Christians and reproduction

[Chad32]

I'm not sure. There is this ridiculous "Quiverfull" movement which literally attempts to spread Christianity by having as many fuckers as possible and indoctrinating them.

Do religious people in general have more children than non-religious? I'd be interested to know.

I'd guess they are less likely to get an abortion on the whole. And some are against contraception...

I've heard of this group. They take "be fruitful and multiply" to the extreme, as well as the belief that the best way for a woman to serve the lord is through reproduction.

I would assume they'd have more kids because they're against those things, though I don't know of any studies on it. My grandmother is religious, and she only had two children by birth. She adopted another, though that was less about her being a christian, and more about one of her friends being an irresponsible mother who dumped her on my grandmother's doorstep.

[Hmmm?]

The idea is, if God is in control, He will give us the number of children He wants us to have...and if we thwart that, we are outside of God's will.  Can we trust Him to give us what He knows is best for us, or will we take matters into our own hands?  God never gives us more than we can handle.  One of my bff's has 14 kids. A good friend of mine has 12.  Most of my friends and bff's have at least 5. I have one friend that had 6 six and under, but after her 3rd c-section the doctor told her she had to stop.

I'd say people who kill themselves have been given more than they can handle. I've been on the brink for a long time myself; I probably would have done it recently had I had anything to hand to do the job.

Yeah, my bff with 5 would surely have 10-12 by now if the cancer hadn't stopped her  ...and with only 5 she, too, has been on the brink.  Looking from the outside, my friend with 6 six and under surely has more than she can handle on her own.  I hope you have someone close to help you out, hold you tight, and encourage your heart when things become overwhelming.

[robvalue]

Thank you, yes I do I'm doing well at the moment, after a long period of it being really bad and one horrific incident. My wife is wonderful and she keeps me going, as do my lovely friends I have made here

[Combanitorics]

Religion pressures people to start having kids as early as possible and to have as many as possible.  This is done by the same people who just don't seem to understand some people, you know, dumb kids who forgot the contraception, having any kids at all.  I think it all comes down to their control freak view of marriage.  The part about all the kids just seems to be a useful side effect granting them extra people to indoctrinate and have working for them.

[drfuzzy]

A few generations ago in 'Murica, the larger the family, the more farmhands you had.  That means you had enough food to feed 12 kids, even if it did mean the last few potatoes that were going bad in February.  

Biblical "be fruitful and multiply" only applied to the Jewish tribes.  The more kids you had, the more warriors you had.  The tribe not only survives, but manages to slaughter the surrounding tribes and get more land.

Combine those mindsets with Quiverfull.  Now you have a brainwashed army of idiots who want to make America into a theocracy.

[robvalue]

If some of them die, who cares? Eat them and have more. They can't count past five anyway.