13 Year Old Atheist Kicked Out By Parents?
Damn, whats wrong with these people!
THE GOLDEN ARROW: Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. (Ephesians 6: 1-4, KJV)
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The parents of that teenaged atheist you report must speak for themselves regarding their feelings, their purpose, and their accountability for their own actions. Even so, here are a few points shared among Christian believers that may be taken into account:
(1.) The Christian home should be a place of intimacy that may only thrive through cooperation, mutual respect, shared belief in GOD, and implicit trust. Careful discipline and tested practices are maintained that promote achievement, balance, healthy exchange, growth, harmony, security, and the proper deepening of relationship with Divine Person.
(2.) By contrast, awareness and self-will influenced by sin insist upon an independence that masks selfishness, and fosters betrayal, lying, malice, treachery, and violence. The incorrigible child who repeatedly chooses to do the forbidden and unthinkable (i.e., disobey and dishonor their parents after careful instruction), may also “surprise” his caretakers by striking them dead in their beds as they sleep. The child you may not trust with your property, you may not trust with your life; and the child who is destructive within the home also loses his place in the community (see Deuteronomy 21: 18-21, KJV).
(3.) The burden of parental duty is greater than simply providing food, clothing and physical shelter. Where parents are challenged to raise children who have problems communicating and special needs, it is not cruel, inappropriate, or unloving that they place their child in institutions, or with those who have the formal training, equipment, experience, and other resources for the child’s maintenance. While it remains natural for the child to view this as abandonment, punishment, or rejection, such responses also are to be seen as parental acknowledgment that their child continues under the authority and nourishment of GOD.
There is far more to be said, correctly shared, and spiritually understood. For example, (4.) In the same way, Satan and his angels continue through the mercy of GOD (we know they are wrong, but they don’t know it; and such are given opportunity to discover revealed righteousness), problematic children often require unique life experiences in protective custody, and structured settings outside the home. Saying this another way: some children outgrow their home, and their parents. Yet, they must be assisted by giving them both correction and support to continue life.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith. Jesus is coming.
THE BLACK PHOENIX
Washington, DC
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