I have been called unChristian because of my opposition to unethical/illegal adoptions, yet I find tremendous support in the Bible for my stance.
Adoption itself is NOT promoted in the Bible. In fact, caring for and supporting biological parents IS promoted in the Bible.
Job 22: 5
Is not your wickedness great? Are not your sins endless? You demanded security from your brothers for no reason; you stripped men of their clothing, leaving them naked. You gave no water to the weary and you withheld food from the hungry, though you were a powerful man, owning land--an honored man, living on it. And you sent widows away empty-handed and broke the strength of the fatherless.
It is the Christian's responsibility to care for the poor and sick...and many mothers meet this criteria in American adoption situations. Women who are poor and feel they have no resources to raise children? The Christian's responsibility is to provide resources, not convince them to relinquish. Wealth is not a criteria for parenting, yet adoption in America makes wealth out to be important. It is the Christian's responsibility to offer caring, compassion, and respite to the sick.
And contested adoptions are outright sin on the part of prospective adoptive parents. Why do I say this?
Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed is the man who withholds justice from the alien, the fatherless or the widow.
To withhold a child from his/her parents is a tremendous injustice.
What else is one to make from these Old Testament quotes? The New Testament is full of the words of Christ stating to care for those who need it.
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Well said .... I am a Christian and agree that adoption isn't promoted in the bible. Moses springs to mind as his natural mother was a maid to his "adoptive" mother but it wasn't adoption in the sense that we know it today. Nor was Jesus "formally" adopted by Joseph and there are other examples.
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