emilynghiem
Constitutionalist / Universalist
My wife and I are white evangelicals. Here’s why we chose to give birth to black triplets.
Color and Race was also an issue this couple had to face.
I was brought up with the belief that the way spirits enter the world, this isn't the "one and only shot at it"
Although it is UNIQUE to that soul at that time.
It was later explained to me more in terms of the spirit being separate from the soul which is unique
and contains the spirit; so the spirit can reincarnate/manifest in many ways but it's the SOUL that
is unique to each person conceived and born. That explanation may make a bit more sense that
it isn't the soul that reincarnates but the spirit(s) of many people that the same soul can contain like a vase.
In any case I don't believe that each birth is the ONLY chance.
But it IS unique and it does cause undue suffering to disrupt the natural life process and flow.
Abortion ideally should be prevented but I don't agree with forcing one way of looking at it that
leads to judging and dividing people who don'tframe it the same way.
Similar to global warming, why not work on prevention from all angles that point in the same direction?
Why force ONE argument that "XYZ is causing global warming and climate chnage" or "life starts at conception"
and make that a condition of faith, when there are ways to reach agreement that don't require people to people the same things. We can still work out practical solutions without agreeing on all the different justifications behind what we believe or don't follow.
I still believe this couple did a wonderful thing to create a loving family. But I still believe if souls are meant to come into this world, the right peopleand circumstances will come together to make that happen.
And if some lives are not meant to come about, or they are meant to cut short early, that is part of the plan.
We don't have to make every single conception come to full fruition since we don't control that anyway.
id' focus more on not conceiving if it is going to cause problems; don't even have sex or generate extra embryos or fetuses if that's not necessary and is a sign of too much unnatural manipulation or lack of attention to consequences.
Color and Race was also an issue this couple had to face.
I was brought up with the belief that the way spirits enter the world, this isn't the "one and only shot at it"
Although it is UNIQUE to that soul at that time.
It was later explained to me more in terms of the spirit being separate from the soul which is unique
and contains the spirit; so the spirit can reincarnate/manifest in many ways but it's the SOUL that
is unique to each person conceived and born. That explanation may make a bit more sense that
it isn't the soul that reincarnates but the spirit(s) of many people that the same soul can contain like a vase.
In any case I don't believe that each birth is the ONLY chance.
But it IS unique and it does cause undue suffering to disrupt the natural life process and flow.
Abortion ideally should be prevented but I don't agree with forcing one way of looking at it that
leads to judging and dividing people who don'tframe it the same way.
Similar to global warming, why not work on prevention from all angles that point in the same direction?
Why force ONE argument that "XYZ is causing global warming and climate chnage" or "life starts at conception"
and make that a condition of faith, when there are ways to reach agreement that don't require people to people the same things. We can still work out practical solutions without agreeing on all the different justifications behind what we believe or don't follow.
I still believe this couple did a wonderful thing to create a loving family. But I still believe if souls are meant to come into this world, the right peopleand circumstances will come together to make that happen.
And if some lives are not meant to come about, or they are meant to cut short early, that is part of the plan.
We don't have to make every single conception come to full fruition since we don't control that anyway.
id' focus more on not conceiving if it is going to cause problems; don't even have sex or generate extra embryos or fetuses if that's not necessary and is a sign of too much unnatural manipulation or lack of attention to consequences.