Do babies "Choose" to be born to a certain mother/family?

[Anonymous]

FWIW, this is definitely not a Christian perspective. I agree with the poster who described it as "homespun" (overdone) parenting.

[Anonymous]

Yes, if Mormon. Also skin color and other hardship issues (which was used thru 1976 to justify the LDS position on disallowing African-Americans from holding the Melchizedek priesthood. Since AAs had asked to be born that way to learn to overcome more obstacles in life, then it was perfectly OK to discriminate against them).

[Anonymous]

My mother used to say that children choose their parents and siblings. I always believed it on some level and when I was suffering from infertility it really burned. A close friend got pregnant and gave her daughter the name I always wanted to use and I felt like that child chose her over me. Weird and I don't know where my Mom got this idea because we're Lutheran and this certainly isn't a Lutheran teaching. Now that I'm pregnant I don't know what I believe. If having children is all in God's hands why would abusive people and drug addicts have children while some wonderful stable people can't. Doesn't make any sense. Being religious made my fertility struggles a nightmare because I thought about these things all the time, still do actually.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, if Mormon. Also skin color and other hardship issues (which was used thru 1976 to justify the LDS position on disallowing African-Americans from holding the Melchizedek priesthood. Since AAs had asked to be born that way to learn to overcome more obstacles in life, then it was perfectly OK to discriminate against them).

Oh, that's right. And Mormons also believe that the Garden of Eden was in Missouri.

[Anonymous]

I am Catholic and am not familiar with this wording at ALL! I have never gotten a birth announcement with it, either. Yikes! If I did, I would find it very, very odd!! If anything, maybe, if pressed, we'd believe that God chose the family for the baby, but the BABY choosing? What? Umm, no. Not even getting into the theological reasoning behind that, how, a mortal, would have the power, to CHOOSE, a family??????????

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your friend on Facebook sounds stupid. She probably also refers to her husband as "hubbie" and thinks it's so adorable when he changes a diaper once every 6 months.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: If having children is all in God's hands why would abusive people and drug addicts have children while some wonderful stable people can't. Doesn't make any sense.

That's right -- it makes no sense with God in the picture.

Without God -- it adds up.

Maybe there's no God.

[Anonymous]

My mom posted on FB a pic of me at birth, 5,11,18, and now , in a collage, and said "im glad God picked me 25 years ago to be mom to this beautiful girl". It was sweet. So she believes that God chose her, not that I did.

[Anonymous]

Well I wish God would Choose to give me a baby.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My mom posted on FB a pic of me at birth, 5,11,18, and now , in a collage, and said "im glad God picked me 25 years ago to be mom to this beautiful girl". It was sweet. So she believes that God chose her, not that I did.

So does your mom also believe that God chose which children get to be handed to parents who are abusive? Molesters? Negligent?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My mom posted on FB a pic of me at birth, 5,11,18, and now , in a collage, and said "im glad God picked me 25 years ago to be mom to this beautiful girl". It was sweet. So she believes that God chose her, not that I did.

So does your mom also believe that God chose which children get to be handed to parents who are abusive? Molesters? Negligent?

The mother isn't very bright. And neither is the daughter. Runs in the family. The missing link.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I certainly would not have chosen my parents.

Plus 1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My mom posted on FB a pic of me at birth, 5,11,18, and now , in a collage, and said "im glad God picked me 25 years ago to be mom to this beautiful girl". It was sweet. So she believes that God chose her, not that I did.

So does your mom also believe that God chose which children get to be handed to parents who are abusive? Molesters? Negligent?

The mother isn't very bright. And neither is the daughter. Runs in the family. The missing link.

Well obviously whether God chooses or if the baby chooses does it matter? No one knows. So how is she not bright for wanting to believe that I was a gift from God to her?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My mom posted on FB a pic of me at birth, 5,11,18, and now , in a collage, and said "im glad God picked me 25 years ago to be mom to this beautiful girl". It was sweet. So she believes that God chose her, not that I did.

So does your mom also believe that God chose which children get to be handed to parents who are abusive? Molesters? Negligent?

The mother isn't very bright. And neither is the daughter. Runs in the family. The missing link.

What a dreadfully ugly thing to say. I would so hate to be you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My mom posted on FB a pic of me at birth, 5,11,18, and now , in a collage, and said "im glad God picked me 25 years ago to be mom to this beautiful girl". It was sweet. So she believes that God chose her, not that I did.

So does your mom also believe that God chose which children get to be handed to parents who are abusive? Molesters? Negligent?

The mother isn't very bright. And neither is the daughter. Runs in the family. The missing link.

What a dreadfully ugly thing to say. I would so hate to be you.

Not the PP, but it seems to be true. The mother and daughter in the anecdote above are pretty ugly themselves.