Harriet #fundie

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If more Christians would allow Christ to be lord of their family size (and stop being DECEIVED that 2 children are enough!), then in 4 generations, cultural trends in America will be reversed. It is simple mathematics:

2 parents with 2 children who have 2 children, etc. will in 4 generations affect 32 people.
2 parents with 5 children who also have 5 children, etc. will in 4 generations affect 625 people.
2 parents with 8 children who also have 8 children, etc. will in 4 generations affect 4096 people.
2 parents with 12 children who also have 12 children, etc. will in 4 generations affect 20,736.

20,736 will outvote 32 votes everytime! Even when they cheat!

I think this is TRUE survival of the fittest!

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old comment by sandman

Figure out the real math.

Let's just take the worst-of-the-worst of the fundies: the IFBs.

There are aproximately 200,000 declared members of hard-core IFB churches in the United States. Let's say that only 100,000 of them are of child-bearing status.

That's 50,000 couples. If they all adopt the 12-kids-policy, in 4 generations they will multiply into 1,036,800,000 people. A billion people from 100,000 in 4 generations.

If all "Christians" in the United States followed this model, in 4 generations the US population would top 830,440,000,000. 830 billion. Well, atually it wouldn't. With all Christians following this policy we would overwhelm the earth's ability to sustain life by the third generation. This is not "survival of the fittest," this is species suicide by breeding.

old comment by SophieEleven

Er... this dummy is assuming that every child will grow up have the exact same number of children as their parents did. That's silly and impossible to predict (or assure). It's like these fundies are getting dumber and further from reality by the day.

Harriet dear, YOU do not have the right to decide for anybody how many kids is 'enough'. For some people, two children is the right number, for others it is no children, and for yet others it is seven or ten, etc. I love my large family and plan to adopt more needy kids, but I would never force my ideal of family onto someone else with a different life, desires, income, and values.

Also, there are very few people nowadays who could effectively handle a family of twelve- consider the housing and basic needs expenses (Hell, with what things cost, quite a few families have trouble affording one or two babies). Harriet here seems to forget that it is often hard to survive nowadays without both parents working- and to try that with twelve kids would probably not work out too great for most people.

And let's not forget about the environmental impact of so many huge families, since fundies in particular are too lazy/blind/self-centered to live 'green'. You know full well that they would not all be turning to cloth diapers, green building, hybrid cars and solar power... because they think caring for the environment is *TEH DEBBIL!!1!11!*. It would be disastrous on so many levels.

As most sane people know, how big one's family gets is a very personal/family decision, and no one size could possibly work for all couples. Having kids so they can be politically-valuable cattle is neither a good nor healthy thing...yet these fundies really think they are for 'family values'. *snorts in disgust*

Ugh. Besides all that, I'm now imagining tons of fundie families with a dozen children each (all looking like those kids from "Village of the Damned"). Now THAT is a scary thought.

old comment by Anonymous

And we're to make these children believe in their parent's political beliefs through brainwashing, yes? Does that include keeping them getting educations in a setting with students and teachers of varying beliefs, forcing them to only read from a predetermined list of books, and keeping them away from that devil called the television? What about going out in public? Are they allowed to go on vacations and to the supermarket or is that only allowed if they wear earplugs and bags over their heads?

Oh I'm sorry, I just realized that you people don't call it brainwashing anymore. I believe the term you'd use is "faith in god." One more question. Does god provide the bags that you cover their eyes with or do you have to go and get them yourselves?

old comment by SapphireWolf

Okay Its late and I'm bored so heres a short play:

*Enter newly married couple. Husband(Michael) is a fundy Christian, wife(Linda) is a Christian who came from a family of twelve kids and was one of the middle children. Lets listen in as they discuss there future kids*

Michael: So, Honey, how many kids do you think would please The Lord? Ten, twelve, fourteen?

Linda: Hmm... well I don't think its up to us to decide. I'm sure God will give us as many as he wants us to have. Hopefully...

*Flashback to when Linda was thirteen*
Linda, after having to wait an hour to get into the bathroom finds the water cold and that they have run out of shampoo...and conditioner...and soap,,,and someone seems to of used her tooth brush to clean the floor.
*Flashback*
Getting dressed: All her clothes are hand me downs (including the bras) and most of them haven't been washed due to the back up in the laundry room...which seems to have also backed up in to the hallway...and the office...and to every square inch of floor in the house.
*Flashback*
Breakfast time: Linda finally arrives in the kitchen ten minuets latter due to having to force on a shirt that is two sizes too small and after tripping over someones jeans, that where laying on the stairs, and almost twisting her ankle, only to find that all the good cereals have been finished. She pours herself a bowl of Bran Flakes and reaches for the milk. It's empty. She eats her dry tasteless Bran Flakes while trying to avoid getting covered in her sisters orange juice... she is unsuccessful.
*Flashback*
Time for school: Linda arrives at her high school in her orange juice stained second hand shirt and skirt with five of her brothers and sisters (two sets of twins if your curious how six kids are in one school). She hears whispered comments from fellow students about her parents over active sex life. The words “rabbits” and “too dumb to figure out how to open a box of condoms” are heard multiple times.
*Flashback*
Classes: Constant comments from teacher such as “why can't you be more like your sister” “your brother was so good at basketball maybe you could get pointers from him” “you haven't done the reading assignment? Your sister would have been halfway through the book by now” “come on algebra isn't that hard your brother was a genius at it after all.” are herd in almost every class.
*Flashback*
Arriving Home: four of her siblings are fighting over the remote Linda knows it hopeless to even try. She makes her way upstairs to the room she shares with her older sister(who wasn't mentioned before because she was too busy eating her Lucky Charms and pouring a glass of orange juice.) to try and take a nap. Her sister has the CD player on. Loud. And she's on the phone. Linda doesn't even know how her sister can carry on a conversation with this racket on. It's impossible. As is falling asleep.
*End Flashback*
Linda:... One.

Michael: Surely the Lord would... (is cut off)

Linda: We're having One! And then your having a vasectomy.

Michael: Now be Reasonable Li...

Linda: Your having a vasectomy or no more sex.

Michael: oh come on...

Linda: NO... MORE... SEX

(silence)

Michael: right you are honey. One child. The Lord only wants us to have One kid.

(more Silence)
*End Scene*

Okay short by play standards but long by comment standards.

Harriet #fundie cseblogs.com

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