memes, or genes...

[William T Goodall]

On 26 Jul 2008, at 16:49, Doug Pensinger wrote:

> William  wrote:
>
>>
>> Is there no limit to the depraved wickedness of the religionists?
>>
>> What's wicked about bringing children into the world that you have  
>> the
> resources to support and nurture?
>

The quiverfull beliefs are vile and perverted.

"Quiverfull authors such as Pride, Provan, and Hess extend this idea  
to mean that if one child is a blessing, then each additional child is  
likewise a blessing and not something to be viewed as economically  
burdensome or unaffordable. When a couple seeks to control family size  
via birth control they are thus "rejecting God's blessings" he might  
otherwise give, and possibly breaking his commandment to "be fruitful  
and multiply"." [1]

[...]

"Thus, the key practice of a Quiverfull married couple is to not use  
any form of birth control and to maintain continual "openness to  
children", to the possibility ofconception, during routine sexual  
intercourse irrespective of timing of the month during the ovulation  
cycle. This is considered by Quiverfull adherents to be a principal,  
if not the primary, aspect of their Christian calling in submission to  
the lordship of Christ.

A healthy young Quiverfull couple might thereby have a baby every two  
years, meaning that as many as 10 children or more might be born  
during a couple's fertile years. " [Ibid]

[...]

"Quiverfull authors and adherents advocate for and seek to model a  
return to Biblical Patriarchy. Families are typically arranged with  
the mother as a homemaker under theauthority of her husband with the  
children under the authority of both. Parents seek to largely shelter  
their children from aspects of culture they as parents deem  
adversarial to their type of conservative Christianity.

Additionally, Quiverfull families are strongly inclined toward  
homeschooling and homesteading in a rural area. " [Ibid]


[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiverfull


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