Why is the Church against IVF? 

No. Vitro means "in glass" it refers to conception occurring outside of the womb. It also requires the creation and wastage of multiple human lives. So, the IVF/Virgin Birth analogy is a poor argument.

The Holy Spirit is the Lord and Giver of Life, and HE has given you life. Not only do you have a soul, God REJOICES in your existence, and will for all eternity. You are loved, you are good, and you are HIS. Just think of all of the ways that a human person can come into existence (spouses on their wedding night, rape, incest, premarital sex, IFV, Artificial Insemination, and so on). Is the goodness of a child determined by how they were created? Never. Nor are the acts of conception necessarily good because the children are good that come from them. So, be at peace that you are not defined by something that happened in the past. God willed you into being, and holds you in existence.

God created the universe knowing every detail from its beginning to its end. He decided to create it with YOU in it. He incarnated and was crucified to save you, because he loves you. You are part of creation. You are indeed a child of God with an eternal soul, and He is truly your Father.

What does the bible say about a soul? What is a soul? Genesis 1 says that after God made a person, he breathed in them and they became a living soul, the flesh + life giving power(breath of God)= a soul, So my question is do you have a soul, hell yes you are a living soul!

It truly sounds like, “since so and so sinned, I have an excuse to sin”.

To agree with your conclusion, one would need to conclude that it is insanely stupid to believe it's immoral to create and destroy human lives.

Abortion is part of IVF. End of discussion

God gave us the means to give life and to take it, but this does not mean that it is morally licit or glorifying to God for us to create a dozen human lives and destroy or freeze them for the sake of creating one that is born. This is how IVF works, and the good child that results from it does not justify the action of destroying multiple human lives. See ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uPM2ebK8V8s.html

Sounds like your will be done. Not God's

@markp8950 I get my will from the Bible. You should give it a read.

I believe Jason explained it better than I could: "The Church is against IVF for several reasons but one is that it is a violation of God's commandment not to kill because it involves the deliberate creation and wastage of multiple human lives in order to create one".

“Thank you god for giving us the tools to create life and then kill it in your name” can I get an amen? So it’s ok to kill ten babies to make one baby because God wants you to be fruitful… Never mind thou shall not kill. If you think the ends justify the means at least steal someone else’s baby if you want one that bad and can’t.. stealing would be better than killing

Read Romans 1:26-27. IVF is wrong when embryos are not being treated with dignity. Too many are created and not all are implemented rather are experimented on or destroyed.

They didn’t say it was a sin. It isn’t natural is all they were saying

God did give instructions on how a life is supposed to be conceived IVF comes from man not from God 😢

Hi Brittany. Thank you for the comment. All of heaven rejoices with you in the existence of your baby. After all, the Holy Spirit is the Lord and giver of life. With that in mind, we need to remember that the absolute goodness of a child tells us nothing about the morality of the act through which the child was created. Nor does the immorality of certain ways of conceiving mean that those children are any less of a gift. The Church is against IVF for several reasons, but one is that it is a violation of God's commandment not to kill because it involves the deliberate creation and wastage of multiple human lives in order to create one. This is simply how the process works. Also, experiencing same-sex attractions is not a sin. What kind of God would condemn a person for his or her attractions. So, while attractions are not sins, actions can be. However, I encourage you to reconsider the idea of "gay" being a person's identity. Please see: chastity.com/2015/02/please-dont-call-gay/

God didn't say about LGBT he didn't say about dating he didn't say about cigerette..etc... I heard from a couple who refused IVF because it involves discarding foetus as a part of the process... Anyway... You already have a baby... May God bless your baby and you..

It would be much better for You to addrsss Etebak Salvation, being Saved by Grace, alone through Faith (the Free Gift of GOD in The FINISHED Work of CHRIST) alone. Roman catholics deny this and twiat the Holy Scriptures adding works. Faith without works is dead. Dead 'faith', belief with works is Damnable. Trust CHRIST, Alone.

@@Chirhopher the only place in the bible where it says "faith alone" is in James 2:14-24 where James tells us we are NOT justified by faith alone. Paul, when he talks about being justified by faith apart from works is speaking of "works of the law" , meaning the 600+ Jewish laws that had been added over the centuries. Paul says himself that what we do (our works) matters. Look at Rom 6:1-2, where he says "Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? " Or Phil 2:12-13 where Paul tells us to "work out salvation with fear and trembling" or Eph 2:8-10 that says "we are created in Christ Jesus for good works" or Gal 5:4-6 nothing counts but faith *working* through love" or again in Rom 2:2-8 where he talks about "eternal life by perseverance in good works". Or let's go to the words of Jesus himself. In Mt 7:21 he says, "Not every one who says to me, 'Lord, Lord' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who DOES the will of my Father in heaven". Or again Mt 19:17 where he says "if you would enter life, keep the commandments " and similarly in Jn 14:21 "He who has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me ... and we will come to him and make our home with him." The Bible is clear and consistent, we must have faith in Jesus who alone gives salvation as a free gift that we cannot earn, but with that free gift, God expects us to live that faith in our lives through or thoughts, words and actions (aka our works). If we do not then our faith was never real. James 2:18

@@Chirhopherwrong the church has never done that

Some Christian couples use perforated condoms for these purposes.

@@Chirhopherdon’t change the subject. You are wrong. We are talking about the morality of an action right now.

I understand your very good desire to have a child, and your understandable frustrations with the lack of men who want to begin their vocation to marriage. This is a VERY painful cross when you have a very GOOG desire: for marriage and family. Children are indeed a gift of God, but this is precisely one of the reasons IVF is immoral. It requires the creation and wastage of multiple human lives. IVF does not save a life, but does the opposite. Heart transplants would be immoral as well if they required a person to be killed in order for the transplant to happen.

You are literally watching a video of a priest (someone from the church) saying something about it.

@@hacm1925 But who is paying any attention to it? I know so many Catholics who got pregnant via IVF. They know the Church is against it but it mean nothing to them. Nothing.

Ever since IVF became a viable technology, which was very recent in Church history, the Church has been against it. Even the more “liberal” Pope Francis has condemned it consistently.

They are one in the same.

@DoNotLetThemStealYourJoy l've been through 8 rounds of IVF. In Australia the only reason to select genetics is when a hereditary defect / disease is known within a family. We don't have designer babies here.

@@mariastathopoulos744 it depends on the clinic not the country. I personally know of a few ppl who underwent IVF, even have cousins conceived by IVF. All IVF drs know of this technology but not everyone is willing to do it because unethical

I would say no, it would not be wrong to attend, because even if a child were conceived through an act as immoral as rape or incest, the life of the child is still a gift of God.

This is why so many people are leaving the Catholic Church. All those very judgmental rules. You can’t go to your own gay child’s wedding. You can’t go to parties for IVF babies. Bishops are coming out with videos saying the Pope should be removed from his position because he allowed priests to bless people in “irregular relationships .” The critics, of course, have Bible verses on hand to spout in your face if you dare question these rules. But my belief is that Jesus would be front row center at all these events because His life was dedicated to reaching out to all kinds of people and showing love not making them feel beneath anyone else.

Many people abandon the Church because they want to do whatever they want. Having a difficult time reconciling Church teaching with your feelings does not mean that the Church is wrong. We are called to suffer and carry crosses. It is not easy being a Christian.

The church is the pillar of truth

@Chirhopher I have had 8 rounds of IVF and given birth to 2 children. God gives spirit / soul at fertilisation. Children conceived through IVF are no less human than children conceived through sex. Indeed, God is the ultimate IVF creator. Mother Mary was a Virgin when she conceived Jesus through God's spirit. No sexual intercourse.