Child marriage: Why God hates child marriages

Many people think that child marriage is a thing of the past. This is a common belief amongst American adults. Most adults believe child marriages have ended. They have not. Every single state in the United States allows for child marriage to some degree. 

It says in 1 Corinthians 6:18-20 KJV:

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body, but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. What? know ye not that the your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

The Greek root word translated "fornication" is πορνεία (Latin: porneia) and lifts up all of the sex crime laws enumerated in the Law of Moses. One of those laws was that a marriage had to be between same-age peers. Young men had to marry a young woman his age or else older. Also, children under the age of majority, in the jurisdiction that they were in, could not marry at all. In Ancient Israel, the age of consent/marriage was at 12 for females, and 13 for males, corresponding with the age of majority in said jurisdiction. In Ancient Rome, the age of consent/majority was 13, and the Early Church heeded Roman law on that subject. The tradition in the Bible is that the marriageable age be at the age of majority, wherever it may be in a given society. In Ancient Jewish society, including the Early Church, sexual relations were seen as an adult luxury to be enjoyed within a marriage. 

God hates child marriage because it is an unlawful use of your body. "Ye are bought with a price", in context, means that we do own our own bodies, but with conditions set by the Lord by way of contract. In the sexual arena, God wants our bodies to be used a certain way, meaning sexual relations must fit within certain narrow perimeters, namely within a lawfully-sanctioned marriage between one adult man and one adult woman. Sex with children will never be acceptable, even if it was accepted once. 

The depraved and decadent, defiled fornicators who engage in child marriages, and defile themselves next to a fraudulent bride, will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them burn in torrents of Hell-fire! Repent! 

Reverent fear: Why to be please your child instead of punish them

Many parents think that children have to do hard work in order to earn the good graces of parents, and fear parents in that regard. It is common amongst American parents to demand respect without earning it, from children. The fact of the matter is that parents are deserving of absolutely nothing, from children or anyone else, for being the depraved and decadent sinners that they are.

Parents are to give to children without receiving. The Greek root word denoting Christian love in the New Testament is αγαπαο (Latin: agapao) and refers to, in the context of parenting, prioritizing children first, and yourself as a parent last, to the point of dutiful and selfless submission to children and their every vulnerable need, expecting absolutely nothing in return, valuing children as extensions of God. In response, children rest safely and securely in the submission of parents. It says in Colossians 3:20-21 KJV:

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

The Greek root word translated "obey" is υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and refers to secure, vulnerable rest in the love and grace of parents. Children are to rest securely in the sacrifice of parents, just as parent believers rest securely in the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Parents are to be extensions of Christ in the family home, dutifully and selflessly submitting to children as one would God, expecting absolutely nothing in return, with children resting safely and securely in the submission of parents. Children are to rest safely and securely in the presence of parents, following mothers especially around like goslings to a mother goose. The Greek root word translated "obey" in the Bible can roughly be translated to "trust", meaning a restful trust in parents. 

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to damages or offenses, namely the slightest of personal offense perceived by a child, including, but not limited to, the slightest of offensive touch or speech perceived by a child, coming from entitlement. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul, and understood in its original context, as a moral statute prohibiting all punitive parenting, including any punishments or controlling demeanor towards children. In the Old Testament, punitive parents were put to death by way of bloodletting, after punishing their children one last time. Parents who punished their children were charged with kidnapping, with "kidnapping" being defined as under the Law as the slightest of damages or offenses stemming from hostage-taking - child punishment was seen in biblical times as holding your child hostage merely for things they did wrong, thereby treating your child as a quartered slave. Paul here was lifting up this legal context in order to convict a group of Greek Christian parents who brought their pagan custom of spanking and punishing children into the church. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punishment of a child.

Reverent fear and caution is denoted in the New Testament by the Greek root word ψοβός (Latin: phobos) and refers to, in the context of parenting, being struck with reverent fear and terror concerning your child's needs. Children were seen as extensions of God, meaning installments of God called to convict adults of their charitable side, and judge the amount of charity meted out to them. Parents in biblical times reverently feared the wrath of their children, and sought to please and appease them, in order to keep children happy, and keep parents on the good side of their children. Parents were afraid of their children becoming mad at them, and so when a child was mad at them, parents scrambled to find out what caused their child to tick. Children, at another level, were judged by society as being sacrosanct, meaning they could do no wrong, even if they did do some things morally wrong, literally speaking. 

Ancient Israel and the Early Church were child worshipping societies, not child sacrificing societies. Children were seen as deities of their own, and extensions of God, and were referred to in endearing format as "my little god" or "my little goddess". Fathers had a sexual attachment to their children, usually their daughters, with daughters being idolized in a sexualizing manner as a deity to herself - it was a fixation centering around the young girl, worshipping her and venerating her as a goddess of sexuality. Fatherly attraction to daughters was an attraction that could never be. Same in the rare situation where fathers were attracted to sons. Parents were to be in full and dutiful submission to children just as they would God.

Children, in biblical times, wore absolutely no clothing, at all, until they became adults. Women only wore clothing when outside the home, otherwise going in the nude, in order to serve their husbands and their children, separately. Mothers served their children by providing for them nourishment and sustenance, namely breastmilk (usually until age 3) and skin-to-skin closeness and intimacy, respectively. The core aspect of Christian attachment parenting in the 1st Century was skin-on-skin co-sleeping, with mother and child fast sleep next to each other in the nude, with children soaking up the rays of skin-to-skin contact. Children went naked for a specific reason - so that mothers could snuggle them up and cuddle them up in order to soothe and reassure them when they were upset. The man of the house stood guard, wielding a rod and staff to whip intruders (meaning NOT children) with. Fathers developed a secure attachment to their children by watching the mother bond with the children. Usually, secure attachment for a father was a sexual attachment. Fathers in that situation were instructed by Early Church leadership to follow the sexual thoughts about their child to the end using masturbatory fantasy. Daughters were also attracted to fathers, creating a mutually unrequited sexual dynamic between father and child, which was a sign of sexual purity in the home. Actual child sexual abuse was rare in biblical times, but when it did happen, it was seen as deserving of death. It usually only happened as a single incident, and then the mother put a stop to it.

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke children to anger through punitive parenting will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them be forever cast into the lake of fire and burning sulfur, which is the second death prepared for Satan and his accomplices! Let them descend into the abyss which is the ever-burning Hell of fire and torment, suffering God's Wrath forever and ever! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

Banning all sexual relations outside of marriage: How that would benefit children

I myself am a Christian dominionist. Most people are unfamiliar with this ideology. I am a children's rights Christian/conservative, meaning I support most children's rights initiatives, but with a conservative Christian twist. Many people misunderstand my conservative ideology, which is Christian dominionism. Part of being a Christian dominionist is supporting all sexual relations outside of marriage being banned, period. Why does this benefit children? It draws the line in the sand clearer for the abusers. Sex with children will never be acceptable, even if it is accepted someday, which it will if the anti-Christian left gets its way with having no religion in our society.

Murder is a sin against your neighbor. Fornication is worse than murder - it is a moral crime against God. Those who abuse themselves with fornication end up abusing God. See 1 Corinthians 6:18-20 KJV:

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body, but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

The Greek root word translated "fornication" is πορνεία (Latin: porneia) and most literally translates to "outside of proper channels". Marriage, in biblical times, was a license for a man to have sexual relations with a woman. Without that government and/or church approval of the marriage, as written in a lawfully binding contract, the marriage could not take place, and thus the marriage would be deemed fraudulent. Thus, any sexual relations outside of marriage is a fraudulent marriage. Why does God hate fornication so much? We were all created in God's Image, and thus, having sexual relations outside the confines of marriage dishonors God's image, and devolves society into the behavior of apes - a fate God saved us from.

How does this Christian teaching benefit children? Child sexual predators lack boundaries, usually. Child sexual abuse comes from a sexual crush on the child, and when that sexual crush is repressed, it comes out sideways onto the child, usually when the sex offender is alone with the child. Usually, the line isn't quite drawn for them in their entitled mind, so society needs to draw the line for them. The farther away the line from sex with children, the better. This means we should stay many steps from the ultimate line, which is sexual relations with a child.

Also, chastity and sexual purity are founding Judeo-Christian values that this country was founded upon. Most of us as Christian dominionists hold dear our founding Christian family values, and want to see them enacted into law. Lock up all the depraved and decadent, defiled scum who commit fornication by engaging in filthy and degenerate sexual acts outside of marriage. Fornication is the second worst sin in God's eyes, next to blasphemy itself. Not only that, it IS blasphemy. It dishonors God by dishonoring your own body.

There is a silver lining to this prohibition, however. Masturbation, in and of itself, is not a sin. The Greek root word denoting lust in the New Testament is επιθυμέω (Latin: epithumeo) and refers not to ordinary sexual desire, or even sexual desire towards children. The word refers to sexual entitlement, which is defined as, officially speaking, sexual want, to the point of taking the first steps to approach a woman or child. Masturbatory fantasy about a woman you are not married to, or a child, is not a sexual sin. The Early Church, in particular, recommended masturbation as a means to re-channel unrequited lusts inward, and even made it a religious requirement for men. Child sexual abuse was next to non-existent in biblical times, but when it happened, it was seen as deserving of death, or, in the case of the Early Church, the second death.

The depraved and decadent, defiled sex offenders who rape and sexually assault children will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Sex with children will never be acceptable, even if it becomes accepted someday! Let the adult fornicators of children burn in a fire of torrents and brimstone! Repent!

Christian attachment parenting: Upholding the biblical tradition

Many parents think that punitive parenting is a tradition in this country that should not go away. Most parents and other adults think that punishing a child is a command in the Bible, thus a tradition that, in their eyes, must never go away. The fact of the matter, however, is that the Bible commands attachment parenting, with attachment parenting being the tradition throughout the Bible. Christian attachment parenting is the unwritten law of the land, thus is our true parenting tradition.

I am a Christian dominionist. America is a Christian nation, founded on Judeo-Christian family values. God cast a dominion onto all of America, but only a few will heed the warning. The Bible is codified law, binding on all of the American people above the law of the land, but only a few will heed caution. Divine Codified Jurisprudence prohibits all punitive parenting, and commands that parents form a secure attachment with children, thus attachment parenting is part of our traditions as a nation. Yes, even a Christian dominionist can be anti-spanking and pro-attachment parenting. God cast a dominion over me, and I heeded the warning - no spanking, no punishment. 

Christian attachment parenting can be understood, as a parenting system, by the doctrine of mutual submission, with the burden of proof in the relationship falling onto the parent. It says in Colossians 3:20-21 KJV:

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

The Greek root word translated "obey" is υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and refers to secure, vulnerable rest in the love and grace of parents. Children are to rest securely in the sacrifice of parents, just as parent believers rest securely in the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Parents are to be extensions of Christ, dutifully and selflessly submitting to their children as one would God, expecting absolutely nothing in return, with children resting safely and securely in the submission of parents. Children are to rest safely and securely in the presence of parents, following mothers especially around like goslings to a mother goose. This word, in context, refers to secure attachment, which all parents in our society should at least strive for in a parent-child bond. 

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to damages or offenses, namely the slightest of personal offense perceived by a child, including, but not limited to, the slightest of offensive touch or speech perceived by a child, coming from entitlement. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul, and understood in its original context, as a moral statute prohibiting all forms of punitive parenting, including any punishments or controlling demeanor. In the Old Testament, punitive parents were put to death by way of bloodletting, after punishing their children one last time. Parents who punished their children were charged with kidnapping, with "kidnapping" being defined under the Law as the slightest of damages or offenses stemming from hostage-taking - child punishment was seen in biblical times was seen as holding your child hostage merely for things they did wrong, thereby treating your child as a quartered slave. Paul, here, was lifting up this legal context in order to convict a group of Greek Christian parents who brought their pagan custom of spanking and punishing children into the church. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punishment of a child.

Attachment parenting was the established norm in biblical times. The Early Christians, as well as their Jewish predecessors, practiced a specific, distinct form of attachment parenting that deified children. Children were seen as extensions of God, meaning installments of God called to bring out and judge the charity of all mankind. Children were seen as wrathful in biblical times, in a way that convicted parents to please and appease the child, keeping children happy. When children rejected parents, which happened now and then, parents were heartbroken, not angry, and sought to figure out what they did wrong, and once they figured out what they were doing wrong as a parent, they corrected the problem. Parents didn't want to get children mad, or get on their bad side, so they worked hard to be the best parents they could be to their children, submitting to children as they would to God, worshipping and venerating children as earthly, fleshly deities of their own. Children, on another level, were seen, in terms of righteous judgment, as sacrosanct, meaning they could do no wrong, even if they did do wrong literally. Children were honored as deities, as Ancient Jewish society, including the Early Church, was a child worshipping society, not a child sacrificing society. Children in biblical times got most all of what they wanted, and everything they needed.

Children, in biblical times, wore absolutely no clothing, at all, until they became adults. Women only wore clothing outside of the home, and otherwise went in the nude, in order to serve their husbands and their children, separately. Mothers served their children by providing for them nourishment and sustenance, namely breastmilk (until age 3) and skin-to-skin closeness and intimacy, respectively. The core aspect of Christian attachment parenting in the 1st Century, with mother and child fast asleep next to each other in the nude, and the child soaking up the rays of skin-to-skin contact. Children went naked for a specific reason in biblical times - so that mothers could snuggle up and cuddle up their children in order to soothe them and comfort them when they were crying or upset. The man of the house stood guard next to mother and child, wielding a rod and a staff, in order to whip intruders (meaning NOT children) with. Fathers also nurtured, but from afar, forming a secure attachment with their children by witnessing warmth and closeness between mother and child. However, secure attachment between father and child, especially father and daughter, was a sexual attachment, but with Early Church leadership recommending to fathers that they follow the sexual thoughts to the end using masturbatory fantasy. Daughters were also attracted to fathers, with this leading to a mutually unrequited sexual dynamic between father and child, which was a sign of sexual purity in a home. Usually, all this led to was a better relationship between father and child, usually father and daughter. Hands-on sexual abuse of children was rare in biblical times due to the fact that adult men had an outlet with masturbation, but when children were raped or sexually assaulted, it was an act seen as deserving of death.

America is a Christian nation, founded on Judeo-Christian family values. However, we have gotten our values wrong before. Just look at slavery and Jim Crow. We were wrong when we enslaved Africans, and we were wrong when we segregated African-Americans from white society. We need to admit that we also got our values wrong in how we treated children. I support keeping our values and traditions as they are, minus one tradition that has been keeping children down - punitive parenting. Punitive parenting has got to go. Out with punitive parenting, in with attachment parenting.

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke their children to anger through punitive parenting will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them be forever cast into the lake of fire and burning sulfur, which is the second death prepared for Satan and his accomplices! Let them descend into the abyss which is the ever-burning Hell of fire and torment, suffering God's Wrath forever and ever! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

Child crushes: Understanding how to prevent child sexual abuse

Many parents and adults blame pedophiles as the sole cause of child sexual abuse in this country. Most adults think that pedophiles are the ones sexually abusing children. The prejudicial hysteria against pedophiles and pedophilia holds that only pedophiles are responsible for the epidemic of child sexual abuse in this country and worldwide. However, the fact of the matter is that every single adult is capable of sexually abusing a child under the right/wrong conditions. Most child sexual abuse is a form of adult sexual entitlement used to oppress children. The way to understand child sexual abuse is through child crushes.

What is pedophilia? Pedophilia, in terms of personality, is a form of immature autism, where the age-oriented sexual preferences of the individual reflect their arrested emotional development. Most pedophiles are not abusers, but simply replicate their abuser in some small way - their attractions. Most pedophiles have an autistic specialty surrounding children, child care, and children's rights. They usually advocate for children in an argumentative and adversarial way, guarding children like a defense attorney stands by his/her client. Most pedophiles were sexually abused in some way by abusive religious parents, usually in the form of sexual shaming abuse.

What causes child sexual abuse then? Child crushes, usually when repressed, and usually regarding a secondary sexual attraction, usually to pubescent children. Any adult is capable of forming a child crush under the right/wrong conditions. Most adults, when this happens, repress the sexual attraction to the child, in which case the repressed attraction takes over and then comes out sideways onto the child. Most former abusers report that they felt nauseous at the time of the abuse, but felt compelled to do it anyway. The sex offender first finds attraction in a child, and is too ashamed to follow that crush to the end using masturbatory fantasy. When alone with a child, the offender second guesses themselves, then sexually attacks the child. They first feel awkward around the child, then they attack. The most common place where this happens is bath time.

What ideology ultimately causes child sexual abuse? The same false and abusive religious doctrine used to sexually shame pedophilic children - false teachings against lust. The Greek root word denoting lust in the New Testament is επιθυμέω (Latin: epithumeo) and refers not to ordinary sexual desire, or even to sexual desire about children, but instead, in this context, adult sexual entitlement, which is sexual want, to the point of taking the first steps to approach a child. Unfortunately, many people believe that sexual fantasy about a child is worse than the act itself, when, in the Bible, only the act itself and the approach beforehand are condemned. 

The key to preventing child sexual abuse as an adult is, when you have a sexual thought about a child, follow it to its end instead of trying to push it out of your head. The best way to follow such a thought to its end is through masturbatory fantasy. Under those conditions, the child crush should be spent away, and then you can go back to normal interaction with the child. If it doesn't go away right away, you are a pedophile, and you need to own up to it. Keep in mind, however, that the attraction may come back, in which case you have to follow it to its end in masturbatory fantasy once more, and keep doing that as a process. 

If everyone started sexually fantasizing about children, and felt comfortable doing so, child sexual abuse would end very quickly, likely within a generation or two. Thus, the fantasy about sex with a child needs to become more accepted, while still punishing the act itself, and then punishing the act itself and the approach leading up to it more swiftly. There is nothing wrong with masturbatory fantasy about a child. What is wrong is approaching a child for sexual or flirtatious reasons. If you are an adult, I recommend, as an advocate, that you find your sexual side in relation to children, and follow that fantasy about children to the end, and keep replenishing that sexual need. When that sexual need is starved, sexual abuse festers.

Are child sex offenders responsible for their actions? Yes. All they had to do was follow the child crush to its end using masturbatory fantasy. Because they refused an option that could save them, they must suffer the consequences, and serve their sentence. Individuals have a responsibility to others, and to themselves in relation to others. When you have a crush on a child that young, and you choose to run away from it instead of deal with it, you pay the penalty.

The depraved and decadent, defiled sex offenders who sexually assault and rape a child due to their own sexual inaction will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them be cast into torrents of fire! Repent!

Why crying is not bad behavior

All parents have had to deal with a child crying at some point. Most parents consider crying in children bad behavior past a certain age. This is a common stance amongst American parents. Most American parents punish crying behavior in children, thinking that the child is undermining the "authority" of the parent. However, most all children cry for the same reason a baby cries - they want love!

It says in Colossians 3:20-21 KJV:

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

The Greek root word translated "obey" is υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and refers to secure, vulnerable rest in the love and grace of parents. Children are to rest securely in the sacrifice of parents, just as parent believers rest in the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Parents are to be extensions of Christ in the family home, dutifully and selflessly submitting to children as one would God, expecting absolutely nothing in return, with children resting safely and securely in the wake of parental submission. Children are to rest securely in the presence of parents, following mothers especially around like a gosling to a mother goose. This word refers not to listening out of fear of punishment, but to listening out of secure attachment.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to damages or offenses, namely the slightest of personal offense perceived by a child, including, but not limited to, the slightest of offensive touch or speech perceived by a child, coming from entitlement. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul, and understood in its original context, as a moral statute prohibiting all forms of punitive parenting, including any punishments or controlling demeanor towards a child. In the Old Testament, punitive parents were put to death by way of bloodletting, after punishing their child one last time. Parents who punished their children were charged with kidnapping, with "kidnapping" being defined under the Law as the slightest of damages or offenses stemming from hostage-taking - child punishment was seen in biblical times as holding your child hostage merely for things they did wrong, thereby treating your child as a quartered slave. Paul here was lifting up this legal context in order to convict a group of Greek Christian parents who brought their pagan custom of spanking and punishing their children. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punishment of a child.

Why do children cry? Children of all ages cry for the same reason a baby cries - they need love! Most behaviors in children that adults deem misbehavior are developmentally appropriate behaviors for children of that age or developmental level. When the behavior isn't age-appropriate, it usually is due to a developmental disorder such as autism spectrum disorder or ADHD, in which case we cut the child a break even further for their misbehaviors and crying fits. Most children, when they hit late childhood, switch to whining to communicate a vulnerable need, but some children don't. Crying and whining in children is communication, not defiance. 

Children, in biblical times, wore absolutely no clothing, at all, until they became adults. Women only wore clothing outside the home, otherwise going in the nude, in order to serve their husbands and their children, separately. Mothers served their children by way of providing for them nourishment and sustenance, namely breastmilk and skin-to-skin closeness and intimacy, respectively. Mothers, in the home, co-snuggled with crying and upset children in the nude, in order to comfort and reassure them. When out and about, children up until age 6 were wrapped to the bosom of mothers with swaddling blankets. Children went naked for a reason - so that mothers could snuggle up and cuddle up their children when they were crying or upset.

How can the abovementioned context be replicated today. One can buy swaddling blankets online for children up until age 6. The idea is to wrap up the child to your bosom as a mother, and wear a shirt or blouse with a low neckline in order to provide optimum skin-on-skin comfort. When at home, and your child is crying, disrobe and invite them to throw off the clothing as well, then embracing them in skin-to-skin closeness and intimacy. Skin-on-skin comforting strategies should end crying within 1-2 minutes, in which case you can then talk to your child about what is wrong. Skin-to-skin contact between mother and child raises oxytocin levels in both the mother and the child, leading to a secure attachment between the both of them. Do this once as a mother, and you will know that doing this is what God intended of mothers all along.

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke children to anger through punitive parenting will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them be forever cast into the lake of fire and burning sulfur, which is the second death prepared for Satan and his accomplices! Let them descend into the abyss which is the ever-burning Hell of fire and torment, suffering God's Wrath forever and ever! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

"Honor parents": Understanding the Fifth Commandment in context

Many parents go by the Fifth Commandment to honor your father and mother in America. To most parents, this means that they have a right to demand respect from their children. This is a common mindset amongst American parents. Most American parents want to be honored and respected. However, the Fifth Commandment, nowhere in the Bible, commands blind obedience to parents, nor does the Bible insist that children view parents as authority figures.

It says in Exodus 20:12 KJV:

Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

This commandment is the basis for the parent protection laws. In the 613 Laws of Moses, the first 10 were the basis of the rest of the commandments. There was a reason for the parent protection laws. Some parents were being abused by their adult children. When that happened, broader Hebrew society blamed the victim, saying "well he/she must have learned that behavior from somewhere", meaning Ancient Israel was a first-to-last society, and thus these laws - which already existed elsewhere on the books as theft - were handed down by God to bring justice to parent victims of elder abuse. "Do not strike your parents" means do not repeatedly beat your parents. "Do not curse your parents" means do not attach your parents to an airborne gaslighting thread, which was an endemic form of elder abuse in Ancient Israel. 

The Fifth Commandment is repeated in the New Testament. Even here, the Fifth Commandment does not legislate a moral statute commanding blind obedience to parents. All the Fifth Commandment means in the New Testament is an instatement of parent headship, which is separate from parental authority. Christian attachment parenting is the proper form of biblical parenting, as the Early Church and preceding Jewish society was an attachment parenting society. This attachment parenting setup can be understood by the Christian doctrine of mutual submission, with the burden of proof falling on the parent. See Colossians 3:20-21 KJV:

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

The Greek root word translated "obey" is υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and refers to secure, vulnerable rest in the love and grace of parents. Children are to rest securely in the sacrifice of parents, just as parent believers rest securely in the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Parents are to be extensions of Christ in the family home, dutifully and selflessly submitting to children as they would God, expecting absolutely nothing in return, with children resting safely and securely in the wake of the submission of parents. Children are to rest safely and securely in the presence of parents, following mothers especially around like a gosling to a mother goose.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to damages and 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, coming from entitlement. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul, and understood in its original context, as a moral statute prohibiting all forms of punitive parenting, including any punishments or controlling demeanor towards a child. In the Old Testament, punitive parents were put to death by way of bloodletting, after punishing their children one last time. Parents who punished their children were charged with kidnapping, with "kidnapping" being defined under the Law as the slightest of damages or offenses stemming from hostage-taking - child punishment was seen in biblical times as holding a child hostage merely for things they did wrong, thereby treating your child as a quartered slave. Paul here was lifting up this legal context in order to convict a group of Greek Christian parents who brought their pagan custom of spanking and punishing children into the church. Paul, contrary to popular legend, is anti-spanking, and opposes any and all punishment of a child.

The Bible, in context, commands that parents form a secure attachment with children, preferably in the form of policing attachment. A secure attachment is where children rest in the provisions of parents, trusting them in everything, and can tell parents anything. Policing attachment is where children feel so comfortable with parents that they start ordering parents around. Parents in biblical times had a sense of reverent caution for their children, not wanting to make children mad at them. When children rejected parents, parents were very saddened - usually brought to tears - and then parents tried their best to do better next time for their children. Children were regarded as extensions of God in biblical times, and parents were to submit dutifully and selflessly to children as they would to God, fearing the cries of their children as they feared the Lord.

Children, in biblical times, wore absolutely no clothing, at all, until they became adults. Women only wore clothing outside the home, otherwise going in the nude, in order to serve their husbands and their children, separately. Mothers served their children by providing for them nourishment and sustenance, namely breastmilk (until age 3) and skin-to-skin closeness and intimacy, respectively. The core aspect of Christian attachment parenting in the 1st Century was skin-on-skin co-sleeping, where mother and child was fast asleep next to each other in the nude, with children soaking up the rays of skin-to-skin contact. Children went naked for a reason - so that mothers could snuggle them up and cuddle them up in skin-on-skin format when they were crying or upset. The man of the house stood guard next to the mother and child, wielding a rod and staff to whip intruders (meaning NOT children) with. Fathers also forms a secure attachment to their children, but from afar, when they witnessed the warm closeness between mother and child. Usually, the secure attachment that fathers felt for their children was a sexual attachment, usually for daughters, with fathers being instructed by Early Christian leadership to follow their sexual thoughts about their children to the end using masturbatory fantasy. This led to a closer relationship between father and child. Daughters were also attracted to fathers, and sons to mothers, up until the child hit puberty, creating a mutually unrequited sexual dynamic in the home between parent and child. Mothers rarely were attracted to their children, or any children for that matter, and so mothers were the more egalitarian nurturers, and children wanted their mothers more than their fathers. This is how parenting went in biblical times.

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke children to anger through punitive parenting will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them be forever cast into the lake of fire and burning sulfur, which is the second death prepared for Satan and his accomplices! Let them descend into the abyss which is the ever-burning Hell of fire and torment, suffering God's Wrath forever and ever! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!