Fertility drugs can override God’s plan

Psalm 139:13-16

For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.

You plant baby seeds, you get babies - unknown

In 2004, I attended a series of studies that was circulating around the world named “40 Days of Purpose”, masterminded by a man called Rick Warren. The goal of this series was to help people find out what their purpose in life, not that I needed that as I already knew my purposes in life, but my partner at the time was keen to learn hers.

A part of this study goes into how we are all planned by God and that every little step of our lives has been worked out in advance. This brought up something I had been struggling with for quite some time – the issue of fertility drugs.

Humans are able to take these drugs and have multiple births. If every child is planned by God, how can humans possibly be able to manipulate extra life into this world? It would never work.

Of course, as a Christian, one might insist that it is God’s will they use fertility drugs. The first problem with that, is why would he need fertility drugs to do it? He surely didn’t need to give the Virgin Mary any type of drug to have her give birth to Jesus. If he wanted a couple to have triplets, quads, sextuplets, or whatever, he could surely do it through his own power.

One may say that God decided to teach this couple a lesson and give them extra kids because they tried to play God.

‘They want a kid?’ says God, ‘I’ll give them six! That will teach them for trying to overrule my will.’

However, if one thought that, then one must see children as being a curse not a blessing. However, God sees them as a blessing.

Psalm 127:3

Sons are a heritage from the Lord, children a reward from him.

So, would God choose to bless a couple who were trying to give birth against his will? Very doubtful. Especially not multiple births. God may be graceful, but he’s not going to overflow their cup with blessings when they can’t wait patiently to have a child in God’s time (as Abraham did), especially when he’s reluctant to give his own followers the desires of their hearts.

This example alone, to me is now proof that God (if he even existed) does not plan every birth on this planet. We could also get into other arguments, like why would God plan to put a child into an abusive home, especially if he knew the child was going to be brutalised and killed early on? Why would he put some children into homes where they will be brought up as Christians and in other homes where that child will be brought up to despise him and never repent as a result?

I discussed these issues with fellow Christians in the group and nobody was able to come up with any rational arguments that could answer any of my questions. In fact, others there agreed with me it was a troubling subject.

All this series of studies did was lead me more to a deist god than a Christian one. Ie,  God may have created this world, but he set systems in place to work without his continual intervention. He set the sun and the planets in motion and he set the Earth up to be able to support life. He even set in place the methods for reproduction, enabled life to be born and survive without his input. Some life will be born into difficult circumstances, but others will have it easy.

It’s as an old Christian friend of mine said, ‘If you plant baby seeds you get babies.’

At the time, I thought a comment like that showed a real lack of trust in God. I couldn’t believe that a Christian would have so little faith, but now I agree with it completely. Although now, years later, I have gone one step further and put it all down to simple evolution. You plant baby seeds… you get babies.

Reason 37: Internet - Could not ignore logical arguments and challenges

Reason 39: Seeing that many Ex-Christians had similar experiences to me

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