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Offline Matthew

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Re: Interview with Matthew, the Moderator
« Reply #40 on: September 05, 2018, 04:48:21 PM »
Quote from: Ladislaus on September 05, 2018, 03:53:51 PM
Yeah, it's funny that I routinely get derided by people in the world for having 6, but then looked down on by Traditional Catholics for having 6.  There's one woman at our local chapel here who pops a child out every 9 months.  Having gotten married practically the day she turned 18, she's on pace to have 25-30.  She too doesn't breastfeed (IMO on purpose) because it's like some contest she has going on with her sister (who's trying to do the same thing).  I'm just waiting for her to get induced at 7 months going forward.  And, yes, breastfeeding does tend to space children out about 2 years apart.
I think if God meant for the average family to have double-digit children, then polygamy would still be a thing (that is, a permissible thing, like in Old Testament times). 
Those children DO need to be raised as well. Educating children is a lot of work for 2 parents. Hooray for not artificially limiting family size, but do they have to go to the opposite extreme? They almost make a mockery of Traditional Catholics when they do that.
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Offline forlorn

Re: Interview with Matthew, the Moderator
« Reply #41 on: September 05, 2018, 04:50:44 PM »
Quote from: Ladislaus on September 05, 2018, 03:53:51 PM
Yeah, it's funny that I routinely get derided by people in the world for having 6, but then looked down on by Traditional Catholics for having 6.  There's one woman at our local chapel here who pops a child out every 9 months.  Having gotten married practically the day she turned 18, she's on pace to have 25-30.  She too doesn't breastfeed (IMO on purpose) because it's like some contest she has going on with her sister (who's trying to do the same thing).  I'm just waiting for her to get induced at 7 months going forward.  And, yes, breastfeeding does tend to space children out about 2 years apart.
Breast-feeding is actually crucial for a child's long term health and development, it's a shame that even many Trad mothers are skipping it. 
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Offline forlorn

Re: Interview with Matthew, the Moderator
« Reply #42 on: September 05, 2018, 04:52:58 PM »
Quote from: Matthew on September 05, 2018, 04:48:21 PM
I think if God meant for the average family to have double-digit children, then polygamy would still be a thing (that is, a permissible thing, like in Old Testament times).
Those children DO need to be raised as well. Educating children is a lot of work for 2 parents. Hooray for not artificially limiting family size, but do they have to go to the opposite extreme? They almost make a mockery of Traditional Catholics when they do that.
Agreed, I don't think double-digit families were EVER the norm. They certainly existed, but even long before birth control had ever been invented, most families didn't have that many kids. 
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Offline Matthew

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Re: Interview with Matthew, the Moderator
« Reply #43 on: September 05, 2018, 05:16:28 PM »
Think of it this way: Trads (or any other woman) who don't breastfeed their babies are setting them out to be different from Our Lord at the tender age of 1, 2, or 5 weeks old. If they can't imitate Our Lord at 5 weeks old, how can they hope to imitate Him later in life when it is so much more difficult?

How will the children understand how much Jesus loved His mother, when they aren't as bonded to their own mother, due to skipping breastfeeding which is known to create a strong bond between mother and child? Especially if the mother goes on to work outside the home, send children to public school, etc.

Religion doesn't happen in a vacuum. Nature is a foundation that grace builds upon.

How can we do God's will in difficult things when we can't even follow basic dictates of nature as God designed it?
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Offline Geremia

Re: Interview with Matthew, the Moderator
« Reply #44 on: September 05, 2018, 06:44:57 PM »
Quote from: Matthew on September 05, 2018, 05:16:28 PM
Nature is a foundation that grace builds upon.
But our nature needs grace just to return back to normalcy, even before we can do things beyond nature's ability.
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