tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12347325.post1816520551292015656..comments2023-09-13T00:46:08.273-07:00Comments on Laundry and Lullabies: They will know we are Christians by our...Emily (Laundry and Lullabies)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16367630628716619991noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12347325.post-41296498037194910182008-04-29T19:05:00.000-07:002008-04-29T19:05:00.000-07:00I have 4 children, and we are trying for number 5....I have 4 children, and we are trying for number 5. (And yes, we're Christians.) You stopped by my blog the other day, so I had to come by and see who my commenter was. Blessings to you!Shalenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14550373906934164067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12347325.post-25459184822043536322008-04-19T10:58:00.000-07:002008-04-19T10:58:00.000-07:00Interesting post, Emily, and interesting thought. ...Interesting post, Emily, and interesting thought. I've found that two children, closely spaced, is getting to be the norm (at least that's what was extremely common in the secular mom's club I used to belong to) but three or more closely spaced usually is an indicator of a more than nominally Christian (or at least religious) family. There are, of course, lots of exceptions to this - after all,Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12689104216675201913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12347325.post-21378537393218578032008-04-19T09:12:00.000-07:002008-04-19T09:12:00.000-07:00I was afraid this would happen! :) I think some o...I was afraid this would happen! :) I think some of you are misreading me. <BR/><BR/>I'm not saying (at all!) that families with lots of children are "more Christian" than families with few. I specifically mentioned that "Obviously all Christians don't have large families." What I AM saying is that when you see a large family, chances are high that the family follows Jesus. <BR/><BR/>So notEmily (Laundry and Lullabies)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03366768314814574270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12347325.post-4619048058247030932008-04-18T23:38:00.000-07:002008-04-18T23:38:00.000-07:00Interesting thoughts, and interesting comments, al...Interesting thoughts, and interesting comments, all. I didn't read into this post that there is a distinction between # of children and religious piety that others seem to have taken from it. More, I think what you seem to be spotting is an awareness of the shift in priorities within the church family, itself. In the last five to eight years, I've noticed, even within the Protestant churches, butDyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11733424399402841174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12347325.post-5121349009993115852008-04-18T21:25:00.000-07:002008-04-18T21:25:00.000-07:00I gotta go with Jess on this one - the Mormons hav...I gotta go with Jess on this one - the Mormons have us beat solid, and I don't think it's quantity, but quality when it comes to family life. <BR/><BR/>Besides, isn't measuring piety by rate of procreation not entirely Christian? Maybe it's just because I'm teaching ancient and medieval history, but there do seem to be an awful lot of holy people who never had kids - and Paul in fact exhorts Lindshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07435070216112833249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12347325.post-48522555811264888232008-04-18T20:59:00.000-07:002008-04-18T20:59:00.000-07:00I was just listening to a radio broadcast on a sim...I was just listening to a radio broadcast on a similar idea - more children require more self-sacrifice from all members. "only" kids seem extremely spoiled, and as more children are added to the family, the children are less and less spoiled. Similarly mom and dad must give up a lot more when there are more kids. With one or two you can eat out frequently, fly to vacation spots, visit Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12347325.post-85457098149575044272008-04-18T14:16:00.000-07:002008-04-18T14:16:00.000-07:00Huh. I totally thought, at the beginning of this ...Huh. I totally thought, at the beginning of this blog, that you were going to go the other direction with this. That, of course, it's better to have a few kids who know the Nicene Creed (and believe it and act upon it) than to have lots and lots and lots of kids.<BR/><BR/>Especially because the big family might be Mormon or Muslim or something else like that. (Recently, they might be just RICHJessica Snellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17185831697537364088noreply@blogger.com