2006-10-14 01:57:16 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The short answer is "yes".
The longer answer is more complex, and comes from a general notion of Christianity:
Each of us has an individual responsibility to honor God's commandments, regardless of the actions of the people around us. So, even if my parents are evil people, I am still required to honor and obey them.
This is not the same as doing something I know is wrong because my parents tell me to. My parents can not give me a license to sin, and my obligation to God is higher than my obligation to my parents.
In short, the fact that my parents are sinners does not relieve me of the obligation to honor them. All humans are sinners.
2006-10-14 02:08:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can honor them still. Honor thy mother and father does not mean putting up with evil.
You can honor them by forgiving them - that doesn't mean going back for more,
2006-10-14 09:05:29 · answer #2 · answered by Miss Vicki 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you are suppossed to honor them regardless. Now, if theyre asking you to do something against the will of God...dont.
But I believe God helps them who ask. He will make a way where there is no way. HONOR them, yes....but put God first.
Obeying and honoring your parents is the first commandment with promise...that your days upon the earth will be long.
2006-10-14 09:01:31 · answer #3 · answered by candi k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I beleive that we are to honor who they are not what they do, it is not for us to judge but to be obedient. It is possible for us to serve God by following his way truth and life, in this we can forgive and learn. After all our mother and father are only the vessels thru which we came God is our Father and provides us what we need from there as long as we have a relationship with him (higher power). Be Blessed not possessed.
2006-10-14 09:09:43 · answer #4 · answered by Moma Redbone 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My Mother was an Abusive, Vindictive Drunk, who died Drunk, Aspirating on her own Vomit, I had very little love for her, no I have had a hard time Honoring her, but I need to find a way.
2006-10-14 09:05:08 · answer #5 · answered by Minister 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If they are very evil. Christ said "If you love father and mother more than me , you are not worthy of me. meaning exactly that if they tell you to steal or lie or cheat, you should stand up to them.
2006-10-14 08:59:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the only honor you can give them is to never speak ill of them.
2006-10-14 10:06:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, we honor our parents not because of who they are, but because of who WE are.
2006-10-14 09:04:13 · answer #8 · answered by arewethereyet 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if they r evil, then they'r not a father and a mother
2006-10-14 08:58:56 · answer #9 · answered by happy_84 k 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
maybe it is referring to the father and mother of the universe and not your physical parents.
2006-10-14 09:34:50 · answer #10 · answered by annie - rainbow goddess 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋