How can dog eat faces and the goat gets rotten teeth? The sins of the father shall follow the children, how justified is that? The evil that men do live with them and after them. This particular exact has caused a lot of trouble in the lives of many, making some so lazy because they believed their problems are generational. Different reasons people neglect individual responsibility
Wrong interpretation
In the Christian faith, the holy book said something about this in the new testament
"You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, Exodus 20:5
"Maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.” Exodus 34:7,
Wrong perception
These verses are what most people cling to when misfortune behalf them, they attribute every ill fate to be a generational course, but this is totally wrong. What you do affect you more than any generational course, that is why the Bible made it clear that we will be judged according to our deeds not according to our fathers deed.
Nonchalant attitude due to misconception
This doesn't mean that your actions will not affect your children, it will but not as much as their individual needs. Try to be good because karma will always catch up with evildoers believe it or not. It serves us what we deserve, you are an architect of your destiny
Peoples behavior
People often judge others based on their parent's deeds, transferring aggression to innocent children. Most people believes evil tree never beget good seeds, that is why they treat offspring wrongly due to the parents wrong attitude, very act promote hatred instead of love.
