Posted on 10/29/2022 5:50:26 AM PDT by gunsmithkat
The whole culture has been shifted towards the world of children in adult bodies. This seems to be a deliberate effort operating on all fronts, but especially in popular culture as a brainwashing tool — which is the known battlefield for subversive powers with long-term plans used for takeover. Our artificial idols and stories created in Hollywood and elsewhere encourage a lifestyle that does not include children. This started a long time ago — think of “Sex and the City”.
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God has successfully brought down every demonic plot for millennia, at His set time. He has also prepared a lake of fire for the devil and his angels. The chief architect of our woes (along with all his cohorts) is headed for a certain and eternal destruction.
Children are just a long term investment in the future.
As I told my daughter: Children will be the most work and the greatest accomplishment in your life.
Children are expensive.
Doing without them is even more so, in terms of rewards from life.
We were meant to have and raise children.
You are correct about Ayn Rand. It is one of her great failings.
She, however, got many things right, and is a great author.
They have tried to chop away the rugged cross,
But some day, the Lord will show them who is boss.
He will count the faithful standing his side,
And in darkness, he will lock the rest outside.
--Brad Crandall, 1952
Selfishness was at the root of Angel Lucifer’s evil.
The most beautiful Angel was jealous.
After doing a little genealogical work on my ancestors, I’ve come to the view that fertility varied widely in the past.
Direct ancestors in my pedigree tend to come from large families, but this appears to just be survivor bias. Given that someone presently exists, they are likely to have come from ancestors with large families in the past, simple because they had more descendants.
But if one looks at the aunts and uncles, there are lots that never married, married too late to have children, died after having one or two (especially aunts), and so forth.
There is a lot to dig into here. Thanks for posting.
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