gitana1
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My daughter just loves "Counting On" and she records all the episodes on our dvr. Well last night she was watching one of the episodes and yet another one of them was pregnant yet AGAIN. I guess I just don't get the facination with trying to have as many children as possible. It seems to me all them are trying to compete with their brothers and sister to see who can have the most kids. I'm an only child and I always prayed to God for a brother or sister but I would have hated to be a part of that huge huge huge strange family. I sure as heck wouldn't have worn skirts my entire life.
It's their culture. They're Independent Fundamentalist Baptists and Quiverfull, which is a Christian Dominionist philosophy. They believe that God gives a man arrows to put in his quiver so that there will be an army to fight the infidels. The ALERT academy that their sons go is training ground for this.
Also, this is Christian Patriarchy. A woman's worth is in being a wife and mother. And the more kids, the more value. Here is an analogy:
Getting married is like having a high school diploma.
Having one child is like having an AA degree.
Having 3-6 kids is like having a BA. Having 7-10 is like obtaining a master's degree.
Michelle Duggar has a doctorate. Lol.
Procreation is what the girls are conditioned and trained to want to do. They have few other options except possibly an online college class, or maybe working in a somewhat sex-segregated job like being a doula, or hairdresser, but only until marriage, and of course working with male family members like brothers, dads and husbands, or sometimes having an online business.
They believe birth control causes miscarriages and it is firmly against their religious beliefs.
Andrea Yates had the same beliefs.