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Be Fruitful and Multiply
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2018 10:03 pm
by Blessed
Do intentionally childless people violate this commandment?
Give it to me straight.
Re: Be Fruitful and Multiply
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 12:03 am
by Kurieuo
Wasn't that given to Adam and Eve?
Also, WWJD?
Re: Be Fruitful and Multiply
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 5:06 am
by Philip
What if your swimmers can't get the job done?
Anyway, I've done my contribution to world population - two is aplenty.
But there's a guy at church who is probably about 40 - he and his wife have produced five kids. I don't know of anyone else my age or younger who has more than three - DO YOU GUYS know of anyone with five or more? When I was a kid, three children was the norm, and four wasn't uncommon. My parents had five (which is insane!).
Re: Be Fruitful and Multiply
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 5:24 am
by Kurieuo
My wife tells me she looks after five kids, but we've only had four so I don't know what she's on about.
Re: Be Fruitful and Multiply
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 5:30 am
by Philip
Anyway, looks like white people haven't been doing their contribution - maybe God's allotted time for palefaces is about done?
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/us/w ... ation.html
Re: Be Fruitful and Multiply
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 6:05 am
by RickD
Kurieuo wrote: ↑Wed Jun 20, 2018 5:24 am
My wife tells me she looks after five kids, but we've only had four so I don't know what she's on about.
It's nice when a woman knows her place.
Re: Be Fruitful and Multiply
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 6:07 am
by RickD
My wife comes from a catholic family.
She's the youngest of 6.
And her dad had 10 siblings.
Re: Be Fruitful and Multiply
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 7:47 am
by claysmithr
Kurieuo wrote: ↑Wed Jun 20, 2018 12:03 am
Wasn't that given to Adam and Eve?
Also, WWJD?
To be fair, can you imagine the theological problems that would arise if Jesus had children?
Re: Be Fruitful and Multiply
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 11:35 am
by Philip
Rick: My wife comes from a catholic family.
She's the youngest of 6.
And her dad had 10 siblings.
Catholic birth control of the past: Have so many hungry kids at the table that, when supper's meager portions are finally served, occasionally one of the smaller ones gets eaten in the ensuing feeding frenzy!
My Catholic FIL was raised in just such a family. First time I met him, we went to a very nice tablecloth-type restaurant. The server plopped down his meal and by the time everyone was served, FIL's plate was empty. I was in shock at how anyone could eat so fast. I think his family invented that phrase, "He who hesitates is lost!"
Re: Be Fruitful and Multiply
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2018 10:29 am
by UsagiTsukino
But that’s from the OT not NT meaning we don’t have to follow it. I mean not everyone can have children due to many reason. We aren’t saved by works but by Jesus