Age at which people become Christians (Page 2)

Zanjan
Zanjan: In my experience, if you want to know anything badly enough, you'll pursue it until you get the answer. Nothing worthwhile will come to you without effort. If you're sincere, God will help.

I have the answer about my nephews:

#1. Their parents needed to learn some important lessons in life, which they could only have learned in this way. It also gave them purpose via volunteering to fund raise for a cure; so, they didn't entirely squander their time on earth. Their children regarded them fondly for their participation in a worthy cause.

1A. For one sister and her husband, it brought out the best in them and their children.

1 B. The other sister and her husband failed their lessons altogether; they were given genetic counseling but totally ignored it. You can imagine how their affected children felt when they discovered that! These parents eventually divorced; meanwhile, through them, the fatal disease continued to be passed on to their grandchildren. This is what is meant by the sins of the fathers.

Guess which family was religious.
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mrsmargaret48
mrsmargaret48: I dont know which is religious Zanjan but I am guessing the sister that failed the lesson.

I would have not ignored the genetic counselling, and not had children.

The Churches have a terrible and evil history when it comes to health care especially women's, from the Pope who said women should not receive pain relief during child birth because Eve didn't to the fools who opposed stem cell research.

God gave us a brain and his son our Lord, if we had used our brain and followed the teachings of our Lord we would have made so many more medical and social advancements.
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Zanjan
Zanjan: You guessed right!
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mrsmargaret48
mrsmargaret48: If it was me and I carried a gene that could impact the health of any future children, I wouldn't have children. I couldn't live with the guilt knowing my selfishness had lead to their illness or even death. I would have considered maybe adopting or fostering, what children need is love and care risking their health is neither.
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Zanjan
Zanjan: Indeed. I was much older than my sisters so I didn't know about the fatal gene when I had my children. However, I was unwittingly fortunate - although I'm a carrier, none of my children were affected. We'd beat the odds because, by the grace of God, I'd married a Metis.

It happens with mixed race combinations that a deadly genetic disease is cancelled out because one race is immune. Yet each race has its own genetic weakness of some sort. Our children didn't exactly escape. In my husband's tribe, that glitch is a mild form of autism - our kids had that, each to varying degrees. At least it's not fatal and didn't hold them back from becoming successful, productive citizens.

For the fatal disease, I got my tubes tied, just in case the odds weren't a guarantee. Genetic science should know a lot more about it now.

Meanwhile, I'd strongly encourage mixed race marriages - their children will get the best of both worlds while some terrible diseases/disorders will be bred out. I can totally see divine wisdom in these historically recent mass human migrations.
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