To christians against abortion...?

Question

how many adopted children do you have, or do you plan to take in?

As almost all christians recommend that women who want an abortion put their children up for adoption instead, I would image that you are all anxious to adopt, consierding how overcrowded adoption centers are.

Am I wrong?

Beekay:

So I guess you are one of the hypocrites. Thanks for playing.

Answer 1

Your argument:

First Premise: Christians recommend adoption as an abortion alternative.
Second Premise: Not all Christians are willing to adopt.
Conclusion: Some Christians are hypocrites.

I agree with your conclusion. I suspect you can walk into any church in America and find at least one hypocrite. Some Christians surely fall into—or have fallen into at some point in their lives—any category of sin you care to name. This fact comments less on Christianity so much as it reflects sadly on the nature of man. We just aren’t perfect.

Although, I cannot dispute your conclusion. I respectfully disagree with your logic. I cannot see the fact that a particular Christian may support adoption as an alternative to abortion—yet be unwilling to adopt a child—as leading inexorably to the charge of hypocrisy.

I see a man standing at a well. He listens as a newly pregnant woman approaches and cries out, “I am pregnant, unmarried, and poverty stricken. I cannot support this child. My only choice is abortion.” The man may acknowledges her pain and then exclaim, “Surely another family can take your child and raise it in love?” If the woman then asks, “Can you take my child?” Is the man a hypocrite if he truthfully responds, “No, I am a single man who travels much doing the work of my father. It is important, dangerous work that I must not shirk. Frankly, I doubt that I will live long enough to raise your child to adulthood.”

I understand that to you, the answer to the above question is yes. The man is a hypocrite, because he advocates adoption but will not commit to raise the child himself. However, I like to think the man would help in other ways. He might direct the woman to a family who desperately desire a child to love. He might provide her with money or labor on her behalf.

So, I reject your logic, But, even so, I suspect that we may both agree that ample hypocrisy already exists on each side of the abortion-debate. And we may both agree that no one really wins when a young woman sees abortion as her only alternative to an unwanted pregnancy.

Answer 2

I am adopted because my birth mother did not abort me. I know of many, many Christians who adopted kids who were put up for adoption rather than be aborted. By the way, even though there are overcrowded adoption centers, consider how many unwed mothers there are. There are a lot of illegitimate children, and only a few people have the resources or the capability to adopt these needy kids. Many people do what they can, especially Christians. I plan to adopt when I marry, and I can assure you that I will also do what I can to provide for those who had a second chance, rather than be killed even while they desired to live.

Answer 3

I have not adopted children but someone like you wouldn't realise or care that there are heaps of childless couples out there looking to adopt but because selfish people are out there who would rather cut a life full of potential short than give that life to someone who deserves it, there will always be long adoption lines. Why can't all these people having abortions either just cross their friggin legs and stop being so easy or get a brain in their heads and use the pill and condoms? Life is precious, YES EVEN YOURS! Who the hell are you or anyone to OK the loss of a life?

Answer 4

Yes, you are wrong. There are plenty of Christian couples that I know that have adopted. Plus, there are plenty of other people, not just devout Christians, who are looking to adopt children. I can have my own, and in fact have 3. But, once my children are a little older, my husband and I plan on having foster kids.

As for the reason that couples go overseas to adopt, the regulations for parents are a little more relaxed overseas, plus from places like China and Russia there are more infants to choose from. Unfortunately, most couples want to adopt infants. I think that this should change, but you can't change everyone's mind.

Answer 5

If I had the option, I'd adpot. As would a lot of other Christians I know. People go to Asia and Russia to adopt, if you had a willing parent here in the US who would be willing to give a child up for adoption, there woudl be people beating down the door.

Answer 6

So are you saying that a human being should be killed because they might not live in a house but in an adoption center?

Answer 7

Yes, actually, you are.

There is not a single state in the USA that does not have a waitinglist of parents looking to adopt infants. The centers are overcrowded because unfortunately, everyone wants INFANTS, not the poor kids who are a little older and will know they're adopted.

Answer 8

I have adopted 3

Answer 9

I'm raising a totally handicapped child that I was taking care of in the therapeutic foster care program, now we are her legal guardians. Her mom didn't want her to be adopted, she just didn't want to raise her. I don't regret it and I would recommend other good people do the same. I think if a woman looses custody of her child, she should have to have her tubes tied.

Answer 10

well, I want to adopt atleast one. The problem is for some odd reason its hard to adopt a kid. My cousin, who is married, they both have very good jobs and a nice home. She wanted to adopt cuz she can't have kids of her own, but they turned her down for some odd reason.

But I am serious about adopting atleast one kid when I have a family, if not more.