At 11:21 AM Saturday 7/26/2008, William T Goodall wrote: >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
You quoted the beliefs, but you failed to explain why the beliefs described in each quote are perverted. I presume you think the answer is self-evident, but for those of us dummies with IQs that fall slightly under 200 would you mind addressing each quote individually with the specific reason you find the beliefs presented in it "perverted"? (IOW, not just, "It's a belief based on religion, and 'religion is evil and must be destroyed'.") TIA. . . . ronn! :) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
