Article February 9, 1974 Issue

Adopting the Spiritual and Immortal

SYBIL J. MORRIS

Until some young friends told my husband and me that they were thinking of adopting a baby, I had not given very much thought to the subject of adoption. But after we had expressed how really delighted we were, I got to thinking more about it. It seemed that nearly everyone I spoke to on the subject had relatives or friends who had adopted a little one, and often the tale finished up with, "And soon after they had adopted, they had a baby of their own."

It was about this time that my husband received a letter from a colleague recommending a student for a job. After giving the reasons why the student was thought to be suited to the post, the writer added, "The rest of the students look up to her. We quite forget she's a different color. Of course, there is no race prejudice here."

These two statements seemed to stay together in my thought, and I wondered why. Then, when I began to really get down to examining them properly, I realized that both statements had a common denominator—the false belief that man is a mortal, material being with a mind of his own seemingly separated from his heavenly Father; that there can be a separation between minds because of background or creed or color of skin (a belief so ingrained that it is apparent even in the denial of it); that children belong to human parents and can therefore be given up or received according to human desire or necessity.

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