knowing full well that the child will be screaming obscenities and saying she hates her mother and smoking dope when she's nine....if I promise to follow her around reading scriptures and praying and forcibly baptising her, do you think that would help?
2007-03-13 04:40:56 · 23 answers · asked by elfkin, attention whore 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Of course it will. Praise Jebus!
2007-03-13 04:44:05 · answer #1 · answered by hot carl sagan: ninja for hire 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
And why would the child be "screaming obscenities and saying she hates her mother and smoking dope when she's nine?"
Because she wasn't aborted??
Rather than reading Scriptures (although that surely can't hurt), why not help the single mom with raising the child? And what's up with the "forcibly baptising her" comment? For what purpose? Baptism is a public confession of faith. If you aren't in the faith, all you do is get wet.
And if the woman becomes bitter for birthing her child, why not adopt it out? There are people waiting in lines to adopt. So many in fact, that they go overseas.
I realize that you're just stirring the pot, but the premise behind your question has a major flaw.
2007-03-13 11:48:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You have got to be kidding- how do you know she will hate her mom, and smoke dope? Have you asked the baby? NO!! Your friend, if she does not want to raise her child, she should give that baby a chance at life- adoption is the best choice - about your sarcasm about Bible verses and praying- God created that child your friend is carrying- why don't you really pray sincerely that the creator would touch her heart so see that the child she is carrying started at conception having life- with a heartbeat 3 weeks after conception- I cannot believe you would actually ask this question-
2007-03-13 14:10:15 · answer #3 · answered by AdoreHim 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are you serious? I mean asking or answering questions in a silly manner is one thing but about abortion? Alright; let's say you are serious about your question. What makes you think that would happen to the child. What is wrong with placing the child up for adoption? Consider this. Abortion simply put is the murder of a human being. Is it not obvious that with all the science we have today to study life that this is not true? Go ahead and rationalize on abortion. How abortion is a woman's right. Go ahead and fool yourself into thinking that the mothers needs are more important than the child's. Go ahead and say the silly things like, "I would rather have been aborted than be a child that no one cares about." Go ask a kid that no one cares about if they wish they were aborted. And what does this negative comment about religion have to do with your pathetic view on the subject. You really should educate yourself and be a bit more sensitive to what others may have experienced in this area.
2007-03-13 11:58:15 · answer #4 · answered by redflite 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why don't you try raising the child in love and by example? children learn from their environment. If your friend doesn't think she can handle raising a child, she could always have an open adoption with a couple who really wants a baby. I convinced my sister in law and her husband not to get an abortion. She fell pregnant when her daughter was about 8 months old. She was afraid that she couldn't handle it and all. She had a c section and was just afraid. I worked on her and just kept telling her how much she would miss it, as her first child died 3 days after birth from liver problems. I just talked to her. My husband worked on her husband and just talked to him. I can happily say that they now have a boy and a girl, and that little boy is the apple of her eye. He's so adorable. He's also very loved. She thanked me last night for convincing her not to do what she was going to do. She's also extremely thin now and joined a gym. I think if your friend is afraid, tell her, if she's religious, just to have faith. God doesn't give you more than you can handle.
2007-03-13 11:56:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
How do you know what her child will be like at nine? i presume you mean your friend smokes pot and swears. One idea is to talk to your friend about her lifestyle and her future as a mother if you are a Christian then prayer . You cant force someone to the faith show by example and talk about it and of course pray. Abortion is wrong any true Christian knows this sadly society is fallen and immoral and arguing its just a issue of woman's rights which its not .
2007-03-13 11:57:40 · answer #6 · answered by jack lewis 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You really are cynical. Does every child run around screaming and smoking dope at nine or any other age? Mine didn't and don't. Your friend should just choose to keep her legs closed and control herself, there would not be a problem.
May God Bless you.
2007-03-13 11:50:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
To be honest i not a big fan of an abortion, they should have been thinking of this before they got down. She needs to decide if she is ready for a baby. And if she is not there are other options she don't HAVE to get it there's adoption, if she doesn't want to give up her baby b/c she think she may never see it then she can do open-ended adoption(she gives the baby up but still can be apart of the baby's life) If shes not ready for a baby then she's just not, not even you can make that decision for her,
2007-03-13 11:51:30 · answer #8 · answered by Torri 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not a bit. How does the mother know the baby will act that way? You can't know that about an unborn child. What's wrong with her giving up the baby for adoption?
2007-03-13 11:44:45 · answer #9 · answered by GLSigma3 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
What, help her become more of a dope addict, or what exactly are we talking about helping here? Help her see the light of working the street to get away from you?
Just need a little clarification. And what exactly would you be baptizing her in?
2007-03-13 11:49:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I would read this one to the mom.
6 Train up a child in the way he should go,
Even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Prov 22:6 (NASB77)
2007-03-13 11:45:32 · answer #11 · answered by Desperado 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋