Original sin: How to bring your child up in the doctrine of original sin (without punishment or shaming)

The doctrine of original sin is the most misused and misunderstood of Christian teachings. Yet, the the doctrine of original sin is the backbone of Christianity. Without original sin, there would be no reason for a Savior. Most parents who punish their children do so in order to "beat the original sin out of them". There are better ways to impart the Christian doctrine of original sin than punishing or reprimanding children.

The Greek root word translated "covetous" in the Bible is πλεονέκτης (Latin: pleonektés) and refers literally to entitled existence, meaning adult-kind is to atone for their mere existence, merely by avoiding the entitlement conflated with that existence. Ultimately, the meaning of this word points to original sin, as it is in our nature to commit entitled acts. The first step to non-entitlement is to avoid parental entitlement, meaning avoiding deservances that lead to temper tantrums such as punishing or reprimanding children. YOU, as a parent, are a depraved and entitled parent who is deserving of nothing but DEATH and PUNISHMENT merely for existing in relation to children. Children are watching your every move, and if you oppose your own sinful nature, so will children in your footsteps.

Original sin in parenting can be further understood in the context of the doctrine of mutual submission. See Ephesians 6:1-4 KJV

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; which 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.

The Greek root word translated "obey" is υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and refers to secure, vulnerable rest in the love and submission of parents. Parents are the enemy of children, just as mankind is the enemy of God, and are to submit as such. This surrender to parents came with strings attached for parents, meaning children could issue righteous demands from their place of rest, usually when parents aren't pulling their weight.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to wrath" is παροργίζο (Latin: parorgizo) and refers to damages or offenses, namely the slightest of personal offense perceived by a child, including, but not limited to. the slightest of offensive touch or speech, stemming 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, but not limited to, any punishments, threats, or other controlling demeanor towards children. In the Old Testament, punitive parents were put to death by way of bloodletting, after punishing their children one last time. 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 that they did wrong, thereby treating your child as a quartered slave. Paul here was lifting up the Law in order to convict 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 in his secular writings. Paul may not have gotten along with the women, but he sure loved children, and took in orphaned children. Indeed, Greco-Roman fathers did use the scourge of cords to punish their children, but NOT the Christians among them - the Early Christians were largely hated for being "too soft" on their children.

The Greek root word translated "nurture" is παιδεία (Latin: paideia) and refers to here, in this context, to modeling and encouraging Christian discipline in children. The Christian standard of discipline is deserving of absolutely nothing, therefore grateful for absolutely everything, coming from a sinful nature. Christian parents centered their entitlement in view of their children, with children then following in their parents' footsteps. Children were caught being good, as opposed to being caught being bad. Whenever children were caught emulating the disciplined example of their parents, they were given lavish praise and encouragement to "keep headed down the straight path". Boys were given manly praise by fathers when caught being good, whereas girls were given snuggles and physical affection by fathers when caught being good. Sometimes, children needed instruction from their parents. The Greek root word translated "admonition" is νουθεσία (Latin: nouthesia) and refers to the advice and counsel of parents, meaning parents could only give advice as needed, or else counsel their children when they were upset. Otherwise children called the shots, and issued righteous demands on their parents.

Children, like the rest of us, have a depraved and entitled sinful nature. However, children, like us adults, are capable of self-improvement. The key to healthy self-improvement in children is a good Christian example that demands absolutely nothing, therefore is grateful for everything. From there, your child will make many attempts to copy your example. When they get it right, praise and encourage your child. Your disciplined example should be absorbed gradually, in increments, with each increment of emulating your disciplined example being followed by praise and encouragement from fathers. Fathers nurtured from afar, in a teaching way that praised and encouraged children to do their best in terms of behavior.

Mothers nurtured up close, and this motivated children to want to follow in the footsteps of parents. For the first 6 years of a child's life, children were in constant closeness to mothers, meaning that wherever the mother went, so did the child. The Early Christians practiced birth nudity, where mother and child were in the nude next to each other, in skin-on-skin closeness and intimacy. Whenever children cried, mothers cooed at their children, then picking them up to hold them next to their bosom, in skin-on-skin mammary closeness. When young children under age 6 were taken out and about by mothers, mothers swaddled the child next to the bosom of mothers in constant skin-on-skin mammary closeness. Come nightfall, children co-slept next to mothers, in skin-on-skin format. This co-sleeping lasted until the child hit the onset of puberty, when children wanted their own place to sleep.

Mothers nurture up close, and fathers nurture from afar. Most all fathers, if not all, struggle with a parent attraction towards their children, usually their daughter. However, fathers in biblical times, were aware of their parent attraction, and masturbated righteously to sexual thoughts of children. This centered the sexual drive of the man of the house towards his children, and re-channeled the drive elsewhere. The Greek root word denoting lust in the Bible is επιθυμέω (Latin: epithumeo) and is defined as, officially speaking, sexual want, to the point of sexually motivated approach. Righteous masturbation about your child makes a nurturer out of a man.

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke their children to wrath through punitive parenting will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them forever 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 day and night forever and ever! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!