Lilka
What I am trying to say is not that in my mind, not the video, "God" is often used as a method to take yourself out of the equation. I'm Catholic, but not really practicing. However, anyone who has read the bible a little will know that what you wrote above is not what "God" is about. Yes, God is meant to help you, but speaking logically, and knowing about human minds and how religion works in the Third World, it really is more about the hope that you will be helped, and a lot is actually about sacrifice and being tested. Clever really as it makes it easier to deal with the bad parts of life. No religion on earth would have been successful at gaining followers, if everything was about a god that makes your life all better. Because most likely, life will throw sh*t at you… and then, you would start "questioning" that god. Much better to let the follower think that their faith is being tested. Quite clever, really.
If I was in a was in a difficult situation, was pregnant, had no one to turn to, thought I couldn't offer my child what other couples could… and more importantly had that American adoption system, I would actually think about giving up my child. Not because of religion, but because my very own thought process would propel me to do so for the child's sake. I'd take myself out of the equation. That's easy to say but not easy to do though. The video is not the only one on youtube. Other birth mothers don't talk about religion but were more rational, i.e. "I already have two kids to provide for, not much money, I want the baby to have to go through what his/her siblings have to go through." They didn't need religion to come to that conclusion.
The way adoption is here in the UK, I guess it's a tragedy. I don't think it's like that if it was carefully planned, and if the child goes on to live with parents who allow him/her to fulfill his/her potential which he/she may not have been able to do with his/her birthparents.