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To: MayflowerMadam
“1 Timothy 5:8 (KJV) But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.” The Bible is clearer on this than it is regarding birth control. MUCH clearer. Having a kid every few years easily could force a man to engage in sin, i.e., not provide.

Sorry, but that is plainly wrong. The condemnation of 1 Timothy 5:8 is that of a man who refuses to provide for his own, not someone who cannot, which Scripture teaches to help, and which builds community.

Large families also tend to better teach tolerance, sharing, conflict resolving and community, versus the easily offended snowflakes so much turned out by the 1.5 (typically spoiled) child households that The Pill has fostered.

And in America, actual poverty is very rare, and having large families usually ensure someone will care for you when you get old.

The only birth control that is Scripture is not being married, and temperance if they are, and if evangelicals had more children then the demographics would not be in such a bad condition as regards electing conservatives.

47 posted on 09/15/2019 7:04:13 PM PDT by daniel1212 ( Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + follow Him)
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To: daniel1212

“The condemnation of 1 Timothy 5:8 is that of a man who refuses to provide for his own, not someone who cannot”

That’s not what the Bible says. You’ve added “refuses”. It’s a sin to add to the Word of God.

“having large families usually ensure someone will care for you when you get old.”

That’s sort of hilarious. The stories my husband, a Hospice volunteer, tell would curl your hair. Large families living within 25 miles of the nursing home — they never visit their parents. They generally do show up for the funerals, though.

“The only birth control that is Scripture is not being married, and temperance if they are,”

“Temperance if they are”? Isn’t “temperance” in this context birth control?


53 posted on 09/16/2019 6:04:31 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (A man's greatest strength is his greatest weakness.)
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