Posted on 06/09/2010 6:20:24 AM PDT by rhema
It is the parents responsibility to set rules and guidelines, to teach right from wrong and to make sure the child knows the difference between good and evil. Children especially very young children cannot be relied upon to learn these ideals and values on their own. Very young children have minds that are very pliable and easily led and that is why instruction from responsible parents is key and important.
Of course its in genes. Everything is.
"How about I punch you in the nose?"
"Don't do that - that would be wrong."
"So you do know. Not that hard now, is it?"
i have trouble accepting that because a child reacts a certin way, that they are expressing a moral opinion. they might simply be agreeing with the general mood - go along to get along, or might be connecting kindness to their mother’s care, something that they may be famliar with, not necessarily attach moral values to.
kids are extremely perceptive - they can tell whether they are supposed to like or detest something. they pick up on subtle signals.
The author needs to cite a reference in the Bible that says everything he just said.
Born with a sinful nature, yes but not incapable of telling right from wrong. A little bit of truth combined with a lie is a lie.
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I would have told the gentleman that I would be glad to discuss at length his concerns at a later point, but to bring up such a serious and hypothetical series of questions was inappropriate for the setting.
I decided 500 would cover everything since my 2nd grade teacher always punished us by telling us to write something 500 times.
Later I learned to "pick a priest"...the one that no matter what you did, you got 3 Our Fathers and 3 Hail Mary's for penance.
There’s a difference between wrong, harmful and protective. Children need instruction.
Romans 2:14-15
14(Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law, 15since they show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts now accusing, now even defending them.)
Following God’s laws (written on our hearts) is the best way to remain safe and under protection.
As I teach my kids - when you’re under my authority, you’re under my protection. Step outside of that authority and you’re likely to get hurt. The Law is for your own good.
Coveting, for instance, leads to dissatisfaction, discontent, unhappiness, and often to further sins like theft.
I believe it’s all in the way God designs/creates each of us, in order to fulfil His plan.
Just like our sexual preferences?
Outside of biblical references, how would one be able to tell that we are born with a sinful nature?
Yes, initially.
It reminds me of a story I heard about Abe Lincoln once who was arguing that basic point with a preacher while riding on a train. The train stops to take on water and Lincoln noticed some piglets struggling to get out of a mud hole made deeper by the dripping water from the rail siding tank. Without hesitation, Lincoln gets out, extracts the piglets from the mud and saves them from a probable death by drowning or suffocation.
His traveling companion exclaims "You just proved my point. You had nothing to gain, yet your innate goodness caused you to save those piglets!"
"On the contrary," responded Lincoln, "it was not my innate goodness at all. Just my experience as a farmer knowing what would happen to those piglets had I failed to act."
From the first time you lie yourself out of a paddling.
Thank you for refuting what the author said.
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