My cousin wanted to adopt and all my aunts (who look exactly like these women) were so against it. "It's not the same" "they come with problems" "they will take away from your own children"
I'm fostering to adopt two children and at the start my parents didn't even send birthday cards. They are slowly coming around but it is a shame seeing people that think life is so precious then are unwilling to help unless it benefits them.
Exactly right. I knew I wanted to adopt ever since I was a little boy. And for like fifteen years every single time I brought up the idea around family, I got criticism about it and complaints that they won't carry "our blood."
I got to the point where I would ask them, "What matters more, the blood or the soul?" and because they claim to be Christian, they'd inevitably have to concede, "Well, the soul."
Then I'd point out that blood doesn't matter unless they believe in evolution anyway, so this idea of passing on the blood is an animal and "worldly" idea, not a spiritual one.
Sometimes you have to use their language to convey your message.
While it is nice, it is also a pain in the ass and takes a super long time.
I took an hour and a half to convince a relative that rural Republicans in California are just as underrepresented as urban Democrats in Texas, even though they each make up 49.999 percent of each state's population, and that the opposite party controlling the legislature is inherently unable to represent their interests.
The Texas Republicans don't represent the urban Democrats interests, and the California Democrats don't represent the rural Republicans interests. It is a systemic issue that you only need 50% to win, but have authority over 100%.
They thought Republicans were the magic sauce to making everyone happy.
I'd love for someone to let me come back at this question.
Why is our blood special? Is it the history of depression? Alcoholism? Addiction? Schizophrenia? Cancer? OCD? Anxiety? NPD? Epilepsy? Debilitating migraines? At least some woman out there was smart enough to understand her limits and put her kid up for adoption. Those genes can't be that bad. And the kid already exist! I want my mom's genes to end with me and passing them on feels cruel.
Today's Christians don't put much theological weight behind bloodlines. Of course Hebrew culture and Judaism would. But those are different demographics.
I don't know if that's correct about the blood not mattering unless you believe in evolution. The Bible absolutely cares about lineage, to the point where there are books mostly filled with who's descended from whom.
Modern Christian denominations don't care about bloodlines, except for some very small sects. Of course, historic Judaism and Hebrew culture would, but they are not the same as modern Christianity.
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u/Not_l0st Jan 27 '22
My cousin wanted to adopt and all my aunts (who look exactly like these women) were so against it. "It's not the same" "they come with problems" "they will take away from your own children"
These women would never consider adoption.