Can you be a good christian and part of a married childfree couple?

If two married people are decent and contributing members of society but simply cannot tolerate and have a strong dislike for kids,can they still be considered good christians?Can you be a good christian and part of a married childfree couple?
Yes, it is not written that you have to have children, it just says that you are to love one another and be fruitful and multiply but you can multiply in other areas of life.Can you be a good christian and part of a married childfree couple?
I assume this is a sneak attack on Christians that oppose homosexual marriages right? Well just because a man and a woman are married and can not have kids does not mean the marriage is wrong. Let's take 10 mariages of men and women and let's take 10 marriages of homosexuals. How many of these marriage HAVE POTENTIAL to reproduce on their own? The 10 marriages of men and women. To me being able to reproduce or not being able to reproduce is not the reason why God wanted a man and a woman to get married BUT if that is what you want to argue OK. Show me one homosexual couple that has reproduced and made a child (without any outside) help and I will reconsider my stand on homosexuality.
yeah..........
I think that you can be a good christian if you don't have kids. Some people are not medically able to have kids, does that make them a bad christian? I don't think so.
good christian?, i dunno--if you questioning your validity as a christian b/c you consciously choose to live a child-free happily ever after, i say, don't fret. Jesus himself didn't marry, nor did He have children. i ask you--was He a good christian?





Would God have you ';be fruitful and multiply';--as he told the first married couple for the purpose of populating the earth--having child(ren) that you ';have a strong dislike for?'; certainly not! christian marriage is about monogamy, --';for this reason the man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh'; (Genesis 2:24). take a look at Proverbs 5:15-20 and 1 Corinthians 7:1-7 as well. notice the emphasis in marriage is on spouses cleaving one to another, not making babies. there are numerous ways to build the kingdom of God other than having kids.





furthermore, sex in christian marriage is not solely about procreation, it's also about social/physical comfort, spiritual warfare and worship.





helps: study the Word, attend christian marriage seminars (ie I Still Do), and be active in Bible Study
Yes, that's the entire answer, reply and I'm having trouble making this long enough to be worth while.
First, there is no such thing as a ';good Christian';. Forgiven? Yes. Good? Not really. But to your point. Christianity has nothing to do with having or not having children. If God wants you to have children, HE will change your heart accordingly.





What makes you a Christian is having Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior of your life. It is a personal relationship--it is spiritual. Anything outside of that is just being a good person and, as you put it, a contributing member of society.
One of the first commandments is ';be fruitful and multiply';.








On the other hand, if you don't like kids don't do them the disservice of bringing them into your life.
If you do not want to have children that is your choice. God does not compel us. The key thing to be a Christian is to avoid sin. Not having children is not a sin.
Well, christians can hate and can dislike, in other words we can sin! But we shouldn't. Thats why we have the holy spirit. So, yes you're still christians, but try to ask God to stop your dislike of kids! I'll be praying for you.
Why not. I don't know anywhere in the bible where it says you must have ankle biters. It's your choice
You said that you have a strong dislike for children! Jesus said that whosoever offends one of my little one may as well have a millstone tied around his neck and cast into the sea. Now if you were to have worded your question in a different way, such as we are very busy with our carers, and we don't feel like we could give a child the attention the child deserves...........then I would have said that yes you can be childless by choice and still be a good christian.
Absolutely, yes. You won't be polluting the minds of the innocent offspring.
Yes, of course. Why not? Sounds like many protestant couples.
Yes. Just as Paul says that marriage isn't for every man and woman, having a child together is not for every married couple.





But by not having children, you're missing out on a very special relationship. I've found that having kids of my own makes me better able to understand the love that God has for me and his other children.
Of course. And, let's not forget single people, or are they also dammed?
Yes they can be considered good Christians if they indeed are Christians. The reason for marriage is for a man and woman to leave their family to create a new one together. There isn't a guideline in the Bible saying that a married couple must have children.





And the reason Christians are against Gay marriage to comment on that other guy's answer, is because homosexuality is morally, physically, biologically and Biblically WRONG!!!
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My husband and I are Christians and we do not


have any children (by choice).


We like children, just don't have a desire to have


our own at this point and we are in our mid-thirties


already, so we don't know if we ever will have


any. I see it as an opportunity to pursue


Christian service in a different capacity than


those who have children to take care of.


I don't have a complete answer to this question


yet, though (honestly).
I don't see why not. We are no longer under the command to be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. God knows the earth is quite full enough as it is.
I don't remember any commandments that said, ';Thou shalt have babies.';
No, you must breed to create more cult members and field hands.
no. The whole reason behind marriage is to breed. Thats why believers are vehemently against gay marriage