Why the Bible calls for expanding child abuse definitions

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

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 who is 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. In fact, any parent anger directed towards a child was seen in the Early Church as parental entitlement, and was roundly condemned 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. Child abuse, as defined in the in the Bible, consists of entitlement in parents, leading to offense in children. The key is to avoid offense in your child, with you as a parent being willing to give a meaningful apology whenever you cause hurt feelings in your child. A parent definitely needs to apologize to their children when they offend their child by losing their cool with them, as losing your cool with a child, in and of itself, is entitlement. But, even refusing to apologize to your children when they cannot accept the word "no" 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 into the church their pagan custom of patrias potestas, which is a Latin phrase roughly translating to "power to the parent", including the power to impose punitive sanctions on children, such as spanking or other forms of punishment. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punitive parenting 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 word translated "they be discouraged" is αθυμέω (Latin: athumeo) and refers here to long-term damages, namely trauma. The ancients in the Bible had a basic understanding of childhood trauma. When a child grew up to be atheist, the ancients knew something had to have happened in order to cause that child to abandon the faith. Atheism then was seen as a sign of trauma, not simply a "lost soul". 

Child sexual abuse was also a concept of the ancients. The Greek root word translated "fornication" is πορνεία (Latin: porneia) and refers to here as a sexual interaction between adult and child, namely when a child perceives sexual advances from a child, including child rape. Child sexual abuse was rare in both the Old and the New Testaments.

Child abuse was prosecuted by the church authorities in the Early Church. Usually, church investigations started with a child confiding into a church elder or deacon about being abused by a parent. The parents were called before the council, where a panel of 3 elders decided the fate of the parents. If the parents defended themselves in any way, they were immediately excommunicated from the Early Christian Churches of God.

The Bible is an anti-spanking document. All 88 books of the Bible - from Genesis to Revelation - were written by Jews. Even in biblical times, no Jew worth mentioning ever endorsed punitive parenting of children. Even King Solomon recommended attachment parenting for the little ones, with the rod in the book of Proverbs referring to the 40 minus 1 lashes, meaning a sentence for a crime imposed on an adult son. 

America is a Christian nation, founded on Judeo-Christian family values. We as a nation glean from the Bible and its context as to how to live and treat each other with respect. Even our legal codes are based off of Judeo-Christian values. It just so happens that the Bible was poorly translated at the Latinate level, in order to keep a pagan tradition going. But, the Bible is clear about one thing - avoid offense in children, as per Col. 3:21.

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!

Oppositional-defiant disorder: Why children with ODD need less limits (not more)

Some parents have to deal with it. A child that is oppositional and defiant in terms of having a mental health disorder. Most parents think that such a child needs more limits. However, the fact of the matter is that children with ODD need attachment parenting just like any other child does. This means less limits than conventional parenting.

God's Law on child abuse can be applied to children with ODD today. 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 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 avoid spanking or punishing a child with ODD. Instead, parents need to avoid offense in their child with ODD, meaning that any upset in a child, when caused by parents, requires a meaningful apology, including even back talk. ODD features children not accepting the word "no", and so a parent should apologize to children whenever a child cannot accept a set limit. It is especially imperative to apologize to your child formally whenever you lose your cool with your child, as any parent anger directed towards a child constitutes entitlement. This commandment cross-references the Eighth and the Tenth Commandments, with the Apostle Paul here convicting a group of Greek Christians who brought into the church their pagan custom of patrias potestas, which is a Latin phrase roughly translating to "power to the parent", including the power to impose punitive sanctions on children, such as spanking or other forms of punishment. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punitive parenting in his secular writings. Attachment parenting was banned under Roman law, but the Early Christians did it anyway, obeying God over men. The advice in this commandment applies to all children today, but especially when a child has ODD. 

ODD in a child is not a reason to punish them. Most ODD can be treated using psychotropic medication. ODD is usually a co-morbid disorder to autism, ADHD, and/or bipolar disorder. The key is to find the right medication for the child, based on what primary diagnosis that they have. Until then, it is good to keep your child safe. Once the right medication is found, you shouldn't have any more problems. 

Part of avoiding offense in a child is to avoid nay controlling demeanor in yourself as a parent. Children have what is called a counterwill, but especially children with ODD. The idea is give up the fight, and give into the demands of children. You may find that children aren't asking for much. In most cases, all they need is YOU. 

Convetional parenting can "work" with ordinary children. But, children with ODD need even more leniency, and can only thrive when in an attachment parenting setup. The idea is to not try and control your child, but instead to give into their demands.

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 the impossible standard for pedophiles isn't so impossible

Many parents worry about their children being sexually abused by a pedophile. This is a common fear in parents. However, some parents have very real fears concerning a pedophilic child in the house. A common fear a pedophile parent might have is whether their child will be saved in Christ. Most of the hysteria does not come from children's rights advocates, but rather from Evangelicals who assert that pedophiles need to meet an impossible standard in order to be saved in Christ. I myself, however, conaider myself saved, meaning wherever I look, I see no sinful habits, even in the context of masturbation/

Most pedophiles who sexually abuse children do so for holding themselves to a higher standard that is too high for them, meaning no sexual attraction to children at all. No human being can live without some sort of sexual stimulation. But, there is no such thing as an impossible standard, as pedophiles can simply masturbate to sexual thoughts of children.

The Bible is silent on the concept of pedophilia itself. The Greek root word denoting fornication is πορνεία (Latin: porneia) and refers here to anything seen in the biblical context as sexually amoral. Pedophilic attraction alone is not sin, and the pedophile in the Early Church had a squeaky clean record, they were appointed "child saviors" as a deacon or an elder. Ultimately, pedophiles in the Early Church were foster parents for children when nobody else would care for the child.

There is no impossible standard for pedophiles. All the pedophile has to do to be saved is to masturbate to thoughts of children, as opposed to depictions of pornography. It is really that simple - masturbate righteously, meaning without pornography. Most men can exit that pornography habit - just masturbate to the first mental image that comes to mind. There really is no excuse.

I myself do not have a pornography habit or addiction to speak of. I hate pornography, as God hates it as well. Most pornography involves the sexploitation of women, and even when it is writings or cartoons, there must be a kernel of truth to the story, meaning a woman or child is being promoted. 

Most pedophiles masturbate to sexual fantasies of children, while simply being curious about the child body. I myself am a curious pedophile, meaning I usually undress young girls with my imagination, and base a whole fantasy off of that mental image. I don't need pornography in order to give me a "pick up". 

Most churches ban masturbation not because of pedophiles, but because most men masturbate with pornography, which isn't the way to go. But, men are capable of masturbating righteously, meaning without pornography, as a way to stay out of trouble. 

Most pedophiles become aware of their desires by the time they are in their late teens, meaning around age 16. Thus, pedophilia counts as one of many childhood mental health disorders, and should be understood by mental health professionals just as disorders such as autism or ADHD are understood. A pedophile can be spotted even before the disorder develops in a child - just look for a child with autism acting as a defense attorney when a little sibling or cousin is being reprimanded. When you see that, lay out a nest for the pedophile to come to and safely disclose. Your child can be saved if they remain a Christian, as masturbation is only banned by churches due to what it is often coupled with.

Many pedophiles think that their desires for children alone are sinful. That is false. If they have urges, maybe they should masturbate to their imagination alone, but merely thinking sexually about children is harmless. The idea is for an adult to not repress sexual desires for children, lest it come out sideways onto an innocent child, like a ton of bricks. Most pedophiles try to hide their desires, which comes out as urges when they are fought against. When a pedophile thinks they are cured, they are in denial, and pose a risk to any child that crosses their path. The idea is for pedophiles, both child and adult, to not hold themselves to the impossible standard that society holds them to. 

I never repressed my pedophilic desires towards children, and am always aware that I am a pedophile. I, however, committed a form of child sexual abuse that only a pedophile could commit - infatuation grooming. A pedophile is perfectly capable of having a crush on a child, in which case they should have a parent and/or a therapist to talk themselves through their crush. I now know that if I develop a crush on a child, I can talk it through with my mother and my therapist. The idea behind avoiding crushes in children is to char and tar the possibility of sexual relations with a child, meaning see no possibility for sex with a child at all. 

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

Passing down the faith: How to instruct your child in the Lord without punishment or force

Many parents think that children need religious instruction. However, most parents equate religious instruction with punishment. It is a common belief amongst Christian parents in particular that children have a broken will before surrendering to Christ. However, there is a better way of passing down the faith to children - catch them studying the Bible, and then praise them.

God's Law on child discipline is spelled out in Ephesians 6:4 KJV:

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. 

This first stanza clarifies for the second that religious instruction should not hurt. The Greek root word translated  "provoke...to wrath" is παροργίζο (Latin: parorgizo) 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. Not only do children lack a will to be broken, but parents instead have the moral obligation to avoid offense in children, especially in the course of their religious instruction. The key to avoiding offense in children is being willing to give a meaningful apology whenever you hurt their feelings. It is especially imperative to apologize for offending your child when you lose your cool, as losing your cool alone as a parent constitutes entitlement. But, even refusing to apologize to a child for upsetting them alone is entitlement, in and of itself. Christian parents in the Early Church did not force their religious beliefs onto children, as that alone is entitlement, but especially so when it led to offense in a child. This commandment cross-references the Eighth and the Tenth Commandments, with the Apostle Paul, in this stanza, convicting a group of Greek Christian who brought into the parish at Ephesus their pagan custom of patrias potestas, which is a Latin phrase roughly translating to "power to the parent", including the power to impose punitive sanctions on children, including spanking and other forms of punishment towards children. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punitive parenting in his secular writings. Attachment parenting was banned under Roman law, but the Early Christians did it anyway, obeying God over men.

Religious instruction should be fun, not painful, with the first stanza of this commandment ruling out any religious instruction that hurts or is painful. The Greek root word translated "admonition" is νουθεσία (Latin: nouthesia) and is better translated as "instruction" (see more modern translations such as the English Standard Version). This word ultimately refers to religious instruction, as was done then. When children turned age 6, fathers left out a Bible for children to discover and explore. When children were caught in the act of studying the Bible, they were lavishly praised and encouraged, with fathers interjecting "you can ask me anything you want about that book" From there, religious instruction came in the form of question and answer, with children being eager to learn about Scripture, with fathers giving pointers on the context. This form of religious instruction is part of the Jewish tradition of catching children being good, in the form of positive reinforcement. This Hebraic tradition dated millennia before the time of Christ.

Many Christian parents rush their children's religious development. Most Christian parents want their children to have values, and that's all that most Christian parents want. One example of parents jumping the gun is forcing children into grateful postures. Children naturally find the grateful postures as their religious beliefs develop. I myself am a Christian, and I tie my hands behind my back whenever I go out and about, in order to remind my neighbor that they are in the presence of the elect. Your child will get there - just give them time. If your child ends up comfortable in grateful postures, you have done good as a Christian parent. If you force them to show grateful postures, they will learn to hate those postures, hindering their religious development.

Christian parents should not break the will of their child. Children do not have a will to be broken. Yet, most Christian parents insist on breaking the will of their children. However, the fact of the matter is that religious instruction should not be painful. The idea is to catch children in their curiosity about the Bible, and then encouraging Bible study in children. When children had questions about what they were reading. they asked dad for clarification, with fathers giving pointers as to the context. 

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

 

"Spare the rod, spoil the child": Why the rod verses in Proverbs are repealed verses

Many parents think that the Bible is a pro-spanking document. This is a common belief amongst American parents. Most American parents quote several verses in Proverbs, with the verses summed up by the phrase "spare the rod, spoil the child". However, the fact of the matter is that the Bible is an anti-spanking document.

One verse in Proverbs that is commonly cited by pro-spanking activists is Proverbs 13:24 KJV:

He that spareth the rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

The Greek root word translated "son" is ben and refers here to a mature son. The Greek root word translated "rod" is shebet and refers in the context of Proverbs to a switch. Ultimately, this passage refers to the 40 minus 1 lashes, administered in a courtroom, as a final warning before putting the errant son to death. This punishment was only administered to legal adults, meaning adults above the age of majority. Minor children could never be whipped for anything.

The 40 minus 1 lashes is a repealed legal punishment for errant sons. The reason for this commandment is that otherwise, fathers might just have refused to whip his son. The father only whipped his children because he was deputized by the court to do so.  Otherwise, fathers were not allowed to strike their adult child at all. This legal punishment under the Law was repealed by Christ's Work on the cross, meaning Christ ended the harsh punishments of the Old Testament by Sacrificing Himself on the cross, as was prophesied in the Old Testament.

No verse in Proverbs refers to spanking as a domestic punishment for minor children. However, God does weigh in on the spanking issue in the New Testament. 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 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 your child - you need to avoid offense in your child. The key to avoiding offense in children is to apologize whenever you hurt your child's feelings. It is especially imperative that you formally apologize when you lose your cool with your child, as parent anger directed towards children, in and of itself, is entitlement, but especially so when it leads to offense in a child. However, even defending the so-called "right" to offend your child 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 into the church their pagan custom of patrias potestas, which is a Latin phrase roughly translated to "power to the parent", including the power of parents to impose punitive sanctions on children, such as spanking and other forms of punishment. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punishment of a child in his secular writings. Attachment parenting was banned under Roman law, but the Early Christians did it anyway, obeying God over men.

The book of Proverbs was not intended for parenting advice. The Hebrew name for that book is mishle, and simply translates to "poetry". The verses depicting the rod were not intended by God to be a full-on command, but rather it was seen as wisdom, meaning a gentle nudge to keep your son accountable if he violates the Law. Nowhere else in the Hebrew Bible is the rod of correction mentioned, with the rod being used as a metaphor for enduring hardship in the book of Hebrews. 

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!

Positive reinforcement: Why to catch children being good (as opposed to when they misbehave)

Many parents think that child discipline involves catching children being bad, and then punishing them for their unruly behavior. This is a common attitude amongst American parents. However, the Bible calls for a specific form of child discipline that involves spontaneous positive reinforcement, meaning catching children being good.

God's Law on child discipline is spelled out in Ephesians 6:4 KJV:

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

The first stanza of this commandment clarifies for the second that discipline should not hurt. The Greek root word translated "provoke...to wrath" is παροργίζο (Latin: parorgizo) and refers here to offenses or damages, namely the slightest of personal offense perceived by a child, stemming from entitlement. Child abuse in the Bible is defined as entitlement in parents, leading to offense in children. The idea is to avoid offenses in children, namely by apologizing meaningfully when you hurt your child's feelings. It is especially imperative to give a full apology when you lose your cool with your child, as parent anger alone is entitlement. This commandment cross-references both the Eighth and the Tenth Commandments, with the Apostle Paul here convicting a group of Greek Christians in the parish at Ephesus who brought into the church their pagan custom of patrias potestas, which is a Latin phrase roughly translating to "power to the parent", including the power to impose punitive sanctions on children, such as spanking or other forms of punishment. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punitive parenting in his secular writings. Attachment parenting was banned under Roman law, but the Early Christians did it anyway, obeying God over men.

The second stanza tells us what discipline is appropriate, with the first stanza ruling out anything punitive with a child. The Greek root word translated "nurture" is παιδεία (Latin: paideia) and refers here to a specific form of nurturing, namely of the teaching type. Children were allowed to form their own discipline, and when children showed that discipline, they were lavishly praised and encouraged to keep up the good work. Christian parents in the Early Church set a good example for their children, but with their example being backed up by praise and encouragement, as opposed to punishment and force. This positive reinforcement was a Jewish tradition found not only in the Early Church, but also in Jewish homes dating millennia before the time of Christ. Positive reinforcement is the Jewish tradition of catching children being good, as opposed to punishing them for misbehaving. Children also need religious instruction. The Greek root word translated "admonition" is νουθεσία (Latin: nouthesia) and is better translated as "instruction" (see the English Standard Version). Religious instruction started at age 6, when fathers left out a Bible for children to discover and explore. When children were caught in the act of studying the Bible, they were lavishly praised and encouraged to keep on studying, with fathers saying to children "you can ask me any questions you have about that book". From there, religious instruction came in question and answer format, with children being eager to learn about Scripture, with fathers giving pointers as to the context. 

Children sometimes needed limits, usually when they were behaving in an unsafe or immoral manner. However, limits in the Early Church were backed up by an apology, meaning parents have to apologize merely when a child cannot accept a set limit.. Whenever your set limits as a parent upset a child, it was seen as an offense. Most of the time, children growing up in the Early Church were allowed much freedom, with parents usually only stepping in when a child was behaving in an unsafe or immoral manner. "Immoral" here refers to blasphemy offenses such as fornication. Otherwise, children were only given limits when they behaved in an unsafe manner, with a modern example being playing ball in the house. 

Mothers nurture from up close, whereas fathers nurture from afar. For the first 6 years of childhood, children were in constant closeness to mothers, meaning the child never left the presence of mothers. Fathers took over when the child turned age 6, and discovered a Bible that was laying out. Fathers then, contrary to popular legend, did not sexually correct their children when the child would not stop crying. Instead, mothers did the hard work of diagnosing the vulnerable need in children, before meeting such needs. Children then only cried, and even then, usually only cried to petition vulnerable needs with mothers. Any sexual relations with a child was seen in the Bible as deserving of death.

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!

The word "no": Why telling children "no" frequently is child abuse

Many parents think that children need to hear the word "no" frequent and often. This is a common attitude amongst American parents. Most American parents frequently use the word "no". However, the fact of the matter is that frequent use of the word "no" constitutes child abuse as per the Bible.

God's Law on child abuse is spelled out in 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 frequent use of the word "no". Child abuse is defined in the Bible as entitlement in parents, leading to offense in children. The word "no" should be used rarely in parenting, meaning almost never. Whenever a child is offended by a declined request, they deserve a meaningful apology. An apology is definitely in order if you use the word "no" out of anger, as losing your cool as a parent, in and of itself, is entitlement. Parental entitlement includes any angry use of the word "no", with child abuse including the slightest of offense from the word "no". However, even defending your so-called "right" to hurt your child's feelings with the word "no" 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 into the church their pagan custom of patrias potestas, which is a Latin phrase roughly translating to "power to the parent", including the power of parents to discipline their children punitively. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was opposed to anything punitive towards a child, and even recommended attachment parenting in his secular writings. Attachment parenting was banned under Roman law, but the Early Christians did it anyway, obeying God over men.

The word "no" was used by Christian parents in the Early Church seldom, meaning" almost never. Customary law in the Early Church prohibited the use of the word "no", as a general rule. The only exceptions to that rule was if the petitioned request from children was unsafe, unworkable, and/or immoral. When children couldn't accept the word "no", they were given a meaningful apology, meaning an informal apology that reassured the child that parents mean well. Parents then rarely were motivated by anger, as a Christian parent then was instead motivated by worry or concern. 

Even when Christian parents in the Early Church declined a request, they usually did not use the word "no" directly. Instead, children were told nicer-sounding language, such as "that won't work", "that can't happen", or "that isn't possible". Sometimes, children did get a flat out "no", but only when the child committed purity offenses such as sexual promiscuity. When children could not accept a given limit, parents apologized by giving an informal apology that was meaningful in nature, such as "I'm sorry, but I had to set X limits for Y reasons", 

Setting any limits out of anger, including the word "no", was considered a form of parental entitlement then. Parental entitlement was not excused as "healthy" entitlement in the Early Church. Most of the Early Christians did not say "no" to their children out of anger, as that alone was deemed parental entitlement. The declination of a request was almost always done in the Early Church out of worry or concern, with an angry declination of requests being seen as akin to a viper lashing out at an innocent 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!

Expanding child abuse definitions: Why the Bible calls for expanding child abuse definitions

Many parents think that the Bible and its context has no understanding of childhood, let alone child abuse. Most American parents support the present child abuse definitions. However, the Bible also has a definition of child abuse. Whatever the child victim perceives as abuse is objectively so.

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 who is 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. However, any parent anger directed towards a child was deemed entitlement then. Whenever 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. The Bible defines child abuse as entitlement in parents, leading to offense in children. The idea is to avoid offense in your children, meaning apologize for any hurt feelings in the child, lest it be seen as an entitled offense. However, you really need to apologize when you lose your cool with your child, because that alone is a form of entitlement. But, even bumping into a child in public can be deemed child abuse if the adult is unwilling to apologize for invading a child's personal space. This commandment cross-references the Eighth and the Tenth Commandments, with the Apostle Paul here convicting a group of Greek Christian parents who brought into the church their pagan custom of patrias potestas, which is a Latin phrase roughly translating to "power to the parent", including the power to impose punitive sanctions on children, including spanking or other forms of punishment. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punitive parenting 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 word translated "they be discouraged" is αθυμέω (Latin: athumeo) and refers here to long-terms damages, namely trauma. Even the ancients in the Bible had a concept of childhood trauma. Whenever a child grew up to be atheist, it was a shame on the parents, as the ancients then knew that atheism comes from having spiritually abusive parents.

Child sexual abuse was also a concept in biblical times. The Greek root word denoting fornication is πορνεία (Latin: porneia) and refers, in this context, to any sexual interaction between an adult and a child. Any time a child perceived sexual advances from an adult, it was considered child sexual abuse. All sexual relations outside of marriage was deemed fornication in the Early Church. Child sexual abuse was rare in both the Old and the New Testaments. Whenever a child was raped, the child rapist was excommunicated from the Early Christian Churches of God. 

Child abuse was prosecuted in the Early Church by the church authorities. Usually, an investigation started out with an abused child confiding into a clergyperson about how their parents were treating them. From there, the parents were called in to testify before the council. If the parents were at all defensive, they were excommunicated from the church.

The Bible is an anti-spanking document, with all 88 books of the Bible - from Genesis to Revelation - being written by Jews, with no Jew worth mentioning ever defending punishment of a child. Even King Solomon recommended attachment parenting for the little ones, with the rod of correction in Proverbs referring to the 40 minus 1 lashes, administered in a courtroom setting, as a final warning before putting the adult child to death. These harsh punishments were repealed by Christ's Work on the cross. 

The Bible is a founding document of this country, above even the Constitution itself. Most of our legal codes under the English common law are rooted in Judeo-Christian norms. We have a secular government, but we don't have a secular society. Whenever a Christian teaching gains popularity, it is reflected in state and federal law. It just so happens that the Bible was grossly mistranslated at the Latinate level, in order to keep a pagan custom going.

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 abd night forever and ever! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

Righteous pampering: Why God wants you to pamper and baby your children

Many parents think that children should not be pampered, lest they "spoil" the child. This is a common attitude amongst American parents. Most American parents don't even want to be seen as permissive, and so they punish their children. The fact of the matter is that children need to be pampered and babied, in just the right way.

God's Law prescribes a secure attachment between parents and children. See Colossians 3:20 KJV:

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

The Greek root word translated "obey" is υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and is better translated as "trust", as in "trust your parents in all things", with children surrendering into the warm embrace of mothers, with mothers showering children with Christian Agape love. Ultimately, this commandment refers to a secure attachment between parent and child  The context, when used as a guidepost, tells us how to form a secure bond with your child. The Early Christians pampered and babied their children to form a secure bond with their children, and so should you.

Righteous pampering refers to a specific form of pampering and babying children, as found in the Early Christian context. For the first 6 years of childhood, children were in constant closeness to mothers, meaning that wherever mom went, so did her child. For the first 2 years of childhood, children were constantly held by mothers, either in her loving arms, or else on mom's back in a papoose bag when her hands were full. Between ages 2-6, children ranged next to mothers, seemingly attached at the hip to mothers, not allowing mothers out of their line of sight, morbidly fearing that mom would "go away and never come back" Christian parents in the Early Church knew more than parents today that children are born trusting their parents to meet their every vulnerable need. Christian parents then knew punishment, as well as ignoring needs in children, severs this trust. However, the Early Christians knew that the way to ultimately preserve that inborn trust in children is to meet their every need during the formative years of childhood, which is ultimately from conception until age 6. These formative years may be the most tumultuous, but it sets the stage for a healthy parent-child bond that lasts a lifetime. Never punish or ignore a crying child, as they only cry as a means of communicating a vulnerable need to parents. 

When children turned age 6, they were allowed to play outside freely, naked. Children explored the terrain, venturing farther and farther from home, engaging in wet and messy play. However, children first had to check in with mom, to tell her where they were going. Other times, older children wanted to be with parents, ranging beside them some of the time, then asserting their independence other times. 

Young children, under age 6, were very much protected by parents, in a sheltered sort of way. Children under age 6 were held close partially due to the fact that they could not appreciate the dangers that existed out of the context of the family home. In the Early Church, there existed venomous snakes and scorpions, with there being no antivenom then. Even today, dangers to children exist outside, such as busy streets and would-be kidnappers.  

The depraved and entitled parents who are unloving and unchartiable to their children will not inherit the Kingdom of God! 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!

Crying: Why crying is not bad behavior in children

Many parents think that crying in children is bad behavior. This is a common attitude amongst American parents. Most American parents punish their children merely for crying. However, children do not cry in order to undermine you as a parent. They cry because they need YOU.

God's Law prescribes a secure attachment between parent and child. See Colossians 3:20 KJV:

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

The Greek root word translated "obey" is υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and is better translated as "trust", as in "trust your parents in all things". This commandment refers here to secure rest in the Christian Agape love of parents. Ultimately, this commandment refers to a secure attachment between parents and children. The context, when used  as a guidepost, tells us how to form a secure bond with children. A good place to start is to respond to your child's every cry, as was done in the context..

Children growing up in the Early Church were never punished for crying. This is because Christian parents in the Early Church knew more than parents today that children cry in order to petition mothers especially for vulnerable needs. Maybe the child was tired. Maybe the child was hungry. Maybe the child needed mom's milk. Maybe the child needed mom, and mom only. Whatever the child needed, they got it.

Christian parents in the Early Church, under customary law, were required to meet their children's every vulnerable need when they cried. Children were understood under customary law to have five basic categories of needs; food, water, shelter, transportation, and attachment - with the greatest of these needs being attachment! Even tiredness was a form of attachment need, as co-sleeping was how parents then bonded with their children.

Children usually cry a deathly, screeching cry when they need something. The design of God behind the cry is to break down mothers, and keep breaking them down, until mom finally figured out what the child needed. All a child usually needs is time with mom.

For the first 6 years of childhood, children growing up in the Early Church cried, in most cases, due to separation anxiety. Separation anxiety is a morbid fear in children that mom would "go away and never come back". Christian parents in the Early Church knew more than parents today that children always cry for a reason, and usually, they just needed reassurance that mom was going nowhere. Children under age 6 never left the presence of mothers, with children aged 2-6 ranging next to mothers, seemingly attached at the hip next to mothers, fearing the worst whenever mom left children's line of sight. 

Children usually cry when they need something. The first thing Christian mothers in the Early Church tried was mammary closeness, including breastfeeding. Maybe the child latched on or else snuggled up to the teat of mothers, with breastfeeding ending when the child rejected the nipple. If the child continued to cry after being offered closeness with mom, mom scrambled to figure out the need of a child. The child always needed something.

The depraved and entitled parents who punish their crying children will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them descend into the abyss which is the ever-burning lake of fire and burning sulfur, which is the second death prepared for Satan and his accomplices! Repent!

Child discipline: How to discipline your children without punitive measures

Many parents want their children Many parents want their children to have discipline. This is a common wish on the part of parents. However, most American parents equate discipline with punishment. However, the fact of the matter is that children don't need punitive measures in order to have discipline.

God's Law on child discipline is spelled out in Ephesians 6:4 KJV:

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

The first stanza of this commandment clarifies for the second that discipline should not hurt. The Greek root word translated "provoke...to wrath" is παροργίζο (Latin: parorgizo) and refers here 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. The biblical definition of child abuse consists of entitlement in parents, leading to offense in children. The idea is to avoid offense in a child. However, hurting your child's feelings is inevitable in parenting, in which case parents should be willing to apologize for upsetting their child, lest it lead to offense, period. You as a parent need to especially apologize to your child if you lose your cool with them, as losing your cool with your child alone is entitlement. The first stanza of this commandment cross-references the Eighth and the Tenth Commandments, with the Apostle Paul here convicting a group of Greek Christian parents who brought with them into the church their pagan custom of patrias potestas, which is a Latin phrase roughly translating to "power to the parent", including the power of parents to impose punitive sanctions on children, such as spanking and other forms of punishment. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed all punitive parenting in his secular writings. The most common punishment for children in Ancient Greece and Rome was a spanking to a bare bottom. Attachment parenting was banned under Roman law, but the Early Christians did it anyway, obeying God over men. 

The second stanza of this commandment spells out the proper ways of disciplining a child, with the first stanza ruling out anything punitive with children. The Greek root word translated "nurture" is παιδεία (Latin: paideia) and refers to a certain specific form of nurturing, namely of the teaching type. Children in biblical times were left to form their own discipline, and when they were caught in the act of showing discipline, they were praised and encouraged to keep up the good work. Christian parents in the Early Church set a good example for their children, but backed up this example with praise and encouragement, as opposed to punishment or force. This form of positive reinforcement is an old Jewish tradition that was even practiced in biblical times. Children also need religious instruction, as religion is a human need for children and adults alike. The Greek root word translated "admonition" is νουθεσία (Latin: nouthesia) and is more accurately translated as "instruction" (see the English Standard Version). When the child turned age 6, fathers left out a Bible for children to discover and explore. When children were caught in the act of studying the Bible, they were praised and encouraged to keep on studying the Bible. Fathers then said things along the lines of  "You can ask me anything about that book". From there, religious instruction came in the form of question and answer, with children being curious about Scripture, and with fathers giving pointers on the context.

Sometimes, parents had to set limits, usually for behaviors that were unsafe or immoral. Whenever children could not accept a set limit, they were given an apology. All limits should be set out of worry or concern. In the Early Church, a parent who got angry with their child was seen as a viper ambushing its victim. It is never okay to set limits out of anger, and when you do lose your cool in that regard, you need to formally apologize with statements such as "I apologize for losing my cool with you". 

Christian fathers in the Early Church, contrary to popular legend, did not sexually correct their children. Instead, they masturbated to sexual thoughts of their children, thus imprinting on their child. Most of the time, fathers had a sexual attachment towards their daughters, with fathers and daughters being mutually unrequited in terms of their attractions to each other. All sexual relations outside of marriage were considered fornication then, including sexual relations with children. 

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

Pedophilia awareness: How to accommodate your pedophilic child

Many parents worry a lot about their child being sexually abused by a pedophile. This is a common and normal worry that parents have about their child. However, sometimes the child is the pedophile, in the non-offending tense. Most children who are pedophiles are aware of their disorder even younger than the minimum age for diagnosis, which is 16. 

A pedophile is not an anger packet attached to an adult. A pedophile is a human being with a sexual preference for children under age 14. Forensic pedophiles do not exist, and wherever they are, they can be called something else. The core of the receiving end of anti-pedophile hysteria is children with the disorder. A pedophile usually has a child-centered form of autism that corresponds with their age of their age-oriented sexual preferences. Whenever you see your autistic child get along with much younger children, think pedophile, since most autistic adults find children to be "too loud" or "too noisy". 

Pedophilic children have the need to masturbate to sexual thoughts of much younger children, in which case, let them think the think on that issue, with the pedophile mind exploring all of the possibilities, while always landing with the same thing - nothing at all. But, nothing at all is satisfying when you masturbate that far in. 

Pedophilia rarely is a driven sexuality, but is instead a sexually curious form of sexual attraction. The idea is to buy body books that illustrate how puberty will go in children. Pedophilic children need a sexual education from their parents that instructs pedophiles in abstinence. Most children need to be encouraged in being abstinent - with pedophilia in children being a notable situation that necessitates abstinence-based sexual education. 

The hysteria behind pedophilia is rooted not in children's rights advocacy, but instead church teaching that states falsely that a pedophile can't be a saved Christian. The idea is that masturbation somehow leads men down the wrong path, and leads to pornography. However, I only masturbate to my own imagination, not to pornography. I hate pornography, and want nothing to do with that kind of smut. The way out of a masturbation habit is simple - try fantasizing without any images, to the first image that comes to mind. The only reason masturbation is banned is due to due to the fear of men in something that, in fact, won't lead them down the wrong path. As long as a pedophile stays away from pornography, they should be saved. The main hinderance to pedophile salvation is atheism itself, a symptom of the sexual shaming trauma that most pedophiles have. I myself am a pedophile, and am confident in my salvation, due to having a lack of entitlement to struggle against.

Pedophilia is nowhere mentioned in the Bible. However, pedophilia was a concept then, with the Greek term being translated to "child saviors" in the English. Whenever children could not go with their mother or father during a divorce proceeding, the child went with pedophiles, and usually ran to the pedophile's embrace, which brought shame onto the child's whole family. But, children were not raped by caregiver pedophiles, with the pedophile then discharging a sexual fantasy about their child charges. They did lactate however, which was about when the bond between pedophile and child being praised as "a match made in Heaven". 

Pedophilia today does not come with the same protections that it did in ancient times. All I wish as a pedophile is for people to understand me, in the most pitiful of ways, as pedophilia is a bad hand to be dealt. The idea behind pedophile sensitivity is to pity the pedophile, while accepting that the pedophile has to see things differently. I accept my sexual fantasies about children, and that's almost entirely where my fantasies go. But, I don't insist on others liking my fantasies about children. Even in the Early Church, pedophiles were seen as flawed, but in a way that could be used for good. Pedophiles did not insist on praise in order to do their job, but instead simply did their job based on charity, expecting absolutely nothing in return, including nothing from their child charges.

A pedophilic child grows up just like anyone else, but with their sexual development being arrested in time. Eventually, they become aware of their arrested sexual development, in which case you should leave out a nest, meaning welcome the topic once it comes up from your child. They need reassurance that sexually abusing a child is a pure choice, and something they should avoid. Most pedophiles are afraid that they will become a child rapist. However, most child sexual abuse is not committed by pedophiles, and most pedophiles do not sexually abuse children. The core of rapist pedophiles have an IQ of under 70. Most child sexual abuse committed by pedophiles does not come from wishing harm on a child, but instead in the form of sexual harassment motivated by lack of boundaries.

Most child sexual abuse happens with secondary attraction to children that is denied by the perpetrator. When you repress something as powerful as a sex drive, it only comes out sideways on to the child, like a ton of bricks. Usually, child sexual abuse starts as a sexual narcissist, with the sexual narcissist spilling over to the nearest available child. Sometimes, pedophiles can fit this category of opportunist, but those cases are rare. I myself have a track record of sexually harassing children, mainly in the form of street harassment. I was an infatuation abuser, meaning my victims came like train cars, one by one, with the child being a core part of my identity, whether she liked it or not.

Pedophilia is a very real mental health disorder, which rises to the level of pedophilic disorder when the pedophile needs a therapist. Most therapists want to work with pedophiles, but fear the liability risk of having a pedophile in their practice. All a pedophile needs is to let go of the burden that plagues them inherently, like baggage to a baggage carousel. Most pedophiles need what a trauma victim needs, meaning a listening space to form their own healing. Some of us needed to hear guidance from a therapist, with that guidance being remembered later as a planted seed. Most pedophilic disorder comes in the form of self-hatred to the core, and once the pedophile accepts themselves, the diagnosis is in remission. Pedophilia can be self-treatable, especially in the case of understanding gentle parents. My pedophilic disorder came in the form of blurred boundaries, in which case I had to learn the hard way - a child I liked was afraid of me. That is when my therapist finally made sense. 

I myself am now fairly well-adjusted for a pedophile, and I thank my mother and my therapist for being understanding in a helpful way. My mother only shunned the topic to protect my identity from not being understood. I could tell her anything I wanted to about my disorder. Same with my therapist. Most women have a hidden attraction to pedophiles, but intuitively know what to do with them. Most men have the same attraction, but repress it due to internalized homophobia. 

The depraved and entitled parents who sexually shame pedophilic children will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them descend into the abyss which is the ever-burning Hell of fire and torment prepared for Satan and his accomplices! Repent!

Child abuse definitions: Why the Bible calls for expanding child abuse definitions

Many parents think that the ancients in the Bible had no concept of child abuse. Most American parents support the current child abuse definitions. However, the Bible has its own child abuse definitions. The fact of the matter is that the Bible says that whatever the child victim perceived as abuse objectively is so. 

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 who is 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 on the part of a parent, directed towards a child, was deemed parental entitlement, and was roundly condemned as such. When this sense of entitlement in parents was perceived by a child as offensive or damaging, it was deemed 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 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. The biblical definition of child abuse consists of entitlement in parents, leading to offense in children. The idea is to avoid offense in a child, knowing that upsetting a child is inevitable in parenting. In order to avoid offense in a child, the idea is to be willing to give a meaningful apology whenever you hurt a child's feelings, lest it lead to offense, period. You should especially apologize when you lose your cool with your child, and commit to never again losing your cool with your child, as losing your cool with your child alone is entitlement. But, even bumping into children in a public venue can be child abuse, if the adult is not willing to apologize for invading a child's personal space. This commandment cross-references the Eighth and the Tenth Commandments, with the Apostle Paul here convicting a group of Greek Christian parents who brought into the church their pagan custom of patrias potestas, which is a Latin phrase roughly translating to "power to the parent", including the power to impose punitive sanctions on children, including spanking and other forms of punitive parenting. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punitive parenting 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 word translated "they be discouraged" is αθυμέω (Latin: athumeo) and refers here to long-term damages, namely trauma. The ancients had a basic understanding of childhood trauma. When a child grew up to be atheist, it brought shame onto the child's spiritually abusive parents. An atheist was seen then as a victim of religious child abuse, as opposed to merely a "lost soul". 

The ancients even had a concept of child sexual abuse. The Greek root word denoting fornication is πορνεία (Latin: porneia) and refers here to child sexual abuse, meaning any sexual interaction between an adult and a child. Any sexual advances on the part of an adult, and perceived by the child as such, was child sexual abuse, even if the child liked it. Child sexual abuse was rare in biblical times, meaning almost non-existent. 

The Bible is an anti-spanking document. All 88 books of the Bible - from Genesis to Revelation - were written by Jews, with no Jew worth mentioning ever advocating for punitive parenting. Even King Solomon recommended attachment parenting for dependent children, with the rod in Proverbs referring to a sentence for a crime, namely the 40 minus 1 lashes.

America is a Christian nation, founded on Judeo-Christian family values. We as a nation glean from the Bible and its context as to treat each other with respect. Most of our legal codes are based off of the Bible, including murder and rape. It just so happens that the Bible was grossly mistranslated at the Latinate level, in order to keep a pagan custom going. 

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke their children to anger though 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!

The Fifth Commandment: Understanding the Fifth Commandment in context

Many parents feel entitled to honor and respect from their children. This is a common attitude amongst American parents. Most American parents think that the Fifth Commandment commands that their children not speak against them. However, the Bible, when understood in context, simply commands that aging parents are well taken care of. 

The Fifth Commandment states in Exodus 20:12 KJV:

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

This commandment does not prohibit children speaking against a parent. Instead, children have the duty to take care of their parents as they age, as thanks for a wonderful childhood. However, when children were abused by their parents, children have the right to shun their parents.

The Fifth Commandment is a common excuse for punishing a child, and in many households, children are only punished for speaking against parents. However, the Bible deems all punishment of a child to be abuse, even when it is motivated by children speaking against parents. 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 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 and punishing children - you need to avoid the slightest of offense in a child. The only way to avoid offense in a child is to be willing to give a meaningful apology whenever you hurt their feelings, thus avoiding offense, period. This commandment cross-references the Eighth and the Tenth Commandments, with the Apostle Paul here convicting a group of Greek Christian parents who brought into the church their pagan custom of patrias potestas, which is a Latin phrase roughly translating to "power to the parent", including the power to impose punitive sanctions on children, such as spanking and other forms of punitive parenting. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punitive parenting in his secular writings. Attachment parenting was banned under Roman law, but the Early Christians did it anyway, obeying God over men.

The Fifth Commandment is clear when understood in context - care for your aging parents. This commandment was necessary then due to an epidemic of elder abuse and neglect in the Old Testament context. Quite a few adult children would beat their parents by day, and rape their parents by night to send parents places. The law had to be laid down by God - honor your vulnerable and aging parents by taking care of them as they age.

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 12:5-6: Why this passage is not a pro-spanking passage

Many parents use the Bible to justify their choice to punish their children. This is a common attitude amongst American parents. Most American parents use punitive measures in parenting. The core of the pro-spanking argument is stated in Hebrews 12:5-6. However, this passage is interpreted in error by pro-spanking pastors and theologians.

God's Word is stated in Hebrews 12:5-6 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. 

This passage, when understood correctly, can be comforting to me. The Greek root word translated "scourgeth" is μαστιγόω (Latin: mastigoó) and can have a figurative meaning to it. God doesn't literally reach down from the heavens and whip His children. However, God does send trials and tribulations the way of the believer. The rod here is a metaphor for enduring hardship, with this kind of language known as "rod language", and was found in many ancient languages. In the Early Church, you wouldn't say "I had a long day at work", but instead you would say "God whipped me hard today". This passage was intended to reassure the Hebrew Christians in their persecution from Rome. 

God doesn't literally reach down from the heavens and whip His children. However, God does punish His children, like only He can. But, earthly parents only punish their children when it harms them. However, God only punishes His children when it doesn't harm them. Heb. 12 only discusses divine parenting, meaning how God deals with us as His adoptive children. God never intended for earthly parents to use His methods, as an earthly parent would get it wrong. 

The Bible does touch in on the spanking issue in the New Testament. 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 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. The offensive touch here included in context, but was not limited to, spanking and other forms of corporal punishment. However, it is not enough to stop spanking or punishing children. You need to avoid the slightest of offense in children, as child abuse is defined in the Bible as entitlement leading to offense in children. The only way to avoid offense in a child is to be willing to meaningfully apologize to a child whenever you hurt their feelings, lest it become offense, period. Even bumping into a child in public can count as child abuse, meaning offense period when the adult isn't willing to apologize for invading a child's personal space. This commandment cross-references the Eighth and the Tenth Commandments, with the Apostle Paul here convicting a group of Greek Christian parents who brought into the church their pagan custom of patrias potestas, which is a Latin term roughly translated to "power to the parent", including the power to impose punitive sanctions on children, such as spanking and other forms of punishment. Most Greek parents in the Greco-Roman world used an open-handed spanking to punish their children. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punishment of a child in his secular writings. Attachment parenting was banned under Roman law, but the Early Christians did it anyway, obeying God over men.

Spanking is a parenting tool that is pagan in origin. Spanking was a means of correcting young children who misbehaved by the parent's standard. When Rome took over, Emperor Constantine and the rest of the Roman Catholic Church wanted to keep a tradition going, and so they grossly mistranslated the Latinate Bible. 

The translation of the Bible alone is not God's Infallible Word. Instead, the original Scripture, in Greek and Hebrew, as understood in context, is the Infallible Word of God. All English-language translations are written in error. However, some translations do tell the Truth on parenting, and one of them is Col. 3:21.

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!

Proverbs 13:24: Why the rod verses in Proverbs are repealed verses

Many parents think that the Bible supports or even commands that children should be punished for doing things wrong. This is a common attitude amongst American parents. Most American parents cite several verses in the book of Proverbs. However, these rod verses are repealed verses, and don't refer much to raising minor children.

One commonly cited rod verse is Proverbs 13:24 KJV:

He that spareth the rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. 

The Greek root wore translated "son" is ben and refers to a mature adult son. This verse ultimately refers not to domestic punishments towards children, but instead refers to the 40 minus 1 lashes, which was a form of judicial corporal punishment, meaning a sentence for a crime. A whipping then could only happen in the context of a courtroom setting, and only when the adult son was convicted of a crime, and only once - that any further recidivism would result in death on the spot. 

Christ died on the cross not only to save us from sin, but also to abolish the abovementioned harsh legal punishments in the Old Testament. Christ's Work on the cross ultimately repealed the corporal punishment of adult children. 

The Bible does weigh in on the spanking issue. 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 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. The understanding of child abuse in the Early Church came in the form of entitlement leading to offense. The way to avoid offense in children is to be willing to meaningfully apologize whenever you hurt your children's feelings, especially if you lose your cool with your child. Losing your cool with your child 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 into the church their pagan custom of patrias potestas, which is a Latin phrase that roughly translates to "power to the parent", including the power to impose punitive sanctions on children such as spanking or other forms of punishment. The most common punishment in Greek Christian households was spanking administered to bare buttocks. Attachment parenting was banned under Roman law, but the Early Christians did it anyway, obeying God over men.

The Early Christians were hated in the broader Greco-Roman world. This hatred ultimately was motivated by Christian parents being "too soft" on their children. The Early Christians were attachment parents, whereas broader Greco-Roman parents were very strict and punitive in nature.

Even in the Old Testament, King Solomon recommended attachment parenting to Jewish parents. All of the biblical writers advocated attachment parenting to parents in their secular writings. All of the punishments in the Old Testament were for legal adults.

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.

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

Many parents are looking for alternatives to spanking. Most parents think that time-out is the way to go. However, the right way to deal with a crying child is through time-in. Time-in comes in many forms, with some parents kneeling down to their child's level in order to comfort them, and others send their children to a calming corner. However, there is a biblical method of doing time-in - mammary closeness.

God's Law prescribes a secure attachment between parent and child. See Colossians 3:20 KJV:

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

The Greek root word translated "obey" is υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and is better translated as "trust", as in "trust your parents in all things". This passage refers to secure rest, with children surrendering into the loving arms of parents, with parents showing Christian Agape love to their child. Ultimately, this passage refers to a secure attachment between parent and child. The context, when used as a guidepost, tells us how to form a secure bond with your child. One good way to start is time-in, namely in the form of mammary closeness.

Christian parents in the Early Church had a certain specific way of doing time-in, with this method being mammary closeness.  Whenever a child cried, mothers picked up the child, then holding the child close to her bosom in skin-on-skin mammary closeness. Children cry largely because they need something, with the most common of needs being attachment. Whenever a child cried, mothers first did mammary closeness, and if that didn't work, she tried through trial and error to figure out what the child needed. Maybe they were hungry. Maybe they were tired. Maybe they need mom's milk. But, usually, all your child needs is YOU. 

For the first 6 years of childhood, children growing up in the Early Church cried whenever they needed something, and it was up to mothers to figure out what the child needed. Most children past age 6 then were cooperative with parents, in a way that made the parents' day. However, this bliss can only happen if the child is well cared for in the formative years of their childhood. Children are born trusting in their parents for all things. Punishment and even mere parent anger only violates this trust in children. 

Mammary closeness and breastfeeding go hand and hand. This breastfeeding stopped when the child rejected the nipple. This usually happened around age 2. However, some of the time, children weren't ready for solid foods until age 6 or even above. Christian mothers in the Early Church breastfed their children whenever and wherever called to, including in public. 

Mammary closeness is the key to forming a secure bond with your child. As soon as you co-snuggle with your child in skin-on-skin mammary closeness, you will regret not doing so sooner. The traction between the bodies of mother and child helps form a secure parent-child bond.

The depraved and entitled parents who punish their children instead of use time-in will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them descend into the abyss, which is the lake of fire and burning sulfur prepared for Satan and his accomplices! Repent!

Birth nudity: Understanding the Christian tradition of birth nudity

Many parents want their children to wear clothing, without thinking twice about it. This is a common assumption on the part of the parent - that children need to be forced to wear clothing in order to be safe from predators. However, the Early Christians had a tradition going known as birth nudity, where mother and child are in the nude next to each other in the family home.

God wants you as the parent to form a secure attachment with your child, with parents then using the context as a guidepost as to how to bond with their child. See Colossians 3:20 KJV:

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

The Greek root word translated "obey" is υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and is better translated as "trust", as in "trust your parents in all things". This word ultimately refers to rest, meaning a child surrendering themselves into the loving arms of mothers, with parents showing Christian Agape love for their child. Ultimately, this commandment refers to a secure attachment between parent and child within the context of the family home. The context can be used as a guidepost as to how to form a secure bond with your child, with one time-honored method being birth nudity. 

There is a right way and a wrong way to do birth nudity. Old Order Mennonites let their children be naked, but then strike them until they are ashamed of their nudity. However, that is not how birth nudity was practiced in the Early Church. Christian parents in the Early Church knew better that mother-child closeness was best done in the nude. 

Children growing up in the Early Church went naked wherever they went, with mothers also going naked within the confines of the family home. Mother and children under age 6 were in constant and intense closeness with each other. During this time, milk-dependent children suckled the teat of mothers, in skin-on-skin warmth. Most of the time, children rejected the teat of mothers around age 2, which was when they were ready for solid food. However, sometimes the child accepted the teat of mothers until age 6 or even beyond.

It is good to leave a change of clothing on a hanger in a neutral location, such as a banister on the way upstairs. Children are usually curious enough to find the clothing and try it on. When a child finds their clothing, and tries it on, they should be praised and encouraged to keep wearing the clothing. 

When children growing up in the Early Church - under age 6 - went out and about with mothers, they were covered up by nothing but swaddling blankets, with young children resting securely next to the bosom of mothers, in swaddling blankets. These swaddling blankets were tied from the left breast, then across the dot to the right leg,  or vice versa, or both, with the child being fully protected from male scrutiny. The swaddling blankets were then tucked underneath the loose-fitting, revealing dress that resembled an apron. The swaddling blankets were made of velvet, which was grown throughout the Ancient Middle East. 

Children under age 6 went nowhere without their mother. That is because Christian parents in the Early Church knew that young children experienced separation anxiety, and thus mothers were always there for the child, with children seemingly being attached at the hip to mothers. Whenever you leave your child with a parent in loco parentis at all, you realize their worst fears - that you will "go away and never come back". Birth nudity simply means that this intense closeness comes in the nude. 

The tradition of birth nudity is a time-honored Judeo-Christian tradition predating Christianity by thousands of years, with the tradition originally being a Jewish tradition. Christian parents in the Early Church knew more than parents today that children are created by God to be affectionate with parents, and that punishment severs that parent-child bond. Children want YOU to be their best friend and close confidant. This was how parenting went throughout the biblical context, and that is how parenting should go today, 

The depraved and entitled parents who punish their children for their own nudity will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them descend into torrents of Hell-fire prepared for Satan and his accomplices! Repent!

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 current child abuse definitions, with parental rights advocates claiming that "actual abuse is rare". However, the Bible has its own definition of child abuse. Anything perceived by a child victim as abusive is objectively so. 

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 being 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 then, and was condemned as such. Whenever this sense of entitlement in parents was perceived as offensive or damaging by a child, 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. Any entitlement leading to offense in a child is what is deemed child abuse in the Bible. Offense in children can include any hurt feelings in a child, stemming from parent anger. However, whenever you even offend your child without an apology, you are entitled, as refusal to apologize to a child that you upset alone is a form of entitled defense. Whenever a child is hurt emotionally by how you treat them, the way to avoid offense is to be willing to apologize to a child whenever you hurt their feelings. In public, even bumping into a child can be child abuse if you aren't willing to apologize for the incident. Any time you upset a child, and defend it, you are abusing your child. This commandment cross-references the Eighth and the Tenth Commandments, with the Apostle Paul here convicting a group of Greek Christian parents who brought into the church their pagan custom of patrias potestas, which is a Latin phrase roughly translating to "power to the parent", including the power to impose punitive sanctions towards children such as spanking and other forms of punishment. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punitive parenting 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 word translated "they be discouraged" is αθυμέω (Latin: athumeo) and refers here to long-term damages from child abuse, namely trauma. The ancients in the Bible had a basic understanding of childhood trauma. When a child grew up to be an atheist, it brought shame onto the parents, as the parents were then put under suspicion of child abuse. Atheism in a young adult was seen as a sign of trauma, not simply as sign of "rebellion" or else being a "lost soul".

Child sexual abuse is understood in the Bible using the Greek root word πορνεία (Latin: porneia) and refers to anything sexually immoral as understood then. Any sexual interaction between an adult and a child is considered child sexual abuse, meaning any sexual advances directed towards a child, even if the child liked it or was flattered by it. Child sexual abuse was rare in the Early Church, and when it happened, it was a huge moral outrage. Any sexual relations outside of marriage was considered fornication in biblical times, with the only way out of sexual sin with a child is to masturbate to thoughts of children. In the Old Testament, sexual abusers of girls were burned at the stake, with abusers of boys being stoned to death. 

Child abuse was prosecuted in the Early Church by way of an internal investigation. When a child was being abused, the child usually confided into the church elders for assistance in getting rid of abusive parents. The elder then called into the courtroom the alleged abusive parents, and if they defended themselves in any way, a guilty verdict was handed down to the parents. The guilty and entitled parents were then excommunicated from the Early Christian Churches of God. 

The Bible is an anti-spanking document. All 88 books of the Bible - from Genesis to Revelation - were written by Jews, with no Jew worth mentioning ever defending punishment of a child as a right. Even King Solomon was anti-spanking, and recommended attachment parenting for minor children. The rod of correction was instead intended for adult children, as a sentence for crime. 

America is a Judeo-Christian country, founded on Judeo-Christian family values. We as a society glean from the Bible and its context for how to live and treat each other with respect. It just so happens that the Bible was grossly mistranslated at the Latinate level, as when Rome took over, the Roman Catholic Church mistranslated the Bible in order to keep a tradition going. However, the Bible is clear that provoking your child to anger is a moral crime when it comes from entitlement.

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!

Catching children being good: Why to catch children being good (as opposed to being bad)

Many parents want their children to have discipline. This is a common goal for parents to have. However, most American parents think that discipline means catching a child being bad, and then punishing the child. However, the Bible instead calls for children to be caught being good.

God's Law on child discipline is spelled out in Ephesians 6:4 KJV:

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. 

The first stanza of this passage clarifies for the second that discipline should not hurt. The Greek root word translated "provoke...to wrath" is παροργίζο (Latin: parorgizo) 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 and punishing your child - you need to avoid the slightest of offense perceived by a child. However, offending children is inevitable in parenting, and thus you should be willing to give a meaningful apology to your child. Any time you cause your child to be upset, you are offending them, and thus an apology is in order. Usually, an informal apology is all that is necessary, such as "I'm sorry, but I had to set X limits for Y reasons". However, if you lose your cool with your child, you are crossing into entitlement territory, thus a formal apology is in order, such as "I apologize for losing my cool with you", and then you should commit to never losing your cool again as a parent. Any time you refuse to apologize to your child, you are entitled. The first stanza of this verse cross-references the Eighth and the Tenth Commandments, with the Apostle Paul here convicting a group of Greek Christian parents who brought with them into the parish at Ephesus the pagan custom of patrias potestas, which is a Latin phrase roughly translated to "power to the parent", including the power to impose punitive sanctions onto children, such as spanking and punishing children. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punitive parenting in his secular writings. Attachment parenting was banned under Roman law, but the Early Christians did it anyway, obeying God over men. 

The second stanza of this passage clarifies as to what discipline is acceptable, with the previous stanza ruling out anything punitive with a child. The Greek root word translated "nurture" is παιδεία (Latin: paideia) and refers here to a certain specific method of nurturing children coming from fathers, namely of the teaching sort. Whenever a child was caught in the act of being good, meaning they showed discipline such as self-control or patience, they were lavishly praised and encouraged to keep up the good work. Christian parents in the Early Church set a good Christian example for their children, but backed it up with praise and encouragement, as opposed to punitive measures. This method is an ancient Jewish custom, predating Christianity by centuries. In most cases, children form their own self-discipline, in which case they should be praised and encouraged to keep up the good work. Children also need religious instruction, as religion is a human need for children and adults alike. The Greek root word translated "admonition" is νουθεσία (Latin: nouthesia) and is better translated as "instruction" (see the English Standard Version), and refers to instructing children in the Lord. Starting at age 6, fathers left out a copy of the Bible for children to discover and explore. When children were caught in the act of studying the Bible, they were praised and encouraged to keep studying the Word of God, saying things along the lines of "You can ask me anything about that book". From there, religious instruction came in question and answer format. Children were eager to learn about Scripture, with fathers being quick to give pointers on the context.

Catching children being good is one thing, but sometimes, children need limits in the mean time. The idea is to set limits whenever necessary. Christian parents in the Early Church could set a simple limit for any reason, but the word "no" was reserved for any behavior that is unsafe, unworkable, and/or immoral  Whenever a limit wasn't received well in children, parents apologized for their children. Christian parents in the Early Church never got angry, and when they did, it was seen as a form of entitlement called parental entitlement, with parental entitlement being seen then as something to avoid and oppose. 

Contrary to popular legend, Christian fathers in the Early Church did not sexually correct their children. Instead, he masturbated righteously to thoughts of his children, meaning usually his daughter. Maybe in neighboring cultures fathers raped their children to correct them, but not in Ancient Jewish culture; Even in Lev. 18:17, the Law then was applied flexibly, meaning broadly, and was applied to all cases of sexual interactions between grown men and young girls, even if the child was not the perpetrator's, with the penalty being death by way of burning at the stake. Daughters were always next to mom's side in the Old Testament. All sexual abuse of a child was considered unlawful then, as in the Early Church  any sexual relations outsdie of marriage being seen as sexually impure, including sexual relations with children. 

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

The word "no": Why telling children "no" frequently is child abuse

Many parents think children need to hear the word "no" frequent and often. This is a common attitude towards children on the part of parents. Most parents offend their children this way, not thinking for a moment how entitled they are. The fact of the matter is that saying "no" all the time is child abuse. 

God's Law on child abuse is spelled out in 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 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 a child - you should avoid even the slightest of offense perceived by a child. However, offending children is inevitable in parenting, and thus a parent should be willing to apologize to their child whenever they offend their child. Any time you cause your child to be upset, you have offended them  and thus you need to apologize. Usually, all that is necessary is a reassurance of good intent, such as "I'm sorry, but I had to set X limits for Y reasons". However, when you lose your cool with your child, you are crossing into clear entitlement territory, and thus a formal apology is necessary, such as "I apologize for losing my cool with you", with you then committing never to losing your cool that way ever again. Even refusing to apologize to a child is entitlement in and of itself. This commandment cross-references the Eighth and the Tenth Commandment, with the Apostle Paul here convicting a group of Greek Christian parents who brought into the church their pagan custom of patrias potestas, and is a Latin phrase roughly translating to "power to the parent", including the power to impose punitive sanctions on children, including spanking and other forms of punishment. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punitive parenting in his secular writings. Attachment parenting was banned under Roman law, but the Early Christians did it anyway, obeying God over men. 

The word "no" alone, when used frequently, can cause irreparable harm to the parent-child bond. The Early Christians knew this instinctively, and thus customary law then only allowed the word "no" under the strictest of circumstances. Under customary law then, children were only given the word "no", or else were handed a limit, if the child's behaviors or petitioned requests were unsafe, unworkable, and/or immoral  

The main reason for the word "no" in dependent children then was sexual promiscuity, meaning parents supervised the courtship of their children, only marrying off their daughters to the suitor that made her wait until marriage. Apart from that, Christian parents in the Early Church used nicer-sounding words in place of the word "no", such as "that can't work", "that can't happen", or "that isn't possible". When children couldn't accept a set limit, they were given an apology. 

Christian parents in the Early Church never set a limit for their children out of anger. That is because parents then never got angry with their children. Parent anger is something in our flawed genome, but only when it is modeled to children. The Early Christians had Jewish blood, meaning no parent anger to show or to hide. Even the Greek and Roman believers eventually lost that unnecessary backbone. There is no need for that kind of protection even today. as I have no genetic capacity for parent anger, and yet I can assert myself just fine when called to. Parenting in the Early Church was instead motivated by worry and concern, with parental concern being the core driver of parental instinct. Jewish mothers even today are not nags, but instead simply worry a lot about their children. Mother Mary was worried to death for her Son Jesus Christ, knowing His fate as the Only Begotten Son of God  Jesus was the perfect child from early on, and even when He ran away to the Temple, all that happened was the rabbis being astonished by His religious astuteness, with this astuteness being evident by the age of 3. 

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!