As you can see by the linked questions:
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http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AkCq1xo5oxYbzFz3T86sXRHsy6IX?qid=20061012052718AAeQH1k
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AuUizX3R5B.h_IhZuGwJcu_sy6IX?qid=20061012055355AAFHKOo
Christians have a hard time justifying their decisions to create children.
They can't promise these children Heaven. They can't explain why they aren't being arrogant in having children. They can't even refute the charge that they are being selfish for choosing to create souls who may very well end up in Hell. They can't explain why more souls choose to be born to non-Christians than to Christians.
They can't even find scripture to tell them whether a soul has a choice to be born or whether they are forcing souls into this world by the act of conception.
So why are Christians so touchy about this subject?
2006-10-12 02:11:50 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I can't answer for all Christians, but I had my children because I wanted to be a dad. I wanted children that I could raise and love. I wanted to give someone the chance to enjoy life, to have happiness and to hopefullly make a difference in this world. The bottom line reason for having children, is love. I look at my kids as gifts, they are the greatest blessing I will ever have in this world and they are an absolute delight to be around. They bring sunshine to every day I am with them.
2006-10-12 02:26:07 · answer #1 · answered by Charles B 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I can see by your links that you have a tendency to repeatedly ask the same question.
Your "charges" contradict one another. How can a soul "choose to be born" to more non-Christians than Christians at the same time Christians "choose to create souls?"
As a Catholic, I see the beauty in the creation of a new soul. While I can help guide my children towards heaven, I cannot force them to choose heaven over hell. Free will means that each individual is responsible for choosing to share eternal happiness with God or rejecting Him. We choose heaven or hell.
It would appear from your angst that you are the one "touchy" about this subject and that you have certain issues to work out regarding your own beliefs or lack thereof. Best of luck to you, although I am dubious that you can find happiness through cynicism, taunts, and anger.
2006-10-12 03:32:12 · answer #2 · answered by Caritas 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, I never promised my children that they would go to heaven, as everlasting life on a Paradise Earth would be more preferable, and I can give them thousands of examples, right now, on how Paradise would look.
As for creating souls, since the soul (blood) dies with the body, that's not an issue. As for going to hell, I tell them that everyone goes to hell (the grave) when they die, just as Jesus did. There he laid, unable to do anything, until his resurrection. He couldn't even visit the fallen angels to deliver God's Final Judgment on them. Since they cannot be greater than Jesus, there is no other choice.
Since souls are not separate from the body, but is developed, right after the development of the heart, and they have no conscious thought process, there is no issue of a choice.
So, I have no reservations with having children. If they should die, they will be raised in the second resurrection of Revelations. After which, they will have everlasting (not immortal) life, and will remain children for over 100 years, as they age much slower than they do now.
My job would be to be their father, teaching them the Bible as a whole, and not just the stories, so that when they are old enough, they can teach others.
2006-10-12 02:26:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because they have been sold the idea that birthing children is a holy thing, instead of a normal biological function. They place the value of a child above any other considerations, including whether one really should have a child, the environment the child will grow up in, or even whether the child will have parents or not.
Having children really is a selfish act or an accident. When a couple decides to have a child, they are doing it for their own reasons. They are not doing it for the sake of any child, becuase none exist yet.
2006-10-12 02:17:59 · answer #4 · answered by nondescript 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think you are giving too much credit to the parents. If you believed in the christian God, you would believe it is He that creates new life. If you get pregnant, He helped it along. He creates the souls. And, knowing this, we would know that there would be no scriptire about souls having a choice.
Bible says He created us for Himself. It somehow or soon will make Him greater...if that is possible. ok, I have to duck now....
2006-10-12 02:16:57 · answer #5 · answered by TCFKAYM 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As a non-Christian, I have very little if any idea of what you mean. I would suggest that you try asking Fred about Fred's feelings rather than asking Barney about Fred's feelings.
2006-10-12 02:18:25 · answer #6 · answered by anyone 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably for the same reason anyone else would be 'touchy' when asked such a question.
A person's reason for having children is not anyone else's business. To enquire into it is rude, boorish and arrogant.
2006-10-12 02:15:06 · answer #7 · answered by TC 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
questons upon questions...im sorry but im not a religious person although iam very curious about this subject maybe u wouldnt mind giving me some info...mommyof3_20062000
2006-10-12 02:16:36 · answer #8 · answered by Always Asking 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
May God bless you with His Love!
2006-10-12 02:15:57 · answer #9 · answered by Vass Emanuel 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because christians can't explain why they can't control the urges that come from their loins, no matter how hard they pray.
2006-10-12 02:15:58 · answer #10 · answered by St. Anthony of Y!Answers 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋