Redefining child abuse: Why the Bible calls for expanding child abuse definition

Many people think that the Bible does not deal with issues related to child abuse. Most people believe that the ancients had no concept of childhood let alone child abuse. However, the Bible itself opposes corporal punishment and other forms of punitive parenting.

The Greek root word denoting parental entitlement in the New Testament, and cross-references the Tenth Commandment, is πλεονέκτης (Latin: pleonektés) and is defined as, officially speaking, wanting things from children, to the point of imposition. When this want was imposed on the child, and the child perceived it, it became child abuse. See Colossians 3:21 KJV:

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

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 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 crime 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 under the Law as the slightest of damages or offenses stemming from hostage-taking - child punishment was seen in biblical times 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 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 as a deacon. Indeed, Greco-Roman fathers got 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 their children.

Sweden was the first nation in modern times to ban all forms of punitive parenting. However, in most ancient societies, it was illegal to strike your child. In Ancient Israel and the Early Church, children were not allowed to be punished in any way, for any reason. The rod verses in Proverbs refer to corporal punishment of ADULT children, in the form of 40 minus 1 lashes. It was a harrowing experience that happened only once in a lifetime, and only as a preliminary sentence for a capital offense. The 40 minus 1 lashes, alongside all capital and corporal punishment, was prohibited completely in the Early Church, as Christ experienced a flogging and an execution unjustly.

Israel abolished corporal punishment and other controlling demeanor toward children in 2000. There was never any legal defense for "reasonable chastisement". However, Christian and Muslim communities protected physical abusers in their family courts, with Israel having religious courts for family affairs. Thus, a 2000 court ruling from the Israeli Supreme Court stated that the police had the unilateral right to both apprehend pro-spanking parents and collect their children in the course of a raid.

Israeli law currently prohibits all forms of assault and battery towards a child, without exception. Parent abusers were charged under the appropriate statute, given the nature of the offense. A parent who yelled was charged with harassment. A parent who physically punished a child was charged with battery. A parent who injured a child was charged with assault. 

Child abuse, in the Early Church, was a perceived offense. Anything that the child perceived as offensive or damaging was considered child abuse, if it stemmed from entitlement. Even child sexual abuse was a moral crime, with the child either perceiving the intent in the form of an offense or a procurement. Most child sexual abuse happened in the Early Church when the father said "yes" to his daughter's advances. Even if the daughter started the interaction, fathers had to say "no" and redirect their child towards masturbation. There was no "icing on the cake" in Ancient Jewish culture, especially the Early Church.

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

Child discipline: How to discipline your child the right way (without punishment or force)

Many parents insist on discipline for their children. However, most parents take up the attitude that children deserve punishment as a means of discipline. The fact of the matter, however, is that proper discipline is based off of catching children being good, as opposed to catching them being bad.

Proper discipline is summed up by 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 thy 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.

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 are to submit to their children as they would God, from beneath yet from above, expecting absolutely nothing in return. See also Matt. 22:35-40. 

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 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, which is defined as under the Law as the slightest of damages or offenses stemming from hostage-taking - child punishment was seen in biblical times 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 Christians 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 as a deacon. Indeed, Greco-Roman parents got 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 their 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 absolutely 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 relation to their children, with children following in their footsteps. Children in biblical times were caught being good, as opposed to being caught being bad. Whenever children were caught showing good traits - such as sharing, being patient, or showing self-control - they were given 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 a side-embrace when caught being good by fathers. Children also need religious instruction. The Greek root word translated "admonition" is νουθεσία (Latin: nouthesia) and refers to the instruction of the Lord. Fathers instructed their children by leaving out an Aramaic copy of the Hebrew Bible for children to discover and explore. When children were caught reading the Bible, they were given praise along the lines of "that book is good for you". From there, religious instruction came in question and answer format based on the Scripture read by the child, and with fathers giving pointers on the context. Religious development is a natural part of child development, with religion being a human need for a child. Children's beliefs started out being simplistic and non-conforming to any denomination. However, as they got older, their beliefs started to conform to a specific denomination. It may not be the denomination of your choosing, but at least they have values.

What leads to children hearing out their father's instruction? Why not start out with a secure attachment with mothers. For the first 6 years of a child's life, children were in constant closeness with mothers, meaning that wherever the mother went, so did the child. For the first 2 years of a child's life, children were constantly held, either in the loving arms of mothers, or else on her back in a papoose bag if her hands were full. When the child was aged 2-6, they ranged next to mothers, following her from room to room, not letting mothers out of their line of sight, with their worst fear being mom "going away and never coming back". Whenever children cried, mothers cooed at children before picking them up, cradling their children in skin-on-skin mammary closeness. When mothers were out and about with their children, they swaddled their children to their bosom in swaddling blankets. Come nightfall, children co-slept next to mothers, in skin-on-skin format, with this co-sleeping lasting until the onset of puberty, which was when children insisted on their own place to sleep.

Mothers nurture up close, whereas fathers nurture from afar. Mothers nurture in an unconditional way, whereas fathers nurtured in a teaching way. Apart from religious instruction and catching children being good when they were older, fathers kept their distance from children. This distance was because fathers had a sexual attachment to their children, especially their daughters, in mutually unrequited format. Fathers didn't get their icing on the cake, meaning fathers didn't get to sexually correct their children. Children were simply naked, and daughters enjoyed being naked in front of their fathers, with fathers enjoying his eyeshot towards his daughter. Fathers masturbated to sexual thoughts of children, following the sexual thoughts to the end through indulging in masturbatory fantasy. Sometimes mothers had to take masturbation breaks, and they complied with the church teaching of righteous masturbation, just as the men did.

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

 

Separation anxiety: Understanding cries out of nowhere

Many parents have had to deal with it. A child crying seemingly out of nowhere. Most parents punish children who cry out of nowhere. This is a common reason for punishment amongst American parents. Most of the time, however, a child cries when they need something, and the core of all needs is attachment needs.

Separation anxiety is a normal stage in child development for children under age 6. Providing for separation anxiety involves the Christian doctrine of mutual submission. 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 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 are to submit to their child as they would to God, from beneath yet from above, 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 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 in biblical times 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 of the church, but he sure loved children, and even took in a few orphaned children during his time as deacon. Indeed, Greco-Roman fathers got 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 their children.

Separation anxiety, in biblical times, was met with constant closeness. For the first 6 years of a child's life, children were in constant closeness to mothers, meaning wherever the mother went, so did the child. For the first 2 years of the child's life, children were constantly held by mothers, either in her arms, or on her back in a papoose bag when her hands were full. When children cried, mothers stopped what they were doing, and held the child close to her bosom in mammary closeness. Between the ages of 2-6, children ranged next to mothers, following her from room to room, not letting mom out of their sight, with children having a morbid fear of mothers "going away and never coming back".

Children were taken out in public by mothers rarely in biblical times. Mothers, when out and about, swaddled their children next to their bosom in swaddling blankets. From there, the child was tucked underneath the loose-fitting, revealing dress that resembled an apron. The swaddling blankets were tied from the left breast, and then across the dot to the right leg, or vice versa, or both in the case of twins. When young children - under age 6 - cried in public, mothers simply held them closer to her bosom, in swaddling blankets. The swaddling blankets were made of velvet, which was grown throughout the Ancient Middle East.

Children have five basic categories of needs; food, water, shelter, transportation, and attachment - and the greatest of these needs is attachment! If your child is crying seemingly out of nowhere, they need YOU. Most of the time, children who cry want closeness with mothers. They could be hungry, or thirsty, hot, or cold, and that might lead to a meltdown. But, for young children, the most common need is attachment, applied directly with lots of cuddles and snuggles. 

Fathers also were involved in the upbringing of children. Most fathers had a secondary secure attachment to children. Most fathers kept their distance due to the secure attachment being a sexual attachment to children. Fathers dealt with this sexual attachment by way of righteous masturbation and righteous avoidance. Fathers masturbated to sexual thoughts of their children, and at the same time knew how to avoid them through knowing that approaching their child for sexual or flirtatious reasons would lead to eternity in Hell. Mothers nurtured up close, and fathers nurtured from afar. Fathers nurtured through praise and encouragement, catching children being good as opposed to being bad.

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

Righteous pampering: Why God wants parents to pamper their children

Many parents believe pampering your child is not the right thing to do. Most American parents take the attitude that they don't want to be seen as pampering their children. However, God's Law is above the law of the land, and God's Law, as understood in context, says to pamper and baby your children.

Righteous pampering is part of the Christian doctrine of mutual submission. 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 submission of parents. This word ultimately refers to a secure attachment between parent and child in the family home. This secure attachment ultimately comes from parent submission, where parents are to submit to their children as they would to God, from beneath yet from above, 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 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 his original context, as a moral statute prohibiting all forms of punitive parenting, including, but not limited to, any punishments, reprimands, and other controlling demeanor towards children. In the Old Testament, punitive parents were put do 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 seen in biblical times 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 of the church, but he sure loved children, and even took in a few orphaned children during his time as a deacon. Indeed, Greco-Roman parents got out the scourge of cords in order to punish their children, but NOT the Christians among them - the Early Christians were persecuted largely for being "too soft" on their children.

The Bible and its context calls for righteous pampering of a child, but only in a certain way. For the first 6 years of a child's life, children were in constant closeness with mothers, meaning that wherever the mother went, so did her child. For the first 2 years of a child's life, children were constantly held by mothers, either in her arms, or else in a papoose bag on her back when mom's hands were full. When children were aged 2-6, they ranged next to mother, following mom all through the house, not letting mom out of their line of sight, fearing that mothers would "go away and never come back". Whenever a child cried, mothers cooed at their children, before picking them up and cradling them in her arms next to her bosom. When mothers were out and about with their children, they swaddled their children next to their bosom in swaddling blankets, cooing when children started to cry, then holding the child closer to her bosom. Children, when swaddled to the bosom of mothers, cried silently and quietly.

Cooing was a primal way of reassuring and validating the upsets of children. When mothers cooed at their children in the biblical context, children fell into line, and immediately started calming down. All they needed was for mom to coo at them, and then they felt heard, with their upsets being validated by the cooing vocalizations coming from mothers.

Children older than age 6 played freely, venturing farther and farther from home, albeit after checking in with mom. Children played some very high-risk games by today's standards. Older children were pampered by being given freedom to roam and play. At the end of the day, children were called by their name to dinner, and then bedtime.

Come nightfall, children co-slept next to mothers, in skin-on-skin format. This co-sleeping lasted until the onset of puberty, when children wanted their own place to sleep. This was the beginning of the end of a mother's closeness and warmth with children. From there, parents were shaken off, and children were soon to leave the nest.

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

Parent attraction: What to do about parent attraction

Many parents think that someone else is a threat to children, meaning they "would never" abuse a child sexually. However, most child sexual abuse is committed by parents. Over 80% of child sexual abuse is committed by a parent. All parents are capable of child sexual abuse under the right/wrong conditions.

Most fathers have a sexual attachment to their children, usually their daughters. Most of the time, however, this sexual attachment is repressed in nature, and then comes out sideways. A common excuse made by parents who sexually abuse their children is the myth that child sexual abuse was legal in biblical times. 

It says in Leviticus 18:17 KJV:

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.

The phrase "a woman and her daughter" was applied flexibly, not narrowly, with the courts respecting the Judeo-Christian legal tradition prohibiting all sexual relations outside of marriage, including with a young girl. The Greek root word cross-referencing this commandment in the New Testament is πορνεία (Latin: porneia) and refers to anything outside of proper channels, as understood then. Intergenerational marriages were unlawful under Christian law, as the church tradition - then and now - was that marriages had to be between two people of the same age and place in life. Only adults above the age of majority were allowed to marry, and only once the marriage was licensed by Rome.

The Greek root word denoting lust or inordinate affection is έπιθυμέω (Latin: epithumeo) and refers not to ordinary sexual desire, but instead sexual entitlement. Sexual entitlement is defined as, officially speaking, sexual want, to the point of sexually motivated approach. It is unlawful to approach a child for sexual or flirtatious reasons. Taking the first steps towards committing a sexual offense a child is, in fact, the same as committing the crime in God's eyes. The only way out is in, meaning the best thing for a man or woman to do is follow their sexual thoughts about children to the end using masturbatory fantasy. 

Most child sexual abuse starts out with a sexual attachment, usually to a daughter. But, the parent represses the sexual thoughts towards their child, meaning refuses to masturbate to them, Then, the repressed sexual thoughts come out sideways, usually channeled as a form of punishment. Usually, the parent abuser cites false context in the Bible in order to justify their sexual correction of their children. Usually, they are high on notions of modesty. These are all ways women get raped as well. Most rapists are the "modesty police", meaning some of the last words leading up to their rapes is "cover up". Child nudity is what triggers most child rapists, and usually, it is a singular event these days.

In biblical times, fathers were not allowed their icing on the cake. The sexual dynamics in a family home in biblical times was like a criss-cross, with fathers and daughters being sexually attached to each other in a mutually unrequited way. Sons were attracted to mothers, but that one went nowhere, as mothers rarely have parent attraction. These sexual attractions in children started from age 3, and lasted until puberty, which was when children started having attractions towards same-age peers. Sexual attachments between fathers and daughters were connotational, meaning the father noticed certain things about his daughter's naked body that he liked, and his daughter enjoyed being naked for her father because she was well taken care of. However, fathers who were enticed by their daughters, or who enticed their daughters, were put to death by way of burning at the stake. Sexually abusing boys was grounds for stoning. Criminal gangs of homosexual predators ran the streets in Ancient Israel, and infiltrated the Early Church - especially in Corinth. These gangs of homosexuals raped young boys, including the young boys they had as sons. However, even same-age homosexual relationships were prohibited, with both men being stoned to death in the Old Testament. The Greek root word πορνεία (Latin: porneia) lifts up all of this context. Sexual relations were only allowed two ways in the Early Church - inwards towards yourself, or towards your wife. The only woman a man was allowed to have was his wife, and Christ said only one wife. Masturbation was the only way out of a sexual attachment to their children, and in most cases, the lustful passions were purged away after just a few sessions, with the father then revisiting the fantasy later.

Every single adult is capable of sexually abusing a child, under the right/wrong conditions. Any old adult could sexually abuse a child, if given a once-and-a-lifetime opportunity. Usually, this opportunity is bathtime, when the child reaches the onset of puberty. Usually, the sexual offender often ends the act with the phrase "cover up", whispered in a creepy way. I myself am a pedophile, and I can tell you that righteous masturbation is what ultimately dims the lights and cools the jets when it comes to unrequited attractions. It brings you to a place of calm, meaning all your sexual lusts for children have been purged. From there, all you need to know is that even approaching a child for sexual or flirtatious reasons is unlawful and will land me in Hell.

The depraved and decadent, defiled parents who rape or sexually assault their children. Let them descend into torrents of Hell-fire designed for Satan and his accomplices! Repent! 

Time-in: Why mammary closeness is the biblical form of time-in

Many parents support time-out, and then maybe the occasional disciplinary spanking done "out of love". This is a common attitude amongst American parents. Most American parents don't support time-in. However, time-in is the proper way to deal with a crying child, and there is a proper way of doing time-out - mammary closeness.

Mammary closeness is part of the Christian doctrine of mutual submission. 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 submission of parents. This word ultimately refers to a secure attachment between mother and child in the family home. This secure attachment comes from parent submission, where parents are to submit to their children as they would to God, from beneath yet from above, expecting absolutely nothing in return. See also 22:35-40.

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 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 under the Law as the slightest of damages or offenses stemming from hostage-taking - child punishment was seen in biblical times as holding your child hostage merely for things 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 of the church, but he sure loved children, and even took in a few orphaned children during his time as a deacon. Indeed, Greco-Roman fathers got 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 their children.

Mammary closeness was how mothers reassured their children. Mammary closeness is when young children - under age 6 especially - are held to the bosom of mothers. Whenever children cried, mothers cooed at their children before picking them up. Mammary closeness was when children were held next to the bosom of mothers, in most cases with mothers cradling their crying children in their arms, in skin-on-skin format. Mammary closeness also involved breastfeeding for milk-dependent children, with the mother breastfeeding their milk-dependent children to sleep. 

When mothers were out and about with children, they swaddled their children next to their bosom, in swaddling blankets. From there, the child was tucked underneath her loose-fitting, revealing dress that resembled an apron. The swaddling blankets were tied from the left breast, then across the dot to the right leg, or vice versa, or both in the case of twins. Whenever children cried while swaddled to mothers, they did so quietly, with mothers cooing before holding their child close, in skin-on-skin mammary closeness. The swaddling blankets were made of velvet, which was grown throughout the Ancient Middle East.

Most gentle parenting advice calls for parents to stoop down to the level of the crying child. However, mothers in biblical times instead picked up their children when they cried. This includes breastfeeding any child that was milk-dependent. Older children who were weaned were instead cradled next to the bosom of their children in skin-on-skin mammary closeness. 

The female breasts were not designed primarily for men to sexualize. Instead, the female breasts were intended to nourish and sustain children. Mammary closeness is when children are held to the bosom of mothers, in order to sustain or nourish them.

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke your children to anger through punitive parenting will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them be cast forever 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!

Birth nudity: Understanding the Christian tradition of birth nudity

Many parents think that children should wear clothing in the family home. This is a common attitude amongst American parents. The fact of the matter is that birth nudity is a Christian tradition predating the the Early Church itself, and was practiced in the Old Testament as well as in the Early Church.

Birth nudity is part of the Christian doctrine of mutual submission. 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 submission of children. 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 are to submit to their children as they would to God, from beneath yet from above, expecting absolutely nothing in return. See also Matt. 22:35-40.

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 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. 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 in biblical times 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 Christians 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 surely loved children, and took in a few orphaned children during his time as a deacon. Indeed, Greco-Roman fathers got out the scourge of cords in order to punish their children, but NOT the Christians among them - the Early Christians were persecuted due to being "too soft" on their children.

During 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, with birth nudity being where children are naked in the family home, with mothers also being naked within the confines of the family home. This birth nudity ensured constant skin-on-skin warmth and sustenance between mother and child. Children were naked wherever they went, whereas mothers were only naked in the family home. 

Birth nudity has a modern application and an ancient application. Children in biblical times ran around naked wherever they were, including when they played outside, with children only accepting clothing when they became adults, with wearing the clothing being a rite of passage. In modern days, this context can be applied by leaving out a set of clothing, yet allow your child to run around the house naked. Eventually, they will want to wear clothing all on their own, and that is their rite of passage. Mothers, due to the secular laws against child nudity in public, are quartered in the modern context, next to their children. However, mothers who do this report that the bonding time with their child makes the quartering worth it.

Children are curious about everything around them, including a set of clothing that fits them. The child, in most cases, ask parents "what is this for" pointing to the clothing. Fathers then are to encourage the child wearing the clothing. A child accepting their clothing is a huge milestone. Beforehand, mothers are to remain naked while their child is naked, with the child occasionally being held like they want to be held. Mothers can resume their clothing only AFTER the child accepts their clothing. Most children accept their clothing by age 6. However, children in biblical times were naked wherever they went. We adjust the application of the context due to the secular law prohibiting child nudity in public.

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

Hebrews 12:5-8: Why this passage isn't a pro-spanking passage

Many parents punish their children. The most common excuse for child abuse of this kind is the Bible. Most of the rod verses are in Proverbs, and refer to a form of judicial corporal punishment for adults only. However, the core centerpiece of the false pro-spanking teaching is a false rendition of Heb. 12:5-8, depicting the passage in Hebrews as an excuse for child abuse. There is a right way to discipline in a child, but it isn't found in the book of Hebrews.

It says in Hebrews 12:5-8 KJV:

And ye have forgotten the exhortation that speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, not sons.

This passage was written to a specific context, for a specific reason. The Apostle Paul here was reassure and validate the pain the Hebrew Christians felt from their Roman persecutors. Paul here was using rod language, which was found in the Ancient Greek. The Greek root word translated "scourgeth" is μαστιγόω (Latin: mastigoó) and refers to, figuratively speaking, the 40 minus 1 lashes. Rod language, in Ancient Greek, was a metaphor for enduring hardship. You didn't say "I had a hard day at work" but instead you said "God whipped me hard today". 

God whips His children, like only He can. But, God whips His children only when it doesn't harm them, whereas earthly parents only whip their children when it does harm them. Thus, since no parent can successfully parent like God does, earthly parents are instead to parent as comes naturally, meaning attachment parenting. 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 often came from parent submission, where parents are to submit to their children 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 offenses, 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 under the Law as the slightest of damages or offenses stemming from hostage-taking - child punishment was seen in biblical times 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 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 as deacon. Indeed, Greco-Roman fathers got 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 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 absolutely 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 children following in their parents' footsteps. Children in biblical times were caught being good, as opposed to being caught being bad. Whenever children were caught showing good traits - such as waiting their turn, being patient, or showing self-control - they were lavishly praised and encouraged to "keep headed down the straight path". Boys were given manly praise from fathers when caught being good, whereas girls were given a side-embrace from their fathers when caught being good. Children also needed religious instruction. The Greek root word translated "admonition" is νουθεσία (Latin: nouthesia) and refers to the instruction of the Lord. Religious instruction started out by fathers leaving out an Aramaic copy of the Hebrew Bible, for children to discover and explore. When fathers caught their children reading the Bible, they were lavishly praised and encouraged with statements such as "that book is good for you". From there, religious instruction came in question and answer format, with children eager to learn the facts of life, and fathers sure to give pointers on the context. The religious development in children is part of child development. Children start out with a religion that is non-conforming and simplistic in nature, but eventually, they grow towards a specific religious denomination. Maybe the denominational beliefs are not what you would choose, but at least they have values.

What motivates a child to heed the instruction of their father? Why not form a secure attachment with mothers? For the first 6 years of a child's life, children were in constant closeness to mothers, meaning that wherever mothers went, so did their child. During the first 2 years of childhood, children were constantly held by mothers, either in her arms, or on her back in a papoose bag when mom's hands were full. When children were aged 2-6, they ranged beside mothers, following her from room to room, not letting mom out of their sight, fearing morbidly that mothers would "go away and never come back". For the latter half of childhood, children played freely outside, venturing farther and farther from home, engaging in high-risk play. However, the play could only happen once children checked in with mom. 

Mothers nurtured from up close, whereas fathers nurtured from afar. Fathers, during the first 6 years of their child's life, kept their distance from children. This is due to the fact that fathers had a sexual attachment to their children. Contrary to popular legend, fathers did not sexually correct their children in biblical times. Instead, fathers simply masturbated to sexual thoughts of their children. The role of mothers was to nurture and protect, and the role of fathers was to instruct and educate.

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

Understanding antisocial pedophilia: Why most pedophiles are not antisocial

Many people think all pedophiles have an antisocial form of autism. Most people are afraid of pedophiles, and are in fear of meeting a pedophile. However, research shows that most pedophiles are good, upstanding adults. Most sexual offenders are not pedophiles, but simply are rapists. I have no sympathy for a child rapist or child sexual assailant. I, however, want to shine a light on my own past indiscretions, as I don't represent all pedophiles except in contrast to their virtuousness (and my offensiveness).

I myself am an antisocial pedophile, or so I have learned over the years. I thought I was fine until I visited the Virtuous Pedophiles forum in late 2014. I immediately saw how everyone then had it together, and I was still behaving out of impulse. Most pedophiles are not cheery, happy-go-lucky people. Most pedophiles have a real burden that they are stuck with, like baggage. I myself was a goofball, in a way that would never be tolerated on children's rights grounds.

I myself operated as a zig-zag groomer. I didn't want "in" but instead "around". My crushes on children came one by one, like train cars, with everyone around me hoping for the caboose. I myself had autistic fixations on young girls, with me talking about them incessantly. I would start out by asking the girl her name, address, and phone number. I, from there, wanted to visit a young girl, and have a sleepover with the child victim.

I would follow young girls around like I was a sick puppy, looking to them for reassurance. I felt understood by some of them, in a way I shouldn't coming from a child. I myself was a parentifying abuser, meaning I put my crushes in the mother role, where they shouldn't be. 

Most pedophiles do not abuse children. 3 out of 4 pedophiles have had no sexual contact with children, even to the level of sexual harassment. I myself have to atone, because I made other pedophiles look bad. Most pedophiles, when they disclose, are tearful and anguished. When a pedophile discloses their condition in a tone-deaf way, and doesn't seem to understand the gravity of the self-accusation, know that such is how most abuser pedophiles operate.

Child sexual abuse can be understood as starting with approaching children for sexual or flirtatious reasons. I myself approached young girls for sexual or flirtatious reasons, and once they perceived my approach, it became child sexual abuse. I was called a "creep" once by a child. However, seeing a child anguished by my gaze taught me to avoid children. 

Most child sexual abusers are not pedophiles. I bring up my story to apologize to the online pedophile community for making them look bad with my past indiscretions towards children. Most pedophiles are deserving of being called "virtuous". I am not deserving of such praise or accolades, as I am simply a non-offending pedophile, not a virtuous pedophile. 

I myself am toxic, with my toxicity coming in mode format. If I get a crush on a child, it will be obvious, with me screaming from the hilltops how "great" a young girl is, not respecting her privacy by putting her name out there, idealizing children by putting them on a pedestal. Most pedophiles know better than to make their crush on a child obvious. So, when an adult starts talking nonstop about a child, think pedophile, but the wrong kind. When a pedophile is anguished or anxious about their attractions, think pedophile, but the right kind. 

I defend pedophiles unlike myself, as most pedophiles are the last of all adults to commit abuse against a child. Most adults harbor more risk of abusing a child in the worst of ways than pedophilic adults. Most adults do have an abuse habit in relation to children, even if they don't see their behavior as abusive. Most pedophiles are far less likely to abuse a child than an ordinary adult, because most pedophiles don't ger angry at children. Most pedophiles are at risk of being overly affectionate with children, and even then, most pedophiles know the boundaries around children. 

Pedophiles are clearly a minority. Only 1-2% of the male population are pedophiles. However, 1 out of 10 children are sexually abused before their 18th birthday. All those children can't have been abused by a pedophile. Most of the time, sex crimes against children are opportunistic. When they are pedophilic in nature, the police don't usually arrest the offender, due to the mental disability in the abuser. Most of the serial sexual offenders against children are simply serial rapists.

Pedophiles are worth defending. Most children with the disorder are prime targets for sexual predation. The most oppressed of all pedophiles are still children. A common form of child grooming these days is anti-pedophile grooming. Usually, it involves a relative or distant friend of the family misrepresenting themselves to the police, making a false police report, in a way that the police would know none the better. It usually happens in predator policing jurisdictions. I myself am the victim of this type of abuse. This page is known to the police in the wrong way. I know who to blame, however, and it isn't the police. I instead blame my aunt and uncle for predicting falsely a string of rapes. Usually, abusers of pedophiles make up these statistics to convince the police falsely that a threat exists where there is none. Many adults would sexually abuse a child if they knew they were predestined to become a pedophile, not knowing what pedophilia is.

The depraved and decadent, defiled pedophilic adults who rape or sexually assault children will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them descend into torrents of Hell-fire prepared for Satan and his accomplices! Repent!

Righteous respect: Why respect is earned in parenting

Many parents feel that they are deserving of respect. This is a common attitude that parents hold. Most parents want their children to respect them. However, most parents demand respect from children, and do so in an entitled manner. However, the fact of the matter is that respect is earned, even in parenting.

Righteous respect is part of the Christian doctrine of mutual submission. See Colossians 3:20-21 KJV:

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing to 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 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 are to submit to children as they would to God, from beneath yet from above, expecting absolutely nothing in return. See also Matt. 22:35-40. 

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 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 crime 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 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 brough 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 as a deacon. Indeed, Greco-Roman fathers got 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 their children.

Respect for parents was a concept in biblical times. However, this respect came from closeness to parents, not fear of parents. For the first 6 years of a child's life, children were in constant closeness to mothers, meaning that wherever a mother went, so did her child. For the first 2 years of childhood, mothers constantly held their children, either in her arms, or on her back in a papoose bag when mom's hands were full. When children were aged 2-6, they constantly ranged next to mothers, following mothers from room to room, not allowing mom our of their sight, with children constantly fearing at that age mom "going away but never coming back". Whenever children cried, they were cooed at by their mother, before being picked up by their mother. When young children - aged 2 and under - were in papoose bags, mom stopped what she was doing, and then tended to the poor child who was crying. When children were actively being held in the arms of mothers, mothers simply cooed at their children. When mothers were out and about, they swaddled their children to their bosom, in swaddling blankets. Come nightfall, children co-slept next to their mother in skin-on-skin format, with co-sleeping usually ending at the onset of puberty, when children wanted their own place to sleep.  

The commandment to honor parents basically means don't dishonor your parents. Don't strike your parents (see also Exod. 21:15), don't gaslight your parents to send them places (see also Lev. 20:9), and don't commit a string of crimes in your parent's name (see also Deut. 21:18-21). Apart from clear elder abuse, which is rare, parents were required to earn the respect of their children. Simply talking back to parents was not seen as sin.

Parents, apart from basic respect, are deserving of absolutely nothing. Not even forgiveness. Not even apology. Nothing. Nada. Zilch. There is no free lunch in life, and that includes in parenting. Even in parenting, respect doesn't come for free.

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

Children self-protect, adults abstain: Individual responsibility for adults at-risk for sexually abusing children

Many parents want to know how to keep their children safe from sexual predators. Most parents don't like the answer to that question - parents are individually responsible for any rape or sexual assault that they commit against their child. The adults who rape and sexually assault children are solely responsible for the rapes that they commit. That's what it is - rape. 

What drives most child sexual abuse? Most rape or sexual assault of children happens when an adult represses their sexual drive towards children - which all adults have - and then the repressed desire comes out the other end, hitting the child victim like a ton of bricks. All adults are capable of this sort of mayhem under the right/wrong conditions, which usually involves a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to rape or sexually assault a child.

The Greek root word denoting lust or inordinate passions is έπιθυμέω (Latin: epithumeo). This word does not refer to ordinary sexual desire, but instead to sexual entitlement. Sexual entitlement is defined as, officially speaking, sexual want, to the point of sexually motivated approach. It is okay to look the look at a child, or think the think about a child. However, it is unlawful under God's Law to approach the approach, or do the deed with a child. Approaching a child means walking up to them with intent to proposition them, or else traveling to their house. The very first step towards a child with the intent of doing the deed with them is adult sexual entitlement. The way around this moral statute is to save the memory for later, and think the think about the child.

Collective responsibility is not the answer to child protection. That is because the whole collective of adults are collectively responsible as a cohort of individuals. All adults carry a risk to children. Put most American adults in the right/wrong environment, and they will abuse a child. That is because of their lifestyle choices, meaning adults usually repress adult attraction to children, which is the wrong choice about any human drive. The only way out is in. Face those fears and start exploring your sexual desires for children.

When a child is raped, the child rapist is solely responsible for the moral atrocities that they perpetrate towards children. This is what anti-rape feminists often say about rape against a woman. Only a few profiles frequently rape women. With child rape, it can be any old adult raping the child. The excuse is usually the same as the rape of an adult women - the child rapist is the modesty police, but towards children. They usually say they are keeping children safe from predators, not realizing their own rape-actions.

I myself, as a pedophile, do not insist on modesty. I am attracted to children, and have sexually harassed a few children in my time. I don't mind a young girl showing off skin, especially in the summer when they wear revealing clothing. Most pedophilic offenders instead have a tendency to crush on children. An obvious abuser is an abuser who makes their crush on a specific child obvious, in a way that can be perceived as creepy by the child. I am more afraid of the child's reaction than anything.

How can children self-protect? Children have profiling instincts of their own, and thus should be encouraged to trust their gut. Children can take one look at an adult, and tell if they are safe or not. When a child refuses to go with an adult, don't force them to go, as you can doubt the safety of an adult just for that. In an ideal world, children should be able to stormtrooper anyone who sexually harasses them, keeping the adults in line. I let the children of the world keep me in line, meaning they can call me a creep, and then I know that I crossed a line. The child draws the line in the sand with adults, and have the right to discard of any adult that makes them feel unsafe.

Children self-protect. Adults abstain. For the adult, the "adults abstain" acronym is what should be focused on. Don't we all as adults have a sexual risk towards children? I myself acknowledge my risk towards children, and take steps to avoid sexually harassing any more children. I am not allowed, under my Christian beliefs, to even speak to a child unless they speak to me first. I am not allowed to even wave at a child unless they wave to me first. My only way of admiring someone else's child is smiling at them, which is something I haven't misused. 

Part of child protection is respecting the boundaries of children. Children, for example, shouldn't have to hug relatives at Easter dinner if they don't want a hug. I might want a hug from a child, but they have the right to say "no", in which case the child is right, and I am wrong. 

It is a myth that pedophiles are the only ones abusing children. Pedophiles make up 1-2% of the male population, whereas 1 in 10 children experience sexual abuse of some sort from adults. All these cases can't all come from pedophiles. Most pedophiles are actually the last of adults to sexually abuse children, because they are usually aware of their pedophilia. The type of sexual abuse that a pedophile is most capable of takes place in a permissive environment where children are put in the role of caregiver and spouse. They usually has a mental disability that hinders their understanding of the harm of their actions. I myself struggle with negligent attitudes towards children, meaning I literally saw a young girl as a spouse caregiver. I now am conditioned to be the bigger person in relation to a child, and nurture them. A pedophile, in most cases, is a man that mothers, meaning a pedophile can be just as warm and doting with children as a mother. In biblical times, pedophiles took in foster children, and demanded nothing in return for their act of charity towards a child.

Most child sexual abuse comes from the electra complex. The sexual dynamics in any home is supposed to be like a criss-cross. The electra complex refers to a mutually unrequited sexual dynamic between fathers and daughters. Child sexual abuse happens when the father takes advantage of the situation, usually by first repressing sexual desires towards his daughter, then with the rape coming out like a ton of bricks. The father could have easily masturbated to the sexual thoughts of his daughter, but no - he had to have it all the way, which is parent sexual entitlement. A healthy expression of the electra complex is perhaps daughters dressing down for fathers, and fathers enjoying what he sees. Most daughters will show skin to a father they trust, but if the father receives a sexual proposition from his daughter, he is mandated to say "no" under God's Law. Lev. 18:17 was interpreted in biblical times as any sexual relations with a young girl, even when her mother wasn't there, as mother-daughter sexual abuse was one way that sexual abuse went then. Fathers who had sexual relations with their daughters at all were put to death by way of burning the offender at the stake.

The depraved and decadent, defiled adults who rape or sexually assault children will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them descend into torrents of Hell-fire prepared for Satan and his accomplices! Repent!

Redefining child abuse: Using Scripture as a guide for redefining child abuse

Many parents think that child abuse is a modern concept, and that the Bible has no wisdom for that issue when understood in context. However, God's Law is above the law of the land, and His Law is a clear guide for how to define child abuse.

The Greek root word denoting parental entitlement, and cross-referencing the Tenth Commandment, is πλεονέκτης (Latin: pleonektés) and is defined as, officially speaking, wanting things from children, to the point of imposition. When children perceived this imposition of want from adults, it became child abuse. See Colossians 3:21 KJV:

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

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 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 under the Law as the slightest of damages or offenses stemming from hostage-taking - child punishment was seen in biblical times 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 of the church, but he sure loved children, and even took in a few orphaned children during his time as a deacon. Indeed, Greco-Roman fathers got out the scourge of cords in order to punish their children, but NOT the Christians among them - the Early Christians were persecuted largely for being "too soft" on their children.

Sweden was the first country in modern times to ban all punitive parenting, including any corporal punishment. However, ancient societies dating long before the Swedish parliament banned all forms of child punishment. Ancient Israel, as well as the Early Church, prohibited all forms of punishments and reprimands towards a child. This included even sexual correction, which was legal in most ancient cultures.

Israel has banned corporal punishment, and any form of punitive parenting, since 2000. Even long before then, Jewish family courts could order the collection of children in Jewish homes. However, this protection didn't extend to children in Muslim or Christian homes. A court ruling from the Supreme Court of Israel set the law down, and authorized the police to unilaterally make raid houses and collect children even in Muslim and Christian homes that were non-cooperative with the law. There was never any legal defense under Israeli law that allowed for punishing a child, and most Jewish parents in Israel didn't punish their children at all. The reaction to the ban in Israel was a calm "its about time". 

The law in Israel is very clear - children have just as much protection from assault and battery as an adult would. When parents raise their voices or yell in Israel, the law sees it as harassment. If the child is struck in any way, the law sees it as battery. If a child was sent to their room, the law sees it as false imprisonment. 

God chose Israel, and used the Bible to lift up Judeo-Christian values, using His only begotten Son to spread the message of Christ's peace and forgiveness. One of these Judeo-Christian values is being peaceable. You can't hold peaceable values if you are punishing your child like a viper or a monster. I don't want to hurt anyone, not even a child.

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

Child punishment: Why punishment of children is a moral crime against children

Many parents support child punishment. This is a common way that parents react to their children's cries and upsets. Most parents in America have punished their children, in some way, in some form. Most parents use the Bible as an excuse for child abuse. The fact of the matter, however, is that the Bible actually prohibits the use of punishment or force in parenting. 

The Greek root word denoting parental entitlement in the New Testament, and cross-referencing the Tenth Commandment, is πλεονέκτης (Latin: pleonektés) and is defined as, officially speaking, wanting things from children, to the point of imposition. Once children perceived the imposition of want from an adult, it became child abuse. See Colossians 3:21 KJV:

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

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 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 under the Law as the slightest of personal offenses stemming from hostage-taking - child punishment was seen in biblical times as holding your child hostage merely for things 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 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 of the church, but he sure loved children, and even took in a few orphaned children during his time as a deacon. Indeed, Greco-Roman fathers got 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 their children.

Anger at one's children was seen as something akin to a viper or a monster. Parenting in biblical times was not motivated by anger. Instead, parenting was motivated out of worry or concern. Most parents in biblical times did not want to be seen as angry at a child.

Parents in biblical times were intensely close to their children. The rat race among parents was not who was the meanest to children. In modern days, most parents brag about being mean. Most parents in the Early Church, instead, wanted to be seen as warm and loving. 

Punishment and reprimands were seen as a form of entitlement on the part of the parent. Punishment of a child was seen in the Early Church as a damage or offense perceived by a child, stemming from entitlement. This, to be clear, was understood as banning corporal punishment. Corporal punishment was especially seen as immoral because Christ experienced corporal punishment unjustly. The rod verses in Proverbs - all 7 of them - refer to the 40 minus 1 lashes, which was a form of judicial corporal punishment for adults only. The Hebrew word translated "child" in the rod verses in Proverbs refers to an adult descendant of a father. 

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

Righteous pampering: Why parents are to pamper their children

Many parents think that pampering children is the irresponsible choice. Most parents avoid even the appearance of pampering their children. Many parents cite the Bible for their an excuse as to why they aren't pampering their children. However, the Bible, when understood in context, calls for the pampering of children. Parents are to pamper and baby their children.

Righteous pampering is a part of the Christian doctrine of mutual submission. 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 submission of parents. This word refers to a secure attachment between parent and child in the family home. This secure attachment comes from parent submission, where parents are to submit to their children as they would to God, from beneath yet from above, expecting absolutely nothing in return. See also Matt. 22:35-40. 

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 a child, including, but 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 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 under the Law as the slightest of damages or offenses stemming from hostage-taking - child punishment was seen in biblical times 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 of the church, but he sure loved children, and even took in a few orphaned children during his time as a deacon. Indeed, Greco-Roman fathers got out the scourge of cords in order to punish his children, but NOT the Christians among them - the Early Christians were persecuted largely for being "too soft" on their children.

Righteous pampering is a form of pampering children done the right way, meaning the biblical way. For the first 6 years of a child's life, children were in constant closeness to mothers, meaning that wherever mothers went, so did the child. For the first 2 years of a child's life, they were constantly held, either in mother's arms, or else in a papoose bag on mom's back when her hands were full. Between ages 2-6, children ranged next to mothers, following her from room to room, not allowing mom out of his/her sight, with the child being morbidly afraid of mom "going away and never come back". Whenever children cried, mothers cooed at their children, before picking up the child and holding him/her. Mothers were naked in the family home, and only wore clothing in public. Children were naked wherever they went.

When out and about in public, children were swaddled next to the bosom of mothers, in swaddling blankets. From there, children were tucked underneath the loose-fitting, revealing dress that resembled an apron. The swaddling blankets were tied to the left breast, then across the dot to the right leg, or vice versa, or both in the case of twins. When children cried while swaddled to their mother's bosom, their mothers held them closer, with children crying silently and quietly. The swaddling blankets were made of velvet, which was grown throughout the Ancient Middle East. 

When children were past age 6, they traveled farther and farther from home, engaging in more and more high-risk play, after checking in with mom beforehand. Older children were pampered by given freedom. However, all the way until the end of childhood, children recharged with skin-on-skin co-sleeping with mothers. When children shook off the co-sleeping of mothers, that was the beginning of the end, and was seen as a sign of maturity.

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

Pedophile salvation: Why pedophiles can be saved Christians

Many people hate pedophiles. Most people who support pedophiles openly think that pedophiles should have what they want. For most people, the core of the pedophilia debates is the age of consent. However, the core issue facing most people is their salvation. Most pedophiles are unsaved, and the reason that they are unsaved should break your heart. 

What is a pedophile? Most people think that a pedophile is something hidden that ambushes a child, or anyone for that matter. Most pedophiles have a form of autism where the focus is on children's rights, known as child-centered autism. In most cases, pedophiles have an autistic special interest in children's rights, and in those cases, pedophilia is the understory of the interest in child protection. A pedophile has a primary or exclusive sexual preference for children under age 14, usually associated with developmental immaturity at the level of their age range, in most case associated with a primary diagnosis of autism or ADHD. Most individuals with autism are annoyed by children, so when you see someone with autism get along with a child in a nurturant way, think pedophile. Most female children's rights autistics are instead autopedophiles, meaning that they are attracted to pedophiles. When a boy with autism is interested in children's rights, and the interest starts after puberty, think pedophile.

The core of the pedophile community is anti-Christian, and there is a reason why - we as a Christian community have dumped the pedophiles, and when Christians do help pedophiles, they help in the wrong way. Most Christians are against masturbation, and most even are opposed to men looking at women for the sake of sexual attraction - and it is these religious prejudices that leave pedophiles behind.

The core of the hysteria comes from the false and abusive Christian belief that pedophiles shouldn't masturbate. Most Christians oppose pedophiles masturbating because of the false and abusive belief that masturbation leads to the real thing. Due to this belief, most people think that a pedophile has a predestined court date once they abuse a child.

The Greek root word denoting lust or inordinate affections is έπιθυμέω (Latin: epithumeo) and refers not to ordinary sexual desire, but instead refers to sexual entitlement. Sexual entitlement is defined as, officially speaking, sexual want, to the point of sexually motivated approach. When you find yourself approaching random women, or worse, children, you know you are entitled. The only way out is in, meaning the only way to quiet down the dims and cool the jets is to masturbate.

The core of the pedophile hysteria does not come from children's rights advocates. The hysteria instead comes from the Roman Catholic Church. The core of the hysteria started with the romanization of the Western Church. Before then, pedophiles served as "child saviors", or deacons dedicated to providing orphaned children with a loving home. A pedophile is a parent, but in parallel format, but today, there is no work for them to do, due to the corruption of their former home. Today, pedophiles are not protected by the Roman Catholic Church, but instead are oppressed while a member of the Roman Catholic church body. The Roman Catholic church maintains a masturbation ban, meaning admitting it to anyone is grounds for excommunication.

All of the children's rights hysteria against pedophiles is completely fake, meaning it never was intended to go this far. The intent behind the bellowing about pedophiles was to gain opposition, but the welcome form of opposition. What didn't help was that the pedophiles that were sent by the other side disrupted the peace of the community, and caused trouble. Nearly all of them committed a string of rapes. For many of them, however, they would have made it, if it wasn't for the rapes they committed. The survivors slowly became anti-pedophile, when they used to have no problem with pedophiles, if the pedophile was the right kind - the little kind. "Little tykes" is a profile of pedophile that makes up the majority of pedophiles, meaning most pedophiles are immature due to a developmental disability, usually moderate-severe autism. I myself fit the pedophile profile of "little tykes".

All pedophiles have a shot at salvation. It is a myth that pedophiles can never be saved - and that is the core of all the pedophile hysteria out there. Mere sexual attractions are not impediments to salvation. We as fallen humans have a choice as to whether we want to change or not - and change is what God grades ultimately. A pedophile is capable of a change of heart just like any other saved Christian. I myself might have had a change of heart, but I'll let others decide that, including children. I look around, and find nothing wrong. Maybe I masturbate too much, but given the fact that masturbation was allowed in the Early Church, I think I am okay. If I do go to Hell, it would be a surprise, given the choices I have made while alive. It is a myth that God would turn on someone just for their existence. God punishes choices. Some of us have gotten to the point where we know that we are deserving of nothing but non-existence. I am deserving of nothing but non-existence just for being the pedophilic adult that I am. 

Most pedophiles are anti-parent in their children's rights stance. However, they filter the parents by way of hating Christian parents in particular. In the pedophile world at the Virtuous Pedophiles forum, most pedophiles are the skeptic variety of atheist, full of hatred against the Christian community. That is so sad, how we as Christians have turned them away. I myself have a parent trauma, but I filter the parents by a simple entitlement test, as my Christian parents did not push their progressive Christian beliefs onto me. One of the things they did right was allow me the right to pick my own religion. I was more abused by behavioral modification strategies on the part of both my parents and the adults they extended into their lives. If I was abused in the name of God, I might not be a Christian. 

I myself am an ex-atheist. I misused the mechanism, and didn't know how much I needed God until I had a change of heart. I myself point out that I sexually offended a child in the past, in the form of sexual harassment. I point this out for a reason - most pedophiles are virtuous, and I am not one of them. If you want to spot an abuser pedophile, look for the yappy, happy-go-lucky type of pedophile who doesn't respect boundaries. That was me. Most pedophiles have depression and anxiety issues due to trauma from sexually shaming parents. Most virtuous pedophiles cry when they disclose their mental health condition to someone else. If they say it like it means nothing, they are what we call an obvious abuser. Us obvious abusers made pedophiles look bad. 

What is the most serious threat to pedophiles? The abusers themselves. The bulk of child rapists are anti-pedophiles, meaning they fashion themselves in an anti-pedophile way, accusing parents left and right for "being pedophiles". Most people know about pedophiles, then drop the subject. If you constantly try to accuse others of "being pedophiles" without evidence or victim testimony, you yourself are a child rapist. All of the decent people these days identify as pro-pedophile, meaning they support pedophiles identifying in a clinical celebratory fashion. Most adults have abused a child, in some way, in some form. Pedophiles, however, are the last of adults to sexually abuse a child. Most "creep catchers" have a poor track record at protecting children. The average excuse for child sexual abuse is "you are the pedophile merely for thinking that about me". However, most of the adults making that excuse are not pedophiles, and thus are lumping the two concepts together, when they belong separate. A pedophile is not the same thing as a child rapist. A child rapist usually abuses once, in a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Most pedophiles have never had sexual contact with a child, and thus pedophiles are the least likely to abuse a pedophile.

The depraved and decadent, defiled adults who rape or sexually assault children will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them descent into torrents of Hell-fire prepared for Satan and his accomplices! Repent!

Back talk: Why back talk is not bad behavior

Many parents think that back talk is bad behavior. This is a common attitude amongst American parents. Most Americans punish children when they talk back. However, the Bible prohibits not only punishing your child, but also talking back at your child.

Children call the shots in the family home. This all is part of the Christian doctrine of mutual submission. 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 submission of parents. This word ultimately refers to a secure attachment in the family home. This secure attachment ultimately comes from parent submission, where parents are to submit to children as they would to God, from beneath yet from above, 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 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 in biblical times 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. 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 got 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 their children.

Back talk to parents was not considered a moral crime in biblical times. In fact, it was the opposite - parents were forbidden to talk back to their children. Children, in biblical times, issued orders and edicts, and in most cases, parents had to obey their child. The secure attachment commanded in the Bible implied that children have the right to order their parents around from their place of secure rest. Parents could only say "no" when the orders of children were unworkable and/or immoral.

The bare minimum at respecting your parents that was mandated was avoiding clear elder abuse. That means don't strike your parents (see also Exod. 21:15), don't gaslight your parents to send them places (see also Lev. 20:9), and don't commit crimes in the name of your parents (see also Deut. 21:18-21). Apart from those narrow protections for parents, children were free to respect their parents as much or as little as possible, depending on how their parents earned the respect of their children. Merely talking back at parents was not sin, as "curse" or "revile" refers to a gaslighting curse. 

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

What is pedophilia? What is child sexual abuse?

Most people think a pedophile is the same thing as the scum who sexually abuse children. This is a common misunderstanding of pedophilia. Those in the autism-informed community know exactly what pedophilia is, and know there is nothing morally wrong with being a pedophile.

What is pedophilia? It is a myth that a pedophile is something hidden. A pedophile is a human being, meaning they, in most cases, have a form of autism that focuses on children. In most male cases of children's rights autism, the understory of such a form of autism is pedophilia. Pedophilia, in and of itself, is a primary or exclusive sexual preference for children under age 14. In most cases, pedophilia is a form of sexual immaturity where the pedophile is on the developmental level of the child that they are attracted to. To be specific, pedophilia is a "recurrent, intense" sexual "fantasy, urges, or behaviors" surrounding "sexual activity with a prepubescent child (generally age 13 or younger)". "Recurrent, intense" is generally interpreted by clinicians as a primary of exclusive sexual preference for children under age 14.

What is child sexual abuse? Child sexual abuse is denoted in the Bible by the Greek root word πορνεία (Latin: porneia) and refers to fornication by way of rape or sexual assault. Anyone who had sexual relations with a minor child was considered a child rapist by the contextual definition of a fornicator. However, even approaching a child for sexual or flirtatious reasons is the moral crime of adult sexual entitlement. The Greek root word denoting sexual entitlement is έπιθυμέω (Latin: epithumeo) and is defined as, officially speaking, sexual want, to the point of sexually motivated approach. The key test for childhood sexual assault is the word "creep". 

I myself am a pedophile, and I know if I am approaching a child for the wrong reasons if I hear them say "you're a creep". Those are the most convicting words coming from a child's mouth. I know beforehand, however, if I find myself approaching a child, or even waving at a child when the child doesn't wave to me first. Adults tend to misuse the word "creep" when talking about someone like me. A child only says that word when she means it, and then I know I have wronged her. I accept that I am a pedophile, but only in the clinical tense of the word, meaning I admit that I need help.

Children have the right to stand up to their abuser. If a child is offended by my presence, they have the right to tell me off. I don't get angry with children, but might be overly affectionate if I were to abuse a child. I want to snuggle with a child, and bond through physical affection. Due to the sexual nature of this bonding, I am a pedophile. I love all children, and love them as if they were my own.

I don't mind being seen as a pedophile. Most people in my community know I am the village pedophile. I make certain pedophilic traits out in the open, such as my gaze towards children. I intentionally check out the children in order as smoke signals that I am a pedophile. People deserve to know what they are dealing with, and so I imply in my gaze my pedophilic disorder.

Most child sexual abusers are not pedophiles. Instead, the majority are parents, or else adults extended into the life of the child by parents. Either way, parents are culpable for the sexual abuse of their children. Most child sexual abuse is committed against daughters by fathers. A pedophile is actually among the least likely to rape or sexually assault a child. In most cases, it is an adult who is sexually abusing a child. If a child commits a rape or sexual assault of a much younger child, they were an adult in that situation. Most parents are complicit to some degree in the sexual abuse of their children. Merely refusing to believe a child is abusing a child. Most parents don't wake up and smell the coffee, or else they are the ones abusing a child. Pedophiles rarely abuse children, and when they do, they usually do it in the form of obsessive sexual harassment common with autism. Most pedophiles know that they are pedophiles, and know the harm behind approaching a child for sexual or flirtatious reasons. 

The depraved and decadent, defiled adults who rape or sexually assault children will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them descend into torrents of Hell-fire prepared for Satan and his accomplices! Repent!

Crying: Why crying is not bad behavior

Many parents think that crying past a certain age is bad behavior. This is a common attitude amongst American parents. Most parents ignore crying, or else punish such behavior. However, the fact of the matter is that crying is developmentally appropriate behavior, at any age.

Allowing children to cry is part of the Christian doctrine of mutual submission. 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 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 are to submit to children as they would to God, from beneath yet from above, 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 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 was 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. 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 in biblical times 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 their 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 as a deacon. Indeed, Greco-Roman fathers got 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 children.

Crying was seen as normal behavior in biblical times. Whenever a child cried in biblical times, mothers cooed at children, before picking up the child. This comfort from mothers came in the form of skin-on-skin warmth and sustenance. Mothers went naked in the family home, and children were naked wherever they went. This nude setup facilitated more skin-on-skin closeness and intimacy with children, making closeness easier. This nude setup comes in the form of birth nudity, where mothers and children were quartered in the nude in the home, together.

A common way to deal with crying in milk-dependent children is breastfeeding the child to sleep. Children usually latched onto the nipple of the mother until age 2. However, in rare cases, children accepted the nipple until age 6. Whenever the child refuses the nipple, they are ready for solid food. Breastfeeding was done in public in biblical times, as well as in private.

Children cried for a variety of different reasons. The five main categories of needs in a child are food, water, shelter, transportation, and attachment - and the most important of these needs is attachment! Attachment is the main reason children cry, meaning they need YOU and YOU only. Sleep is considered an attachment need, as mothers in biblical times would co-snuggle with their child as a means of getting them to sleep. Mothers then were good at diagnosing the needs of their child.

What was the home setup in biblical times? 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. For the first 2 years of a child's life, children were held constantly, either in mother's arms, or on mom's back in a papoose bag when her hands were full. When children were between ages 2-6, they ranged next to mothers, following mothers throughout the house, from room to room, not allowing mothers out of their line of sight. The worst fear of any young child - under age 6 - was their mother "going away and never coming back". This fear causes most crying in children. These formative years prepared children for the rest of their lives, including the rest of childhood. Children played freely outside for the latter years of childhood, after checking in with mom.

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