have lots of children

This is my first entry, but after reading Yatata’s one I have to say something!
I’m guessing first of all that you are not a Christian.. consider it… it’s the best decision you’ll ever make.. not to mention a vital one!
But the crux of this is that over population is a myth. Why do I say this? You just have to look at the pro-creation statistics of the nations to realise that most of the world’s nations are imploding!! That is right… China for instance has an average birth rate of 1.4, Korea 1.2 (the lowest of any nation), Australia 1.7 etc… That means for each woman in that country 1.2 etc children are born. So think about it logically.. if 1 billion people in China are HALVING their ‘persons’ by having one child between two in the next generation there will be HALF A BILLION people and so on and so on!!!!!!!!! How can anyone believe that we are over populated!
YES children are starving to death.. but it not lack of food that is the problem. It is lack of equality in resources amongst nations…
And history has shown that the bigger the population the more efficient and economical the food production is. For example look at America, when it was first settled the Native Americans were few in number but were on the verge of starving! There are now millions of people in America and they are far from starving! More people = better farming etc.

Anyway, you can believe what the world tells you but ‘as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord!’ and that includes having lots of children. They are a blessing not a curse.

Hey, i found this site quite randomly, but i’d just like to say that my dream is to have 15 children, whether my own or adopted, i just love children. But i believe there is nothing wrong with bringing more children into the world. As far as i can see this is a christian website, and surely they believe, as i do, that we were alive before we came to earth, just as we live on after. Therefore, there is no excuse of saying, we shouldnt overpopulate the planet, because, the end of the world cannot come to pass until all the spirits that are waiting in the premortal existence, to have the chance to be born and recieve a body. I hope people reading can make sense of this! I just had to say my piece! Oh and just to mention i am the 7th child out of 8, my mum was 1 of 5, and my dad is 1 of 9, i wont even begin to count my cousins, and trust me nothing beats a big family! All my friends aare very jelous of it! No amount of possessions, oppurtunities, or success can overide the joy of having each other!

I love kids, I want to have lottttssss of them. God created me to be a mom not just to the kids i give birth to but to my 2 sponsored children, I want to adopt, and orphans that I’m going to take care of during my ministry. I CAN NOT WWAIIT!

well…one is enough for me…
LOL
I think I’ll adopt if I ever want more kids…

Well I have had 5 children now… and I love them all very much…. Hubby says maybe just one more but I dont know!! LOL

who wouldnt want to have kids?
a child is
you and the one you love most
together in a little life that you get to create
<3...

a little rant:

Not to be a downer or anything – but let’s look at the big picture please.

Let’s read some books and educate ourselves on human population. Let’s all stop thinking that we as individuals are somehow special, (although I’m sure you are all very nice, interesting people). Let’s take a step back, and stop thinking that you, who have been blessed with functioning reproductive organs, are entitled to have as many kids as “god gives you”.

because God has also blessed us with brains. And with these brains we have mad observations, which have led to conclusions, like the one that says that we cannot keep having babies like rabbits. and by ‘we’ i mean gasp you. and I. and everybody. I know you’re special, and you’ve got these really great genes that you’ve just GOT to pass on, and raising many little ‘yous’ is a joy like no hallmark card could describe… but no.

This kind of procreative navel gazing happens I suppose because we live in a bubble – in our towns or cities or neighborhoods; and we are in contact throughout our lives with the tiniest fraction of the human population, which makes our immediate world seem so small, and we ourselves so incredibly important.

What most of us (including me) find it difficult to fully understand – is that you and I are just two people in billions (over 6 billion). And not to sound too apocalyptic – isn’t it sad how I have to apologize for stating the truth – but that is billions more than earth can support.

My personal little rule of thumb is don’t make more than they took to make.

So in other words only two babies. or one. or none.

Or two and adopt as many as you’ve ever dreamed of. There are countless infants and children out there who now need homes and love and education and millions of tons of resources for their lifetime.

This is probably not coming across in any kind of impactful way – since the topic is so taboo – telling someone they shouldn’t have kids is usually taken as a personal insult. But seriously, if we could just shrink our ego’s a bit… And I know that these are just words on some blog, but you’d be doing the world a service if you are reading this to please if you haven’t yet done so, at least read a little on the subject, and at most take a current events or global politics course at your local community college.

Am I sounding too bleeding heart here?

Apathy’s a bitch!

http://www.prb.org/Content/NavigationMenu/PRB/Educators/Human_Population/Population_Growth/Population_Growth.htm

“The main thing with the state our populace is in now, is lack of education on that topic. I think that the topic should approached more and more by the youth as well as the adults. There are many ways of controlling the population.”

My husband and I have 4 kids… I think in these times that qualifies as “lots of children”. It’s fun and rewarding in many ways, but it’s ALOT of work… my job never ends as they are all under the age of 5.

We love children. Our goal is to have as many children as God wants to give us. I honestly don’t know what that means, 2 or 20. I know it means at least 2 because we have two already.

The funny thing is that some people think we are crazy! Why would we want to subject ourselves to that? But we don’t know when God might decide to close my womb. I may never be able to get pregnant again. I think that in our culture we are so used to having everything right at our finger tips. And if it doesn’t come naturally then we can alter the means because we want it. It’s the same with babies. I am grateful that we live in a country that we have the freedom to have as many children as we want, but the way things are going and the way the church is being so silent about everything-that may not be the case down the road a ways. We have adapted to the worlds mentality that birth control is a given and slowly even abortion is ebbing it’s way into the common Christian’s viewpoints.

Some day we too may adobt the mentality of population control. So until then, we will keep having as many babies as God leads us to have. And people will think we are freaks, and we are okay with that-because we love our children. The funny thing is that the people who think we are freaks love our children too and they still think we are freaks! :)

I adore children. I can’t wait to have kids! It’s not a biological clock thing, it’s not a commitment thing – it’s just me, I want to have some. And if I don’t have my own, I’m going to have to adopt! I can’t figure out how this is going to affect gradschool plans, but it has to happen.