I'm not trying to appear dense! I honestly "don't get it." Yes, of course I agree that you want to have a strong family who can love and support one another. I love big families! Blood is thicker than water, etc. I guess what I objected to was that EVERYONE should give birth to six kids, and if they don't they are in some kind of sin or rebellion from God. I also objected to the notion of Christians who don't have the material resources or emotional where with all, having more kids than they can support--both emotionally and materially. I'm not a snob. I don't think new clothes or a new car are necessary to be a good parent! I actually feel great when I get a "deal" at a yard sale or my fruality pays off. I have made a choice to have kids and not big expensive vacations or own a home, etc. and that is fine. I guess what I'm objecting to are the families that are horribly poor and stressed, and the dad going around at church sqwauking about how many kids he has!

I also have to keep in mind that you are talking strictly about "Christians" correct? Because from all that I have seen doing foster care, women having kids upon kids they can't take care of and the attendent heartbreak for the families....I wish birth control was used more widely. There are a profound number of children in the foster care system because their parents could not mentally or financially care for them...my adopted daughter is one of eight children in her birth family-all the kids are in different foster or adoptive homes. I love her more than life and praise God that her mother didn't abort. But when her birth mother had her tubes tied after my daughter was born, I sighed a huge sigh of relief.