We're all children of God, right? So why do people keep telling me I was really adopted?
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I'm sorry I said it. **hangs head in shame** \n\nThe devil made me do it.
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I dont know.  I know that I want to adopt but I do not know how I will know that child is for me.  I will just pray that God will show me.\n\nI am going to adopt from overseas and I will not specify if it is a boy or a girl or health.  I would prefer a child that was not mentally handicapped but if that is the one God wanted to give me then I would take it.  All babies deserve someone to love them.
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It really depends. I'm an adopted child and I have some issues with finding my biological parents. In the case of your baby, it really depends. Some adopted children feel abandoned and don't want anything to do with their birth parents. Others just want information and a sense of who they are. Only time will tell.
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Thank you for saying :"some of you".  I think your question is a very good one.  I purposefully did not tell my children about Santa Clause or the Easter bunny when they were little.  The Bible says "Because they receive not the love of the truth, for this cause God shall send them strong delusion."  I think these "lies" are perpetuated by the masses so they won't have to think about the birth of One who can forgive their sins, or One who was resurrected from the dead to give eternal enjoyment and Bliss in His presence. The easterbunny has its roots in pagan fertility rites. A lie is a lie is a lie.  There are no "white lies".  Who is "the father of lies"?  Who is "The Way, the Truth and the Life"?  The two can not have communion together. "Whatsoesver is not of the truth is a lie". "Whatsoever is not of faith is sin".  I think you are doing a wonderful job in raising youre children by telling them the truth.  It is becoming harder and harder for Christians to raise their children as day by day the forces of worldliness and anti-Christ well up in "public opinion" angainst Christian doctrine.  You are doing what Jesus wants you to do.  Christians in many cultures have had to undergo persecution and ridicule but it has only caused the "true church" to grow stronger, and the "little white lie" church to be exposed as what it really is: lukewarm hypocrites which Jesus said He will spew out of His mouth.  Be brave, continue what you are doing.  Jesus said, "they that overcome shall receive a crown of Life."\nRead Revelation! <smile>.  # 8^ ) 3
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Do not let these religious fanatics get you down.\nYou're a child of God....nobody gets special rights to this...not even Baptists.\nMove on with your life. Make friends. Love your neighbors. Adopt children. \nWhen it's all said and done, you will have lived a good life and loved many.\nThat's all that matters. The other stuff is just that...stuff born out of fear.\nYou're better than that.
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I am not adopted. But adoption is an issue close to my heart. Trying to share my thoughts here:\n\nIf you really are bothered by this question, I think you should explore this;  no one can blame you for it! As midn'tsmokerchic says, it might be a good step for you.\n\nBut the responses, in short term and long term, might depend on the personalities of the other people involved. Would there be a way to contact your birth-mother's parents, siblings or friends first? This might not only let you learn more about her but also help you learn about her husband and other children before meeting them.\n\nGoodluck to you!
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Psychoanalysis finds out more about your true self in the true sense of what christ said "I and my father are one". whereas u must be aware of T.A. transactional analysis, a form of psychiatry, wherein u find out about your 3 selves, your parent, your child and your adult.These fanatics play a game of religious schemeil and sort of get a supremacy feeling when they say christ is all.?That's all they have, so that sort of makes them feel ok and accepted. They can't accept themselves and they sell out to christ to feel accepted.\n     Yes, u are 100 % right. they are mental patients who refuse to see reality.\n    I would suggest the folowing books to get more awareness of one-self and about what human nature is all about. Believe me, it is worth the effort expended.\n\n Any book by Dr. Eric berne
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No.  Nobody has ever been born on that day.  It cannot be explained.  It is a freak of nature.  If your parents told you that was your birthday, then you were adopted.  That is the day that all adoption agencies use for the kids.
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Child of the most high God.\n\nSome of my ancestors may have hung by their necks, but not a one hung by their tails.
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What you seem to have missed is the greater point - you're not your own to begin with - He created you, all he asks now is that you recognize that by accepting him and worshipping him - it is not his desire that any should perish - but being good is not what he designed us to do - he designed us to worship - good deeds are results of our worship - not our means of worship.  You are in the midst of spiritual battle and I'm praying that God will give you spiritual rest and a mentor to lead you personally as opposed to this forum. As a parent I raised my son with certain values.  I have entrusted them to him.  It is now up to him to choose to use them.  If he doesn't then there are consequences he will suffer.  Does that take away his ability to choose for himself?  No.  It just means he didn't heed a more learned and wiser, experienced person.  It is a poor analogy, but it was the best I could come up with.
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It's not a thought but rather a 'claim' made by 'God' for those whom follow Him.  Therefore; if one believes 'God's' declaration, common logic would follow which 'qualifies' a legitimate claim of such a title 'Child of God'
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Adoption from my own point of view means helping someone who needs a parental help(care). Therefor, I urge you to go ahead and adopt one for God's sake. Most especially when it concerns a starving child from an underdeveloped world. You must surely be rewarded for that by the Almighty God.
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God, I'm beginning to understand all these anti stem research people...When does it end?\n\nWe are not gods and things happen in nature for a reason.  If you are infertile Adopt, don't do those dern treatments and then drop a bloody litter on the world.\n\nIf your kid was supposed to be a boy it would be a boy.  If it was meant to have blue eyes it would have blue eyes....How 'bout caring about what kind of people they become not look like.\n\nIts time to hit the shooting range...
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When you adopt a baby, it will grow to know you as a parent, and have your beliefs.\n\nAdopting a child, or teen, is wonderful as they desperatly need to be adopted, but they come with a crapload of problems, are you ready to deal with that?\n\nIt is a question you will have to answer yourself.
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You answered your own question but the point is well taken.  I have many friends that have told me that they don't understand how I can have so much "blind faith" (I love that term), and I usually tell them that I it took me much more "blind faith" to deny God for as many years as I did!  It's amazing how they all seem to think I'm the crazy one because I actually think somebody created me.  yet, they all believe their great grandparents are frogs! :)
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Aren't these previous answers hilarious?  It is so funny to hear people who have embraced the modern Born Again movement struggle with issues like these.  Of course they don't know the answer to this question because it can only be revealed by God himself, and they don't listen to the voice of God in our day when answers like this are answered through the teachings of his prophets.  \n\nNow for the answer:\n\nThe Lord himself has revealed that families that are faithful in this life, and who were sealed together by the priesthood of Jesus Christ in a temple of the Lord will be together forever in the Celestial Kingdom.  Familes can be together forever, through Heavenly Father's plan.  Even Born Again Christians often claim to believe this (even though it runs counter to their official beliefs.)
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no it isnt...and yes it is. god made you for who u are. if you put too much bad pride into that, then yes, it is.