Aren't Christians Supposed 'to #DoAwayWith the Childish Thinking-&-Reasoning'? (1 Corinthians 13:11 @PrayerDotOrg) @BeckaGoings @BeliveauLaw #κατήργηκα (#katErgEka) #DidAwayWith #PutAway #PutAside #GaveUp #GiveUp

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Especially in this time (with COVID-19, with America in 'differently capable' hands, etc.), I see too many memes on the social-net proclaiming that "God will take care of everything if we 'leave it in his hands' or 'wish upon a star' or 'drop coins in the wishing-well' or something,' and I have to respond ...

Yes, there's the Scripture that says we are 'the Body of Christ' on Earth; And yes, there's the Scripture that says we are to show our Faith through our Works; And yes, we worship Jesus because–more than just 'telling us that God forgives all our sins (except for one-or-two really bad ones)'–He was executed "for humanity's crime" and rose from the dead (and "resurrection" is–take it from me–is a very painful process).

But the main 'evidence against the idea that God does everything' that first comes to mind is 1 Corinthians 13:11 -

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things.

Why don't people grow up regarding blessings from-- ... I was gonna say "from God," but the blessings God gives usually aren't the ones people pray-for.

A few things people pray-for (that come from "The World")
• Money
• Housing
• Employment
• Marriage
• etc.

We all have 'simple beliefs' about these things (how they all "are given by God") when we're children; but we 'do away with them' (often-translated 'put them away,' but the Greek has a more-extreme meaning) when we're adults—keeping those beliefs 'where the children can still use them,' but "actually knowing" different.

I will outline some of those differences following 'the dictiontectural foundation' below—'the Greek word & the phrase(s) it's translated into' (below-hyperlinked to the Greek-English "interlinear" of that verse in St. Paul's first letter to the church of Corinth) are built on even-deeper sources ... atop something crucial that firms the foundation upon which our lexicon stands ...

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The word “κατήργηκα” is built on ancient words that mean "to render Inoperative, Abolish." 

This verse's use of that word is often translated "Did Away with"—a phrase that can mean "to Eliminate, Put an End to" (also a euphemism for 'Having Someone Killed). 

This verse's use of that word is also translated "Put Away"—a phrase that can mean "to Place something Out-of-the-Way (in |Storage) when you Clean up, Consume (Eat, Drink ... especially in Large Quantities), Send to |Prison or a Mental |Asylum (or an Old-|Folks' Home (a.k.a. a |Convalescent Center)), Kill, |Knock out an Opponent, |Discard ( |Divest oneself of-), |Fend off, |Deflect, |Dismiss, (in Sports and (maybe) American Politics) Gain a Large-Enough Lead (in the race, in the score, in the polls) to |Guarantee Victory Long Before the Game is Over, (in Baseball) to |Pitch a |Strike-out or |Catch a |Fly-Ball or Tag-Out a Base-Runner, (in Tennis) |Hit the Ball Further than the Opponent can Reach." 

This verse's use of that word is also translated "Put Aside"—a phrase that can mean "to Save (usually Money ... Bank, |Cache, Squirrel Away, |Stash), to Ignore or Dis|regard in favor of more-important things ( Dissemble)." 

This verse's use of that word is also translated "Gave Up" (reminding me of how Jesus was said to "Give Up the Ghost" ... tho not the same Greek word)—a phrase that can mean "to Surrender (one's |Possessions or one's Victory in battle ... to |Yield), |Stop or Quit (|Cease, Dis|continue), |Relinquish, Lose Hope, Abandon (|Desert, |Forfeit, Forsake), |Capitulate or |Admit Defeat (Wave the |WhiteFlag), Lose Oneself in Amazement."

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One can take any of 'those meanings' as they apply to the situation where one sees them used, although people are usually convinced to agree with the meaning being used by 'whoever's using them'—a meaning reaffirmed by their 'context' (e.g. you hear 'put aside childish things,' you can choose to take it as meaning "move the childish things over, out of the way of the adult things you need to take care-of").

I'm spending a lot of time on this entry, because I think it deals with 'a problem in The Church' (the problem that convinces too many good people to 'give up' on religion): believers take childish beliefs and try to make them operate in the world of the grown-ups.

Oh, the childish beliefs are good for children to have, as the grown-up beliefs are usually built upon the childish ... for instance—

• Money: I think of income—when you're a child, you think money comes from 'parents, who give you an allowance that they increase if you're obedient and -they decrease if you're disobedient';
  
  as you grow, you learn that they get their 'allowance' in a similar way (but–instead of 'being born to parents who give them the allowance'–they 'go out & audition for employers who agree to give them the allowance as long as they're obedient' ...
  
  (of course, I'm generalizing—from a slightly-sheltered perspective ... I'm describing wage-earners' employment, but many earn their incomes more-directly—'per-task' or 'per-sale' etc.)
  
  The point is, you grow up and learn that money and many other blessings don't come from nothing—that someone has to lose it for you to gain it (hopefully repaying the others' loss with your product or service).
  
  
   
• Housing: When you're a child, you think your house (and the property it's-on) is 'yours' "because you live there" (a belief that many use to 'steal' land ... 'Squatters' Rights,' they call it); when you grow up, you learn that there are documents you have to pay to register-&-renew etc. (both/either I haven't grown up enough to learn it, and/or it changes too often for me to specify the exact process).
   
• Employment (which I partially covered in 'Money,' but ...): when you're a child, you think your job is 'just given to you (by your parents, grandparents, babysitters, teachers, etc.); when you grow up, you learn that you've got to seek-, find-, win-, take- & faithfully perform-your job in order to keep it.
   
• Marriage (and this is one that's almost 'turned' me, as I ... it's too dangerous for me to say much about my marital status): when you're a child, you think marriage is simply 'you meet someone (usually of the 'opposite gender' ... which is what they called it back when there were only two genders 😆), spend all your time together, etc.'; when you grow up, you learn that it's something more ...
  
  I'm not going to say 'what it is' exactly, because a) it's something more than words can say (though there are 'a lot of words that start to say' in the legal documentation grown-ups have to sign when they marry 😳) and b) I can't legally say (see 'too dangerous' above).
  
  That's probably why the divorce-rate is so high—people get married while they're still children (in their teens; when the brain isn't finished growing until women's 20s or -men's 30s), and grow to learn that the marriage is not 'what they signed up for.'

Know anything else interesting about that? Comment!