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forrestina Feb 21, 2007

Brotherman, while I understand your point and how having children affected your life, I've personally seen many scenarios of families ripped apart-both parents and children leaving Jehovah. The pa...

brotherman Feb 22, 2007

Then those parents were never strong in the first place or let their guard down. The bible refers to children as a gift. If people are looking at them as burdens then they miss the whole point. ...

thefunkyfresh Feb 22, 2007

all she's saying is it's not always a good idea to have kids.

forrestina forrestinaOG 2002

It is up to each individual person to determine their devotion. Granted, children with parent(s) that are serving Jehovah have better circumstances to make that choice, but that doesn't mean they will. The same thing with the parents-if their children don't make that choice, they might weaken their attachment to Jehovah because of their relationship with their children or disappointment (or any other number of reasons). Your faith is an ongoing confidence that can be built up or torn down. For you personally, it's great that having children helped you strengthen that. Funky understood me, all I was trying to mention was that you can't make the generalization that having children will have a positive effect on someone's spirituality.

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