I whole heartedly agree with you. We don't get to pick our parents, nor do we get much say about what's done to us(especially as children). But we do get a choice in how we act and what decisions we make. I wrote a long reply to this that I don't wish to rehash so I'll leave it at this.
There are some theories out there that we do pick our parents in the pre-life
personally i don't think it was a matter of us picking and choosing which trials we were going to face in coming here. i think we probably had an understanding what those trials would be, and we could either agree to them or not, but i don't think there was any bargaining going on like, can I have nice parents, or i'll take poverty instead of poor health. the way of this world is that it's going to be unfair, until the final judgement when the scales are balanced and everyone is rewarded for the way the played the hand they were dealt.
Mormon?
5 is to "honor" your father and mother. If your dad's hobby had been beating the fuck out of your mom, would you be honoring your mother if you cared the man who was her abuser?
I argue not.
“Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
It's funny you say that because I almost wrote that to to say we arguably don't get to pick our parents. Thinking that same thought kek
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