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Christians should not have children.

With what they believe to be true, about how this world really works, it would be the most irresponsible thing one could imagine - to take it upon themselves to risk the eternal soul of an innocent being that hasn't even asked to be born.

Most Christians believe there is a place of eternal suffering called Hell - their Christ came to save us from it.

They also believe there is a being out there, who rules this world and who roams about it like a Lion, seeking whom he may devour.
This 'Deceiver', this 'Father of Lies', this 'Satan', who may even appear as an 'Angel of Light', is doing his supernatural best, with all the cunning he can devise, to drag all those into hell along with him that he possibly can, as a last act of vengeance against God.

Most Christians also believe that mankind has freewill, and that it's up to each individual to make a freewill decision to accept Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Saviour, in order to be saved from hell.

There is a risk then, a chance, that a child of Christian parents will use this freewill to decide against the faith they have been brought up in, and 'fall for the deceptions of Satan' that this world is full of.

Despite Proverbs 22:6 saying, "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old ,he will not depart from it", there are people, adults, who were raised in Christian homes yet have since departed from Christianity.
Me for instance.

According to the bible I'm going to hell, and it will be worse for me than most others, because I've been taught about Jesus and rejected him.

So, the best way for Christians contemplating parenthood to avoid this fate for their children would be to not have them in the first place.

It would be the height of arrogance to think one could control their mind, to make their freewill decisions for them.

So, what if you're pregnant already?
Famous Christian apologist Lee Strobel says in 'The Case for Faith' that children don't end up in hell, only adults.
So then, the best thing a Christian can do for their child is to have an abortion. This guarantees a ticket straight to heaven.
Surely no one could ask for a better deal than that?

What about God's order to "Be fruitful and multiply"?

Well, firstly, the world was 'perfect' in those days.

Secondly, this is the same God who made the same decision himself by creating mankind in the first place.

Before the foundation of the world he knew that 95% of mankind would end up in hell, but he created them anyway.
The most responsible thing he could have done was to remain in his 'unchangeable perfection' and save everybody the trouble, but he needed his ego to be fed, his glory to be praised.
In his manic desire for worshippers he risked the eternal souls of countless beings who never even asked to be born - but now they must suffer eternal hell regardless.

So, believer, do you have a fantasy that your child will grow up into a great Christian?
That you will be able to teach them all they need and guide them through all those teenage years?
That they will be safe from all the deceptions of Satan?
That they will grow up into happy, sane adults, getting married to a wonderful christian partner and bringing you bright shiny christian grandkids?
That when they stand before the Judgement Throne of God they will be allowed to enter heaven and join you in the afterlife?
That they will be one of the chosen few to forever praise the King of Kings, Lord of Lords and Dictator of Dictators?

Or will your child be one of those turned away by Jesus with the words, "Depart from me, for I never knew you", to then be thrown into the lake of fire prepared for the devil and his angels?
That place of unending torment, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, and never even a drop of water to cool their tongue, not even just for a moment...

Is it worth the risk?
Gambling is frowned upon in the bible.

You're not just having a child for your own good purposes.
You're creating a future adult, with their own dangerous freewill, and their own place in eternity.

So I say, don't dwell on naive fantasies about how wonderful it will be to have a kid, to teach them all about Jesus, or even to enjoy their innocence, because that innocence is being preyed upon by your adversary the Devil.

I am the proof that the verse in Proverbs is a lie.
My parents did their best.
Bible readings every night, family prayer times every week, prayer every night before going to sleep, Sunday school, Church and Prayer meetings every week for all of my life, etc.
But faith wasn't enough for me.

When the bible didn't have answers I sought them beyond it, and found more than the bible could ever explain.
My parents are heartbroken, their fantasies of happy Christian families are shattered - but I can never go back - I know too much.

Do you want to end up like my parents?
Do you want your kids to end up like me?
It's an ignorant fantasy to think they won't...