Do you think Jesus would rather a woman choose abortion or adoption for her child...?

Addy

Are you kidding me? What would Jesus prefer, a child who's dead or a child who has a different mother?

Adoption is the *only* good way to get rid of your kid. Murder is kind of bad, you know?

Lori A

Hate me if you like but Jesus was murdered, and his was a much slower more agonizing death. He understands it. I really don' t think he would have a problem being there for the children who's souls need comforting, it's what he does.

Some see it as sending these children home to him.

Just a thought. Not saying it's right.

kateiskate

Well technically fetuses aren't children so technically he shouldn't have a problem with abortion.

Wouldn't Jesus advocate a mother should parent her child?? That she should received the support and help she needs to do so? That the poor and downtrodden should be helped rather than taken advantage of?

SJM

Jesus did not force his beliefs upon others. He spoke out about religious corruption--the kind of corruption that claims to be righteousness but is really hypocrisy. Jesus invited others to his way of thinking. He did not force his values upon others. He gained followers through his good nature and willingness to help.

maybe

Beats me, Jesus doesn't call me any more.

julie j

Hi Kristy,

Hmmm... Wasn't Jesus himself born to an unmarried, poor, teen mother? Who has not seen the images of Madonna & child? They were bonded together as God intended. He was raised & loved by his mother, not aborted or given away to strangers to raise. I believe Jesus would want the same for every child who is already born. As explained many times before on this forum, abortion & adoption are never opposite choices that can ever be made at any given time. No woman can know for sure that she does not want her baby until after the birth & after she has had the opportunity to hold & bond with her child. At that point, abortion is never an option.

I believe if Mary could do it under her less-than-favorable conditions, then so can other young mothers. In rare instances, if she cannot or will not, even with assistance, there is always the father or an extended family member. Staying in the family would be in the best interest of the child. I believe Jesus would never send the baby away to be purchased for a large sum of money by an infertile woman where the child never knows where he/she originally came from. Jesus would help the family instead of try to separate them. He would not judge them on their economic or marital status. He would also not assume that children not raised with their families get "loving homes." Thanks for asking.

julie j
reunited adoptee

PhilM

Well, since all children are His, wouldn't it be best to send them home right away?

DevonChaos

I think Jesus wouldn't like people asking baiting questions in his name. I think he would be more respectful than that.

Abortion and adoption have no place in the same question.

I'd like to see an anti-abortion supporter bring an argument to the table that doesn't involve Jesus, God or any other deity.

Your Jesus needs to stay the hell away from my uterus.

Julie

This question proves why abortion should be legal. The only strong arguments against abortion are religion-based and are therefor invalid due to the separation of church and state.

Ergo, Abortion should be legal as there are no strong non-religious arguments against it.

birthdad in hell

which biblical person had to decide between the birth mother who wanted her child and the wench that kept saying it was hers? got you thinking didn't I. even the bible upholds a birth parents rights and the law/judge/king of the time was wise enough to discren the truth and rightly resolve the issue. that kind of wisdom,law,honesty does not exist in today's world. So as you can see psychotic wanna be moms have been stealing babies and trying to lie to them for all of human history. all we as americans (specially the catholics) have done is streamline the process and add a monetary value. I believe that because of free choice jesus would stay out of it. the 10 commandments are solid and unquestionable. if you are aborting or putting up for adoption for the most part its because you commited adultery. now compound that by either killing it or giving it to people who will lie to it. there are no exceptions that i can find to these commandments.it's our life, our choice, our consequences for our actions. trying to bring god into it is just another example of melding religion with politics. the government decides what laws govern adoption. the courts terminate parents. jesus has nothing to do with it.

Freckle Face

I completely agree with SJM.

I am not a huge religious person but from what i have learned, Jesus was a big believer in free will.

myst1998

I don't think Jesus would expect a mother to do either and in fact, I think He would expect a mother to keep her child and support her in the way necessary for her to do so.

What does this have to do with adoption anyway?

ETA: AsI said, I don't think Jesus would be so cruel to make a woman choose and I think your use of Jesus in such a stupid question is ridiculous. Adoption is not the loving option; supporting a woman to keep her child is and if you asked Him yourself that is without a doubt what He would say. Why would he support adoption when it is based on only loss? Seriously, to think He would put any woman in this situation shows your lack of knowledge about Jesus and the teachings of the Bible.

What a stupid question!

kims

I think that Jesus would not have liked abortion. I also think he would've wanted most adoptions to be unnecessary. If everyone shared their resources with each other as he meant for us to do, the only children who would need homes would be those who were neglected or abused, and those who lost their parents and had no extended family to care for them.

The other part of your question "so if a woman doesn't want to parent her child" has me imagining a woman stomping up to Jesus telling him to mind his own business. I suppose since God gives us free will she would be free to make that choice. I think he'd want a relative to care for the child, but it would be his wish that someday she'd change her mind and want to be a part of his life or to parent after all.

edited: This is such a serious question. When we do hypothetical questions I prefer the kind like the one about adopting alien children whose home planet is about to be destroyed.

Philippa

I'm pro life but it is wrong to guilt trip a woman into continuing a pregnancy if she really doesn't want to parent. I went through my pregnancy because I wanted to parent my child but instead was coerced into surrendering. I will have to live with this for the rest of my life that I didn't raise my only child as I didn't have any more and unless you have been through this experience you don't have a clue how painful it is.

I don't know what it is like to have an abortion - my sister was forced to have one and again she wanted to parent so she has to live with that.

It is cruel to bring Jesus into this and yes I am a christian so don't even go there. In the bible adoption is used in a loose term not the way we interprete it. In the bible adoption is generally meant in the terms of being adopted into His family as into God's family. It does not mean that if a woman is pregnant she has to parent or she surrenders her child. God gave us a choice.

cantstopLinnyG

I think Jesus would lend me his donkey to get to the abortion clinic.

Shelly P. Tofu, E.M.T.

I think first and foremost Jesus would favor the woman parenting her child, and getting support to do so..

BUT if you are STRICTLY talking about ONLY the two "A" choices, then it is obvious from reading the Bible that God would not favor abortion. Someone said it's not a child.. I think the Bible would beg to differ..

When the virgin mary visited her cousin Elizabeth, who was pregnant with John the Baptist, the bible says when Mary greeted Elizabeth, "the BABE lept in her womb." It talks about another woman pregnant and she was experiencing pain or something and she asked God what was happening.. He told her that she was pregnant with twins, who were struggling together in the womb. ("Struggling" doesn't sound like something any OTHER of my blobs of tissue do.. neither does kicking.) He told her this represented that her children would start two nations, that would always be in strife with each other.

The bible over and over talks about God "knowing us" while we were still in our mother's womb. About him making plans for our lives, while we were still blobs of tissue...er..fetuses...er..UNBORN BABIES.

I'm just answering the question based on my knowledge and understanding of the Bible. I'm not trying to say that the bible should be the reason that abortion should be illegal.. and it is CERTAINLY NOT the ONLY arguments against abortion. I accept I could be wrong about whether the Bible is true or not (But I chose to believe it is) So that's not my #1 reason for being pro-life.. simple biology is..

Opedial

I believe Jesus would not see at 12 week old fetus as a baby. I really think he would not.

But really take your propaganda elsewhere.

23 year old texas female married

I am sorry my Jesus does not judge. He said if I can forgive others he can forgive me. I would never carry to term to give my child away. Personally I am not for abortion. It goes against my belief that it is murder. But since adoption is the other option people like to refer to than parenting I would have an abortion before I would have a child placed for adoption.

My God, My Jesus, sees life as a gift yet in my bible it does not state how he feels about abortion. Or maybe because a miscarriage is considered to also be an abortion my god thinks it is ok to abort a baby to save a child from a bad life that would other wise be inflicted on the child. Be it birth defects or bad parents.

My god and the people at my church practice helping others. We all pass down used baby clothes and items to whoever is pregnant and whoever needs it. At my church you don't need to ask. They come to you and ask you if you mind receiving their old baby things. That is what MY GOD encourages and what my Jesus approves us.

But remember My religion teaches about not passing judgment. That is God's job not mine. Just love each other. Stay away from my children they are not for adoption because God gave them to me and nobody else!

taterkitty

Read the Bible, you'll find out the answer and learn a lot more as well. He's for adoption not murder.

RPMR

This is not the religion forum! You are in the wrong place asking for a religious view! I am personally pro-life! But nothing to do with religion.

POINTMISSED: I do agree that abortion should be legal for it is a personal choice but you are out of line saying that all arguments against adoption are religious. Actually the biggest argument is a scientific matter, the big question: When does life begin? At conception or at birth? I do believe that it begins at conception! By day 24 (before we find out we are pregnant) all 4 chambers of a baby's heart are fully developed and its heart beats very strong! Do your research!

baller

obviously NOT abortion thats a given. those are all his children that women are killing daily and its not right. so many families are looking for BABIES to adopt and just by killing them doesnt make it go away.

xo_greendayfanatic_ox

This is kinda a dumb question only because I think you know the answer. Jesus would definitely prefer to have a woman love a child and not murder it.

HappyMomAnna

I can't believe anyone would even ask this question.

Jesus claims all children are "His" by Adoption into His Father's Kingdom... and Joseph Adopted Jesus...

This word â€˜adoptionâ€™ is the translation of the Greek huiothesia, a word composed of huios â€˜a sonâ€™ and thesis â€˜to place, or constituteâ€™. (See CHILDREN v SONS p. 142). The word is used only by Paul in the New Testament and occurs five times as follows:

Rom. 8:15. Ye have received the spirit of adoption.
Rom. 8:23. Waiting for the adoption.
Rom. 9:4. To whom pertaineth the adoption.
Gal. 4:5. That we might receive the adoption of sons.
Eph. 1:5. Unto the adoption of children.

breynnmike

I think that he would choose adoption. Although his true feelings are more that a man and woman are married and they have a child. A child out of wedlock is not Jesus's idea of a good thing.

**~QUEEN OF HEARTS~**

well if it really comes to a choice.....(which it really should not be a choice... it should be a acceptance) it would be adoption. jesus did not give you a child for you to go kill it. he gave it to you for a reason. for some reason you were blessed to have this baby. don't go kill it. i recommend you to go to u u tube web site and look at the following link i sent you....hopefully this will change you thinking. you can do this....you know why...obviously you have the lord in your life.... or you would not of asked the ? that you asked. and since he is in your life....he will get you through this.....be strong....don't be a coward and kill this innocent child for your selfish reasons...good luck....YOU CAN DO THIS......don't give up.....

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