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	<title>Comments on: Christians can now adopt in India</title>
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		<title>By: Suricou Raven</title>
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		<description>An interesting point. Im not familiar with the hindu view of the afterlife, but shouldn&#039;t Christians be campaigning for a law that bans adoption for non-Christians? It sounds like discrimination, and it is, but consider this:

According to most denominations of Christianity, only Christians can be saved and go to heaven. As Christ said, &#039;I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life, no one comes to the Father but by me.&#039; Exactly what happens to the non-christians after death is a point of contention, but is usually agreed to be highly unpleasant, ranging from anhiliation to burning in torment for eternity.

Most children get their religion from those who raise them. Conversions are compartively rare. Christians raise Christian children, Muslims raise Muslim children, Hindus raise Hindu children, and so forth. There are exceptions to this, but its true far more often than not.

So, from the perspective of a Christian, any non-Christian parent is destroying their child&#039;s salvation - no matter how well-meaning they are. To allow a child to be adopted by non-Christian parents is to eventually condemn that child to Hell. It is simply impossible for *any* non-Christian to be a fit parent, because even if they do a perfect job of raising their child for this world they won&#039;t instill the faith needed to pass into Heaven.

Christians, then, should be doing everything they can to prevent non-Christians adoption - for the good of the children, to ensure they are raised by Christian parents. Saving souls should take priority over any concerns of political correctness, discrimination or human rights. If Christianity is true, then only Christians should be permitted to have children, and all Christians should be driven by their compassion to try to make this so.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An interesting point. Im not familiar with the hindu view of the afterlife, but shouldn&#8217;t Christians be campaigning for a law that bans adoption for non-Christians? It sounds like discrimination, and it is, but consider this:</p>
<p>According to most denominations of Christianity, only Christians can be saved and go to heaven. As Christ said, &#8216;I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life, no one comes to the Father but by me.&#8217; Exactly what happens to the non-christians after death is a point of contention, but is usually agreed to be highly unpleasant, ranging from anhiliation to burning in torment for eternity.</p>
<p>Most children get their religion from those who raise them. Conversions are compartively rare. Christians raise Christian children, Muslims raise Muslim children, Hindus raise Hindu children, and so forth. There are exceptions to this, but its true far more often than not.</p>
<p>So, from the perspective of a Christian, any non-Christian parent is destroying their child&#8217;s salvation &#8211; no matter how well-meaning they are. To allow a child to be adopted by non-Christian parents is to eventually condemn that child to Hell. It is simply impossible for *any* non-Christian to be a fit parent, because even if they do a perfect job of raising their child for this world they won&#8217;t instill the faith needed to pass into Heaven.</p>
<p>Christians, then, should be doing everything they can to prevent non-Christians adoption &#8211; for the good of the children, to ensure they are raised by Christian parents. Saving souls should take priority over any concerns of political correctness, discrimination or human rights. If Christianity is true, then only Christians should be permitted to have children, and all Christians should be driven by their compassion to try to make this so.</p>
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