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

The doctrine of original sin is the most misunderstood and misused teachings of the Christian faith. However, original sin is the backbone of Christianity. Without original sin, there would be no need for a Christ. However, children need not be reminded of their sinful nature. They will figure it all out on their own.

The depraved and entitled parent of the world are deserving of nothing but DEATH and PUNISHMENT merely for existing in relation to children. Only a few will be saved. The rest are marked for eternal torment, which is the ever-burning lake of fire and burning sulfur. Mankind has fallen from grace, and is deserving of punishment. The key is to turn yourself in merely for being the parent that you are, and atone for your parental entitlement. This will lead to a remorseful example for children to follow.

Children are best convicted of their original sin in the context of the Christian 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 on 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. This word ultimately refers to a secure attachment between parent and child in the family home. This secure attachment comes from parent submission, where parents submit to children in an adversarial manner, as they would to God, from beneath yet from above, expecting absolutely nothing in return.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to wrath" is παροργίζο (Latin: parorgizo) and refers to damages or offense, namely the slightest of personal offense perceived by a child, including, but not limited to, the slightest of offensive touch or speech perceived by a child, 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, reprimands, 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 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 at the parish at Ephesus 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 of the church, but he sure loved children, and even took in a few orphaned children during his time. Indeed, Greco-Roman fathers brought out the scourge of cords in order to punish their children, but NOT the Christians among them - the Early Christians were largely persecuted for being "too soft" on your children.

The Greek root word translated "nurture" is παιδεία (Latin: paideia) and refers to here, in this context, modeling and encouraging Christian discipline in children. The Christian standard of discipline is deserving of absolutely nothing, therefore grateful for everything, coming from a sinful nature, leading to a chastened up example for children to follow. Christian parents in the Early Church centered their entitlement in view of their children, with their children following in their footsteps. Children, in biblical times, were caught being good, as opposed to being caught being bad. Whenever a child was caught showing good traits - such as sharing, waiting their turn, or controlling themselves - fathers gave them lavish praise and encouragement to "keep headed down the straight path". Boys were given manly praise when caught being good by fathers, whereas girls were given snuggles and physical affection when caught being good by fathers. Children need religious instruction. The Greek root word translated "admonition" is νουθεσία (Latin: nouthesia) and refers to religious instruction. All fathers had to do was leave out an Aramaic copy of the Hebrew Bible out for the child to read and explore. When the child was caught reading the Bible, they were lavishly praised and encouraged with phrases such as "that book is good for you". From there, religious instruction came in question and answer format, with children being eager to learn the facts of life, and fathers giving pointers on the context. 

Children have a religious development of their own. Starting at age 6, they are ready to learn a religion. Starting out, their religious beliefs are simplistic, but as they grow older. they start to conform to a specific religious denomination. You can limit your child to some degree, by leaving out only a Christian Bible. But, they are going to pick the denomination they want, no matter how close or far away the child is to the religious beliefs of their parents. Most children who never have been punished choose the religion of their parents, without any struggle whatsoever. 

Original sin is a core teaching in Christianity, and so it is hard to avoid. When a child discovers the doctrine of original sin, either in the Bible or a Bible commentary. The key is not to argue with the child, but instead simply comfort them when they discover reality, which is that they are sinners. A good thing to say is "Aren't we all sinners as human beings? Nobody is perfect". 

What ultimately motivates children to keep down the high road? The key to gaining cooperation from children is a secure attachment with your child. 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 quartered in the nude, in the family home, in skin-on-skin format - children went naked wherever they went, and mothers were naked in the family home. For the first 2 years of a child's life, they were constantly held by mothers, in her arms, or else in a papoose bag on mom's bag. Children aged 2-6 ranged next to mothers, demanding that mom remain in the line of sight of children, even when she simply was traveling to another room in the house. Whenever children cried, mothers cooed at children, before picking them up and cradling them in her arms in order to comfort them. When out and about in public, children were swaddled next to the bosom of mothers in swaddling blankets, then held closer when they cried. Come nightfall, children co-slept next to mothers, in skin-on-skin format, with this lasting until the child reached the onset of puberty, when children wanted their own place to sleep.

The abovementioned birth nudity is the optimal conditioning of childhood. This optimal conditioning prepares children for learning the facts of life later on in life. Most children are motivated to learn to learn the Christian facts of life when they have a secure attachment with their parents. Birth nudity is what forges this bond with children.

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke their children to anger through punitive parenting 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 day and night forever and ever! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!