(December 15, 2016 at 5:49 pm)Jesster Wrote: Honor your parents... right. Parents don't automatically deserve honoring. Yeah, you should follow their rules while you are living under their roof, but only honor them if they deserve it.
In addition to following their rules, here are a few more suggestions for how one can honor one's parents (assuming they aren't cretins and deserve honoring):
1. Hey, Mom and Dad, thanks for knocking out that mortgage every month and for paying for everything else we need. I really appreciate how well you care for me.
2. Mom, you look tired. I'll cook tonight.
3. My chores are done. Is there anything else you would like me to do, Dad?
This is not how it's done:
You believe it without good reasons? Good enough for me, Mom and Dad. I'll believe it too, and I'll find someone who can put the words in my mouth in case anyone raises a valid-sounding objection to these beliefs so I never stray. You know, because I love you and your feelings are more valuable to me than intellectual integrity or my own well being. Do you have some political opinions I can uncritically swallow, while I'm at it?
