Metalwolf
May 12th 2009, 03:29 PM
This is somewhat of an old topic, but I couldn't decide whether to post it in *Anything Goes* or here, because it involves an old issue plus a need for advice.
But first a prayer before I begin...
:pray: Oh Lord, help me in this, I am so confused. I don't want to sin, but You know this issue I have been struggling with for a long time. Let me do what You want me to do, and that I am able to discern correctly. Amen. :pray:
I still struggle with the obsession to become pregnant. I have Asperger's, so that is most likely the cause for this obsession.
I am still considering Artificial Insemination, but what I am wondering is, is it considered a type of Fornication? I have looked in the Bible for this answer, but the closest thing that seems to come to it is when Paul, (if I am remembering correctly) mentioned that if you join with a prostitute, you become one body with her. But this seems to talk about actual intercourse (joining) rather then what I am thinking of. I guess it doesn't come so much to what is found in the Bible (as it makes no mention of it) as to how far to carry the 'joining' analogy.
I have tried to read the Bible objectively without reading anything into it, but my problem is this: I don't know how far to carry the 'joining' analogy, whether to imply something continuing beyond the stated word, or to stop right where it's at.
Strangely, I do not feel as if AI is immoral, its as if I get almost a conviction that it's not. This feeling is so strong, that if someone proverbially held a gun to my head and asked "Do you think this is wrong to do?" I would say "No," and I would not be lying. But I also am hedgy about it, I am perpetually worried that this might be a form of 'joining,' and thus fornicating.
My first instinct is to take the joining part at face value, that to assume more would be pure conjecture, but I can't help obsessing over this. I know for some this is a controversial topic, but for me it is not.
Thank you :)
But first a prayer before I begin...
:pray: Oh Lord, help me in this, I am so confused. I don't want to sin, but You know this issue I have been struggling with for a long time. Let me do what You want me to do, and that I am able to discern correctly. Amen. :pray:
I still struggle with the obsession to become pregnant. I have Asperger's, so that is most likely the cause for this obsession.
I am still considering Artificial Insemination, but what I am wondering is, is it considered a type of Fornication? I have looked in the Bible for this answer, but the closest thing that seems to come to it is when Paul, (if I am remembering correctly) mentioned that if you join with a prostitute, you become one body with her. But this seems to talk about actual intercourse (joining) rather then what I am thinking of. I guess it doesn't come so much to what is found in the Bible (as it makes no mention of it) as to how far to carry the 'joining' analogy.
I have tried to read the Bible objectively without reading anything into it, but my problem is this: I don't know how far to carry the 'joining' analogy, whether to imply something continuing beyond the stated word, or to stop right where it's at.
Strangely, I do not feel as if AI is immoral, its as if I get almost a conviction that it's not. This feeling is so strong, that if someone proverbially held a gun to my head and asked "Do you think this is wrong to do?" I would say "No," and I would not be lying. But I also am hedgy about it, I am perpetually worried that this might be a form of 'joining,' and thus fornicating.
My first instinct is to take the joining part at face value, that to assume more would be pure conjecture, but I can't help obsessing over this. I know for some this is a controversial topic, but for me it is not.
Thank you :)