Is It All Right for a Married Couple to Choose to Remain Chil...

Is It All Right for a Married Couple to Choose to Remain Childless?

Raymond C. Van Leeuwen

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September 12, 2007 4:25 AM

Gabriel

It is preferable not to procreate as God may sentence the child to Hell upon its eventual death. So choosing not to procreate spares your potential offspring from possible eternal suffering. I haven't seen firm statistics on the number of people that go to hell versus heaven though I am told it is around 50%

August 26, 2007 4:18 PM

starrydog

So, would it be better and unselfish to have a child that you don't want, in the hopes that God will help you want it? That sounds very dangerous for the child. I am a married 30 year old Christian, and I have never, ever had any maternal feelings or desire for children. My husband and I are actually very much opposed to the idea. Maybe sometimes God knows what is best for us, and puts (or doesn't put) certain feelings in our hearts. To Christine, as a person who was adopted, I'd just like to point out that if you adopt a child, that child will be "your own" child. And I wish more people felt like you-totally un-selfish!

January 19, 2008 8:48 PM

Christy

I personally have never felt "called" to have children, so I await God's plan and feel I may never know why he did not put this urge in me that He has in most women as it seems. I remain open to the call if it were to come, however. Still, I don't feel that I need a reason not to have children as much as I would need a reason to have children.