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Childlessness A Sin, Southern Baptist Leader Says
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| 1-17-06
Posted on 01/17/2006 1:31:49 PM PST by WKB
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To: RobbyS
Do you recommend that book? I have it in my cart at one of my book clubs. Is it worth buying in your opinion?
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posted on
01/17/2006 2:59:27 PM PST
by
kaylar
To: SauronOfMordor
"a culture which mandates that its women produce babies"
According to THIS article, that's the Baptists. :)
To: CWOJackson
"Read the Bible, sir."
I do,
Which version?
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posted on
01/17/2006 2:59:47 PM PST
by
WKB
(If you can't dazzle them with brilliance.. then Baffle them with BS)
To: Awestruck
Yeah, I'd generally agree with that.
We've caught flack because we aren't even considering kids yet. We've been married less than a year, and I work full time while Mr. Rubber Duckie is finishing college. Then once he's done with school this spring, he has to find a job and start to establish a career. We're trying to buy our first home soon, and on my income only. Now is just not the time for kids.
That said, we'd like 3 or 4, hoping to start trying sometime next year. Children are a blessing for those who want the challenge of parenthood.
To: RobbyS
Yeah, I understand that the modern system of accounting was perfected by
an Italian monk. Smart guys, those monks.
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posted on
01/17/2006 3:02:19 PM PST
by
Gordongekko909
(I know. Let's cut his WHOLE BODY off.)
To: don-o
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posted on
01/17/2006 3:02:28 PM PST
by
kaylar
To: Esther Ruth
To: kaylar
Sorry, I don't have the link to the DOA's study. I'd like to know how they came up with that-it does sound a bit steep, but maybe not.
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posted on
01/17/2006 3:04:05 PM PST
by
kaylar
To: AmericanDave
You do realize, don't you, that all those people who are married with children *think* that all of us who aren't married and don't have children are doing the same things every night that they're doing to *get* children?
In the words of Gershwin, "It ain't necessarily so."
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posted on
01/17/2006 3:04:22 PM PST
by
Rte66
To: The Worthless Miracle
So we can't be mature without having kids? Seems like a non-sequitor, My statement on post #17 was: There is a certain amount of truth in that statement.
What part of the words a certain amount of truth don't you understand?
(Go pick on somebody else to start an argument with. I'm busy. I don't have the time for it)
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posted on
01/17/2006 3:04:28 PM PST
by
Fiddlstix
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To: WKB
"Which version?"
You really don't get it do you? Just like the decision to have children or not...it's none of your damned business is it?
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posted on
01/17/2006 3:05:07 PM PST
by
CWOJackson
(tancredo? Wasn't he the bounty hunter in the Star Wars trilogy?)
To: CWOJackson
Uh, your attitude is showing again.
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posted on
01/17/2006 3:05:59 PM PST
by
WKB
(If you can't dazzle them with brilliance.. then Baffle them with BS)
To: CWOJackson
I am curious as to why you even read this post?
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posted on
01/17/2006 3:06:27 PM PST
by
Coldwater Creek
("Over there, over there, We won't be back 'til it's over Over there.")
To: William Creel
Noy talking about those, just the ones who CHOOSE not to have childen.
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posted on
01/17/2006 3:07:20 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
To: orionblamblam
No truer words were ever spoken!!!!!!!!!!
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posted on
01/17/2006 3:07:20 PM PST
by
Coldwater Creek
("Over there, over there, We won't be back 'til it's over Over there.")
To: linda_22003
"a culture which mandates that its women produce babies" According to THIS article, that's the Baptists. :) The Baptist leadership can strongly encourage, it cannot mandate
In Islamic states, the status of the man is strongly influenced by the number of children he has. And he CAN mandate that his women satisfy his desires for children, or die
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posted on
01/17/2006 3:07:29 PM PST
by
SauronOfMordor
(A planned society is most appealing to those with the hubris to think they will be the planners)
To: CWOJackson
When you speak God's word, you are speaking for Him.
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posted on
01/17/2006 3:09:18 PM PST
by
Coldwater Creek
("Over there, over there, We won't be back 'til it's over Over there.")
To: WKB
"Uh, your attitude is showing again."
Good for you, then there may be hope. My attitude is that my salvation is between myself and my God. You and your reverend aren't in the equation anywhere. I agree, that kind of attitude isn't very conducive to the religion business.
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posted on
01/17/2006 3:09:30 PM PST
by
CWOJackson
(tancredo? Wasn't he the bounty hunter in the Star Wars trilogy?)
To: kaylar
Foreign Affairs cites the $1 million figure-no idea who came up with that or how-but the $1 million includes lost wages. The stat says $200,000 for each kid, PLUS college costs on top of that. What you're really saying is that it costs a lot to provide a child with a middle-class life thru to independence. If you're a welfare mom just cranking out the kids and not spending anything on them, then your costs are considerably lower
And we can thereby see why the middle-class has such a low birth rate
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posted on
01/17/2006 3:10:27 PM PST
by
SauronOfMordor
(A planned society is most appealing to those with the hubris to think they will be the planners)
To: mariabush
"When you speak God's word, you are speaking for Him."
BS! Anyone can speak God's word. Some people even go so far as to interpret it for Him.
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posted on
01/17/2006 3:10:46 PM PST
by
CWOJackson
(tancredo? Wasn't he the bounty hunter in the Star Wars trilogy?)
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