Wednesday, June 15, 2005
So, When Is It Deliberate?
Al Mohler contends that deliberate childlessness in a married couple is a sin. (HT: SmartChristian)
So when do we cross the line into deliberate? Does refusing to consider IVF because of it's countless moral dilemma's count? What about adoption? Are childless Christian couples mandated to adopt? Mohler says this
I'm trying to avoid TMI (Too Much Information) syndrome here, but when we discovered our biological inability, the decisions concerning other options that we made, and they were decisions, were the most painful and difficult of our marriage -- and I cannot foresee any others that will come close. They were made in the deepest of prayer, and the highest degree of consultation with the Almighty that we could muster.
So, Dr Mohler, and I mean this in the deepest sense of Christian brotherhood,...sorry, I can't finish this sentence, or I'll get in a lot of trouble.
So when do we cross the line into deliberate? Does refusing to consider IVF because of it's countless moral dilemma's count? What about adoption? Are childless Christian couples mandated to adopt? Mohler says this
Morally speaking, the epidemic in this regard has nothing to do with those married couples who desire children but are for any reason unable to have them, but in those who are fully capable of having children but reject this intrusion in their lifestyle.Bottom line is this, I do not disagree with Dr. Mohler's essential point -- people who resent the intrusion of children into their lives have a problem, but, as half of a childless couple, this has to be the cruelest Christian pronouncement I have ever read.
I'm trying to avoid TMI (Too Much Information) syndrome here, but when we discovered our biological inability, the decisions concerning other options that we made, and they were decisions, were the most painful and difficult of our marriage -- and I cannot foresee any others that will come close. They were made in the deepest of prayer, and the highest degree of consultation with the Almighty that we could muster.
So, Dr Mohler, and I mean this in the deepest sense of Christian brotherhood,...sorry, I can't finish this sentence, or I'll get in a lot of trouble.
