This post is laughable at best, so I'll leave it at this: I started this thread in the hopes of getting opinions on the matter, which I have. It is more than clear that we disagree, however I will say this, and that is your telling me I should perhaps "re-evaluate my walk with Christ" merely because I have no desire to have children is juvenile in the extreme. You have, in effect, suggested that the Apostle Paul should have done the same. First Corinthians, chapter 7, Paul talks about how that he wishes all men could be celibate like himself; the man had no desire to have children.
No....
Im not saying your decision not to have children is juvenile, not at all. And I thoroughly respect those who believe they have the gift of singleness as called by God.
Im saying your attitude to children is juvenile.
Secondly, look at the context that Paul was in. Christians were being used as human torches and more in the colliseum, the gospel was being taken into Europe for the first time in human history. Given the task and the violent political atmosphere at the time, of course being a husband and father was a scary thing to do when your chance of being matyred was very high. Paul was recommending singlehood during that time because of those reasons. And Paul didnt wish ALL men to be single, he wasnt stupid, he knew where babies came from and if you've got no husbands then you've got no children, and if you've got no chrildren to raise in the Lord what would happen when all the male missionaries died huh?
Look at 1 Timothy 3:4 and tell me, what did Paul tell Timothy was one of the requirements for elder? Having children is the most natual and biblical way of preparing a man for being a church leader. Paul said, if a man couldnt even raise his children properly, then what right did they have to be in leadership?
Lastly, no where have you described yourself as being called or having the gift of singlehood. You said so yourself that you want to find a woman who agrees with you on this point. What christian woman would agree with your attitude to children? All you've harped on about is children ruining your lifestyle, money, emotions.
Take Iraasuup,
I have so much respect for her as a woman and I thoroughly accept and understand what she has had to go through to get to where she is with her husband right now concerning children. She is a grown woman with a husband of her own. But in every post Ive seen her write Ive NEVER seen her equal her dicision not to have children as the same as your attitude to them. Ive never heard her label children in any way that you have.
You are a single 21 year old male. She is a grown married woman, there is no comparison.
And I suggested you re evaluate your walk with Jesus because I wonder how you can ignore what God thinks of children. We are called to be more and more like Christ. Jesus was single and he adored children. The whole legacy of Jesus Christ is based on God giving a faithful man called Abraham what? Not free popcorn. Lots of camels? No. Then what?
A baby.
What is the one name that God allows us to call him above all others?
Father.
How does God view us?
As children.
Who are we supposed to be like in order to get into heaven?
Children.
Children are a blessing from whom??
God
"People were bringing little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them, but the disciples rebuked them. When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” And he took the children in his arms, placed his hands on them and blessed them." Mark 10:13-16.
What is the point of bringing children world you say?
So that they too can recieve the kingdowm of Jesus and love him as he loved them
