Nasty little sinner
February 28th, 2006My goodness is my son a depraved little heathen. Last night we were at Wal-Mart, and one of the greeters tried to talk to him. Daniel jerked his head in the other direction and wouldn’t even look at the man — even after orders from me to be nice. The man even gave him a sticker, and it was like pulling teeth to get Daniel to tell him “thank you.”
Needless to say, he got disciplined when we got back to the car.
Those who think that man is basically good must not be parents — because as a father it’s sure easy to see my son’s depravity. He’s just like his dad. I pray that God’s grace will in due time intervene in his life the way it has in mine.
He’s probably just opposed to huge corporate entities.
Does your Wal-Mart have the “Bob the Builder” and “Dora” carts right when you walk in the door? You pay a buck and the kids ride around and listen to the songs. Now that’s evil…and good strategy.
Tim. I’m shocked. I as just telling my wife last night what a sweet little boy you have after seeing you guys at Walmart last night. One tip though. They give free cookies to kids at the bakery if you ask. You can always hold that over his head.
I know what you mean about sinful nature. It makes me wonder what Jesus was thinking when he said, “Unless you become as little children, you cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven.” He must not have been talking about my boys. Otherwise the kingdom would be just a bit too rowdy!
I’m so glad to hear that it’s not just my son that does stuff like that!!!
Joel,
Maybe kids were better back then. If the punishment for rebellion was being stoned to death, (Deut. 21:18-21) there would be a great deal of motivation to be compliant.
I don’t know, Tim — I’m scared of about half of our Wal-Mart greeters myself.
I’ve seen spiritually blind parents who arrive at a different conclusion than you when they’re children pull that kind of behavior - they actually think it’s cute.
As for me, I’m a firm believer in total depravity straight from the womb.
That’s why you’ve got to beat ‘em** a few times, Tim. That solves all problems.
**Disclaimer- I do not, nor have ever condoned the abuse of children whether physical or mental. The abuse of children can cause serious problems later in life. It is also a Federal Offense and is punishable to the fullest extent of the law. This comment was for humor only and nothing more. In fact, now that I’ve reviewed this, I no longer condone any humor directed towards the abuse of children. I hereby officially withdraw my previous statement of suggesting that children should be abused and that it solves problems. It only creates problems.
(This disclaimer was sponsored by the National Coalitionon for Not-Hitting-Your-Kids)
Nice disclaimer, Scott, but a smiley face would have been a lot easier to look at. See what I mean?
Scott, rather than publicly admonish you, I will do so in private in the next sentence. Scott, it would have been easier to just not post that comment. I, for one, am offended because I do spank my kids, which some liberal pigs consider physical abuse. In the future, please refrain from using exterior bodily impact humor like ‘beat em’. Based on historical blogging on Tim’s site, I speak for Jim Toms, when I say thank you in advance for your cooperation. - shift+semi-colon, shift+zero
Oh, I’m all for a good corrective spank, but nothing more my over-analyzing friend. Oh, and once again, I will use a
(In other words, fake smilies don’t count, when will you learn?).
And if you are going to use a fake smiley, I think that “shift+semi-colon, shift+zero” is the wrong way to write it. The correct algebraic form would be “(shift + semi-colon) + (shift + zero).” You see, the comma in your version implies a list, however there should be no list. If one followed a formula such as “(shift + semi-colon) + (shift + zero) =
,” then it would be easily followed.
(which of course was created by following the formula “(shift + semi-colon) + (shift + zero),” not “shift+semi-colon, shift+zero.”)
Oh ya, here’s mine:
Scott, next time, please come to me in private. My comments were prefaced with the private clause, so you should have, as well. That is what Christian brothers do.
Ah crap, I forgot to preface my criticism with the private clause. I am such a hypocrit. Good night.
PRIVATE: True, very true.