitled nature of adults.

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. Parents and other adults are obligated to be meek and shamefaced in relation to children, being shut up in the Lord, silenced by being convicted of one's entitled and sinful nature in relation to children. Parents are to love their children, meaning putting children first, and parents last, in a convicted way leading to dutiful and selfless submission towards children and their every vulnerable need, expecting absolutely nothing in return from children or others, with children resting safely and securely in parents. 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. This wasn't a respect that came from fearful compliance, but one borne out of restful trust in parents, meaning being able to tell parents anything and everything that is on your mind, including even confessions of wrongdoing, without expecting any punishment or reprisal in return. Parents were servants of God in biblical times, meaning not authority figures, with children being in place of God on earth. Parents were seen then as bondservants beholden to their child's every vulnerable need, being righteously enslaved to children, being a mere tool for their child's needs, meaning a milking-object to milk for needs and closeness. Attachment parenting was the established norm in biblical times. Think a Christian mother holding pales of water, with a young child wrapped up next to her bosom in swaddling blankets, and an older child strapped to her back in a papoose bag, gathering water to cook food with and to drink. Boil over, then safe, then store. That was the essence of true biblical parenting, as practiced in its proper context.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to damages or abuse, namely child abuse in this context. This refers to the slightest of personal offense, meaning the slightest of offensive touch or speech, coming from entitlement. In this commandment, the Apostle Paul was lifting up the Law against punishing or being controlling with your child. Punishment and controlling demeanor towards children, as a common habit in parents, comes not from the Bible, but from Ancient Greco-Roman cultural bias in translating the Bible. Paul was rebuking Greek Christians who were misquoting Proverbs even then. The book of Proverbs contains seven verses that mention the rod, all of which are repealed verses, meaning that they are relevant only to the cultural and legal context in which they were given. This is because those verses do not refer to any "biblical spanking", but to a specific, archaic form of judicial corporal punishment - the 40 minus 1 lashes with the rod of correction, as a final warning before a lawless ADULT child was put to death, usually not for offenses against parents. MINOR children could not be whipped for anything, as whipping or striking anyone required a criminal conviction in order to be legal, and minor age was a defense in any court of law, including that of parents. Punishment in the Old Testament was rare, meaning some laws under the Law of Moses didn't even get enforced.

Children in biblical times were seen as little gods or goddesses, but the kind of god or goddess that played tricks on you, meaning children were always into some sort of mischief, and parents laughed along when their children played tricks on them. The flaws of children were seen then as perfect flaws, meaning children were doted on for their flawed nature, not despite it, just as Christ loves His children for their flawed nature, not despite it, in a way that guides them on the right path. Children often found religious belief on their own, and were encouraged in their own vocation by fathers especially, meaning both boys and girls in the Early Church.

I myself am a depraved and entitled sinner who is deserving of nothing from children, but is grateful for all the trust and care that they give me. I am deserving of DEATH and PUNISHMENT merely for existing in relation to children as an adult, and so I am convicted as a pedophile to not fornicate against a child. Children are deserving of everything I can give them, which simply includes personal space and boundaries. 

The depraved and entitled parents and adults who provoke children to anger will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them be cast into the lake of fire and burning sulfur, which is the second death prepared for Satan and his accomplices! Let them descend into the abyss which is the ever-burning Hell of fire and torment, suffering God's Wrath forever and ever! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!