The Duggars and #19!

[shelleyd2008]

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Good point. In that case, I would be happy with the adoption scenario, then.

Maybe a reality show on adoption just might help inspire more people to adopt thus reducing the number of kids without families to call their own.

That is an excellent idea! That would probably work wonders for the kids that need adopting. A show about older adoptable kids, not babies and toddlers. Everyone wants babies and toddlers!

 

[Crusty McPottydoodle]

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BINGO!

 

[ksacres]

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This is exaclty what I said to my sister. I said that by having unprotected relations, you ARE STILL MAKING A CHOICE. Everyone knows what the ramifications are, it is still a decision you have made.

I don't think God even enters into it. We were given free will for a reason.

I could go out and gather forty pounds of brush, set it on fire, and when it burns down my neighbor's barn-I'll just say "God allowed it to happen, wasn't my fault". 2 + 2 = 4 You set something in motion, you are responsible for it. Not God, not your church, not your religion, not any other crutch of choice.

 

[LarryPQ]

God also gave us free will and the smarts to find methods of birth control. We could always choose fostering and adopting too! Help those that need it, and all that jazz.

 

[redhen]

I'm happy for them... If they are happy and the kids are happy ,then i'm all for it. Why not? Its not my business..

Now..if they were on state aid...THEN..i'd have a problem with it. But their not.
Good luck to them! (Glad it isnt me though!)

 

[mom'sfolly]

The Duggars kinda creep me out and fascinate me too. The other day I sat down and figured out how long there was between each child. I came up with 20 months max. Two days ago I told the dh that she would be announcing she was pregnant again, since the youngest was 8 months old. I got the age info off their website.

Here's a link that sort of explains the underlying foundation of their beliefs. It boils down to doing anything that prevents a child, even abstaining, is rejecting God's gifts. So they will continue having children until they physically cannot.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiverfull

 

[toredano]

Its a " insert female genital word" and not a clown car.

I cant stand them and their holier than thou stuff.. Funny how they teach their kids what they believe in and what the bible says but yet they are not above taking money for the TV series .
BTW .. they got their 7 k square foot house finished by the Discover channel or whatever channel their show is airing on now.


Why not adopt ? I am sure Arkansas has their share of unwanted children. But they opted to crank out kid after kid after kid.

Sorry but I think they need to be hit on the head with a sledgehammer to wake up .

 

[toredano]

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Dunno but our income is very close to that.. one car payment.. one morgage ( 500 a month)and a teenager at home.. And we barely make it..
And no credit cards whatswhoever..

I guess beeing frugal and buying at thriftstores does the trick..

 

[phoenixmama]

This will be probably the most heated thing I've said to date on BYC. However...

I cannot believe how rude and ugly some of these posts have been! My goodness. The Duggars live life the way they do because of their religious beliefs. To call them egocentric and narcissistic is completely missing the point...and darned repugnant! Raising children to them is a way to glorify God.

Psalm 127:3-5

3 Sons are a heritage from the LORD,
children a reward from him.
4 Like arrows in the hands of a warrior
are sons born in one's youth.
5 Blessed is the man
whose quiver is full of them.
They will not be put to shame
when they contend with their enemies in the gate.

Another poster actually lumped the Duggars and the "octomom" in the same sentence?! How absurd. The Duggars are a two parent household taking care of their own family. Medicaid paid for the birth of the octomom's babies. She didn't even have her own place. I mean seriously.

And then there were other posters referring to Mrs. Duggar somehow missing out on life because she has so many children. This is what I really took personally. Granted, I only have three. I would love to have more but I cannot...darn cancer. My family IS my life. I guess that is a perspective that one can only gain when faced with something like I've been dealing with these last few years. There is nothing I'm interested in that I cannot somehow involve the rest of my family...chickens, gardening, knitting, cooking, camping. Am I missing out somehow because I don't have all this overrated "me" time? Heck no. I guarantee I feel more fulfilled and less resentful then anyone who elevates "me time" to such a pedestal.

 

[Crusty McPottydoodle]

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I don't see anything in that quote that says that the quiver can't be full of adopted children.