Expanding child abuse definitions: Why the Bible calls for more laws on the books protecting children

Many parents think that the ancients in the Bible had no concept of childhood, let alone child abuse. Most American parents support the present definitions of child abuse. However, the Bible has its own definition of child abuse - whatever the child victim perceives as abuse.

The Greek root word denoting parental entitlement is πλεονέκτης (Latin: pleonektés) and is defined as, officially speaking, wanting things from children, to the point of imposition. Unofficially speaking, parental entitlement consists of a parent feeling sorely disappointed when they don't get what they feel that they deserve from children. Parents are deserving of absolutely nothing from children just for existing. Any parent anger directed towards a child was deemed parental entitlement in biblical times, and was prohibited as such. When this sense of entitlement in parents was perceived by a child as offensive or damaging, it was deemed child abuse. See also 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 here to offenses or damages, 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. It is not enough to stop spanking or punishing children - you need to ideally avoid the slightest of offense perceived by a child. However, offending children is inevitable in parenting, and thus parents should apologize whenever they offend their children. Usually, a reassurance of good intent should suffice. However, when you lose your cool as a parent, you should give your child a full apology, saying things such as "I apologize for losing my cool with you". Refusing to apologize to a child that you upset alone is entitlement. This commandment cross-references the Eighth and the Tenth Commandments, with the Apostle Paul here convicting a group of Greek Christian parents who brought their pagan custom of patrias potestas, which is a Latin phrase that roughly translated to "power to the parent"., including the power to impose punitive sanctions such as spanking or other forms of punishment. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punitive treatment of children in his secular writings. Attachment parenting was banned under Roman law, but the Early Christians did it anyway, obeying God over men.

The Greek root translated "they be discouraged" is αθυμέω )Latin: athumeo) and refers here to long-term damages, namely trauma. The ancients in the Early Church had a concept of trauma. Whenever a child grew up to be atheist, it came as a shame to the child's parents. Atheism was seen then as an expression of trauma, not simply an individual being a "lost soul". 

Child sexual abuse was a rare form of child abuse in biblical times, and was defined by the Greek root word πορνεία (Latin: porneia) and refers here to, at minimum, any sexual advances perceived by a child, even if they like it. Child sexual abuse was rare in both the Old and New Testaments, and when it did happen, there was mass outrage in the streets and in the churches. 

The Bible is an anti-spanking document. All 88 books of the Bible - from Genesis and Revelation - were written by Jews, and no Jew worth mentioning ever defending punitive parenting. Even King Solomon recommended attachment parenting for the little ones in his secular writings, with the rod in Proverbs ultimately referring to the 40 minus 1 lashes, administered in a courtroom, with these harsh punishments being repealed by Christ's Work on the cross. 

The Bible is a founding document of this country, even above the Constitution itself. We as a society glean from the Bible and its context in order to know how to live and treat each other with respect. It just so happens that the Bible was mistranslated at the Latinate level, in order to keep a pagan tradition going. The Bible is only the infallible Word of God in the original Greek and Hebrew, as understood in context. 

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!