Original sin: Why adults are born in sin

The doctrine of original sin is one of the most misused of all Christian teachings. However, at the same time, the doctrine of original sin is the backbone of Christianity. Without the existence of original sin in mankind, there would be no need for a Christ. Today, children are being framed for having original sin, when we all are born in sin. There is no need to single out children for their sin nature, and "beat the devil out of them". We as adults must instead focus on our own sins.

The Apostle Paul wrote in Romans 3:9-12 KJV:

What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

This passage was written to Roman Christians in the 1st Century. The Roman Christians were getting prideful and boastful about their practice of Christianity, believing that they were the righteous ones for being Christians. The Apostle Paul, here, was convicting the Roman Christians of their original sin. Today, this passage can be seen as a testament to how God feels about humanity. God hates us all, so much that He doesn't want us to even exist in His midst. By default, all mankind is marked for deletion. Only a few of us, meaning the elect, will be saved. The rest will suffer the second death, which is the Hell of fire and brimstone, being tormented day in day out. God especially hates mankind for his one-sided incursion on child-kind committed by adult-kind.

The Greek root word denoting entitlement in the New Testament, including parental entitlement, and cross-referencing the Tenth Commandment, is πλεονέκτης (Latin: pleonektés) and refers to, officially speaking, wanting things from children, to the point of imposition. Unofficially speaking, this word refers to wanting things from children, period. It is not good to want anything in life, including from children. But, we all want something from children as depraved and decadent adults. So, we should ask politely and appropriately, and accept when children won't or can't give us what we want from them. Want is the core of our sin nature, and wants from children are the core of our every want as depraved and decadent human beings. We, as depraved and decadent adults, are deserving of absolutely nothing from children or anyone else, and are to be grateful for everything children give us, without demanding more. This Greek word alone is proof that we are a fallen species, and we are a fallen species largely for how we treat the smallest and most vulnerable among us - children.

What washes away the sin nature of adult-kind? Only Christian love can purge our sins! Christian love is denoted by the Greek root word αγαπαο (Latin: agapao) and refers to, in this context, prioritizing your child first, and yourself last, to the point of dutiful and selfless submission to your child, expecting absolutely nothing in return. This Love comes not from a place of pride or desire, but from a place of conviction, where the parent or similarly charged adult comes to the knowledge that they are a depraved and decadent sinner who is deserving of absolutely nothing from children or anyone else, leading to the sinner paying due penance by serving their neighbor, meaning their child. Love starts when a parent starts finding fault in themselves instead of their child, for being a parent, and not despite being a parent. No parent is perfect, yet every parent is to strive to be perfect, thus any parent can find something to blame themselves for. This love is what drives the mutual submission between parent and child. 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. Children are to rest securely in the sacrifice of parents, just as parent believers rest securely in the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Parents are to be extensions of Christ in the family home, sacrificing for their children, just as Christ sacrificed for His children, with children being a Godhead for parents to serve, and with children resting in the submission of parents, owing absolutely nothing to parents. Parents are the enemy of children, just as mankind is the enemy of God, with parents being subservient to them just as they are to Him, expecting absolutely nothing in return.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to damages or offenses, namely the slightest of personal offense perceived by the child, including, but not limited to, the slightest of offensive touch or speech perceived by the child, coming from entitlement. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul, and understood in its original context, as a moral statute prohibiting all forms of punitive parenting, including any form of punishment or controlling demeanor towards children. In the Old Testament, punitive parents were put to death by way of bloodletting, after punishing their children too many times. Parents who punished their children were charged with kidnapping, with "kidnapping" being defined under the Law as the slightest of damages or offenses stemming from hostage-taking - child punishment was seen as holding your child hostage merely for things they did wrong. Paul was lifting up this legal context to a group of Greek Christian parents who brought their pagan custom of spanking and punishing children into the church. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punishment of a child. Paul was lifting up the Law in order to educate Greek and Roman parent newcomers to the Christian Church about the proper Jewish parenting, which was attachment-based in nature. In the 1st Century, the Early Church was considered a sect of Judaism, with the parenting customs of the Early Church no different than their Jewish predecessors.

The main sin nature parents have in the United States is parent anger. Parent anger towards one's child was considered sinful and unnatural in Ancient Israel and the Early Church, and any parent who got angry with a child was seen as a viper and a monster. Parents who got angry with their children, at all, were wanted for dead once the anger was found out, and then the investigation went on until, in the Old Testament, the punitive parent was put to death by way of bloodletting. The Early Church saw angry parents as extortioners, and swiftly excommunicated them, forcing a dissolution of the family. Most parents in biblical times were instead motivated by righteous anxiety and worry. Anger never drove thst bus, unless that angry parent wanted to die, in this world or the next.

The main sin nature parents had in Ancient Israel and the Early Church was parent attraction, meaning pedophilia. Child sexual abuse, in and of itself, was a rare event, but it was the most common form of abuse, and came in many forms. The most egregious form was sexual intercourse with both a mother and her daughter, which was a death sentence in the Old Testament, with the offender burnt at the stake. Most abuse involved false encouragement, usually in the form of sexual triangulation between siblings, in which case the death penalty was expanded to that as well. Any sexual dealings outside of marriage was unlawful under the Law, and that included any mounting behavior that was legal in neighboring cultures. Child abuse of any kind was rare, and something that incurred bloodlust in the ancients, due to the outrage involved. Children were treated better in biblical times than they are today.

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke their children to anger will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them be forever 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!