Aemmyjah:
Some people claim to be wise and they throw a question thinking they are critically minded or intelligent but how they their form of thinking can be.
It is like people fearing to bear children cos the world is really getting worse

Kobojunkie:
1.

2. According to scripture, all those who are not of the blood of Israel were condemned to die from their beginning in Genesis 3 vs 19 - 22. So, they are free to imagine for themselves the "afterlife" they desire.

RatCabbage:
■ I can understand where you get your analogy from, but with this, how can you then tell who and who isn't of the blood of Israel?

Wilgrea7:
Apologies for the incredibly late response



Thank you for taking your time to respond. I'll try to address as many points as possible. If I miss something, feel free to draw my attention to it.



I agree that marriage is a human invention. But to say that sexual reproduction in and of itself, was not established by this "God" seems clearly untrue. The biblical story says Adam and Eve were created by God. And that includes their reproductive organs as well. To state that Adam established such reproduction instead of God simple doesn't hold. Even further, Adam is clearly instructed by said God to "go into the world and multiply".



While I find your answer interesting, it seems to clearly deviate from the topic at hand and talk about something else. I understand the Christian concept of being the spiritual child of God. But that isn't what this is about. This is about people who believe in hell and the words of christ concerning hell, and still choosing to bring more hell-bound people into the world.

You said people who have children aren't doing the work of God, but instead violating their own bodies. In that case, would you have children? Would you encourage other christians to become celibate?

The way to salvation has been clearly described by your Jesus as narrow. Meaning only very few will find it, and the majority will go to hell. So statistically speaking, even if every single person in the world were christian, and had children, the vast majority of those people, as well as their children would eventually end up in hell.

If such a thing is to be the case, then why not cut out the need for redemption altogether by not involving the unborn in the "sin" that comes along with birth?

Templee333:
hence the reason i choose to opt out of procreation. Even though i don't believe the fiery hell tales, this present world is the hell itself and i don't intend to bring more sufferers into it.

Templee333:
please try to read and understand

Bacteriologist:


I find this hard to believe. The Bible says god did not want man to be alone that's why he created a woman.

The institution of marriage is well advocated for many times in the bible. Particularly in the Old testament. And so is child bearing. "Go into the world and multiply."

Have you actually read the bible?

Kobojunkie:
1. Yes! Except a man be born-again, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God - John 3 vs 1 - 8 - either through the broad gate which leads to destruction(Hell) at its end or the Narrow gate which leads to True Life(Heaven)- Matthew 7 vs 13 - 14. The Kingdom of God is a Nation not of this world over which Jesus Christ is King and judge- Matthew 25 vs 31 - 46 - and it is in that Kingdom that you will find Heaven and Hell.


2. According to scripture, all those who are not of the blood of Israel were condemned to die from their beginning in Genesis 3 vs 19 - 22. So, they are free to imagine for themselves the "afterlife" they desire.

Fredoh:
■ Never in my whole life did I ever come across Bible being interpreted this way!
■ Your post post seem to suggest that those outside of the kingdom of God will simply cease to exist - to which many modern people will be grateful!
■ What it actually and obviously mean is that the entire humanity will be divided into two halves. Those who make it to God’s kingdom will enter heaven and those who don’t will enter hell.

Wilgrea7:
Hello everyone,

So I've been thinking about something recently.

The idea behind the Abrahamic religions, is that we are sinners, and by virtue of that, deserve some sort of eternal punishment.

In the Christian religion, we're all born into sin. And even if we accept this Jesus character, we could still commit sin and end up in hell. What I'm basically saying is, it is incredibly more difficult to live a “holy" life, than it is to live a "sinful" one.

It is even further asserted by their Jesus, that "narrow is the way that leads to salvation, and only few find it", meaning most people alive would eventually end up in hell.

So if that's the case, then why would you choose to have children?

Why would you choose to bring more people into the world, knowing quite well, that they'd eventually that the vast majority of them would eventually end up in hell, at least according to your scripture?

If you truly believe in your scripture, then why would you knowing partake in something that would eventually lead to mass damnation?

I await some interesting answers

Fredoh:
■ At OP, I’ve been having similar thought for sometime now. I told my colleagues, most people say the world is a horrible place. According to a research that about 83% of Americans are unhappy about their lives. With so much evil in this world! And to make matters worse most people will end up in hell based on the Traditional Doctrine of Hell (TDH) - the narrow and wide gate teaching. Even by examining the modern man, how many people actually obeys God? Many people are actually hypothetical in nature. All these actually corroborates the fact that most People will end up in hell. So I ask why have children? To any child you birth that child has higher probability of ending up in hell not to talk of the how crazy the world is.
■ Yet we can’t help but procreate!! Why? Even the people that seem to agree with me can’t help but procreate! They said, “How could you have existed if your mum and dad didn’t give birth to you?”
■ I guess the answer is that every living thing is/has a seed to which there’s a life force that needs to propagate or replicate itself.
■ And that I believe was gotten from “be fruitful and multiply” as against what @knowingchrist said earlier which was presented respectively but I disagree with some things therein!

jaephoenix:

That would be a stressful task on poor DTruthSpeaker's delicate brain. Have mercy

Dtruthspeaker:


Says a complete morôn.

Dtruthspeaker:


Says a complete morôn.