"Recently, Had fallout with ex-girl friend we had a child but they was unsure about who the father was so they did not put me secured party on the birth cert."

Obviously there is some degree of un-certainty as to who the father is. If you are absolutely sure that the child is not yours, then do the paternity/dna testing to prove the matter one way or the other.

My rationale: Firstly: When things were running smooth with you and the ex, you apparently had no problem with the situation as it was, and apparently was willing to accept the child as a part of your creative endeavors even without the proof provided by a dna testing. (Believe me, the state will share this same ideology) That because you have provided toward the maintenance of the child, you have tacitly agreed that the child is in some way dependent upon you. Secondly: If the child is part of your creative endeavors , then you have an obligation morally to support the child..(read the scriptures); even if the child is not part of your creative endeavors, you still have the same moral obligation to provide for the CHILD, again read the scripture. That same obligation is placed upon all of us... I owe the child a certain degree of maintenance, and if the ex is being benefited by the state, then my taxes are bearing that part of my obligation.

A lot of us on this forum expound on the theory of sovereignty, but we oft times fail to act the part of the true sovereign. God being the only TRUE and REAL Sovereign, has seen fit to allow us to be the stewart of His Creation, and children are a primary aspect of that stewartship. If we cannot accept the responsibility that goes along with the status of sovereign, then we should all be willing to cast aside our search for a title that we are not fit to bear.


Just my opinion.

Jerry.