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...

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. ...

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

I agree. I'm not advocating to go out and have them if you are not ready. I'm just saying once you do, it'll make you a stronger person than when you were kidless, if you do things the right way.

so.... okay.. let me get this straight IF you're ready to have kids (how one knows this is beyond me), and IF you do things the right way (which there are what, 10000 variations) , THEN having k...

When you have to take care of another individual of course it opens up your perception of reality more. You have to be more self-sacrificing. You'll see when the time comes. There's one variat...

ok but please don't say "WHEN" why does it have to be "WHEN" When you have kids to me having kids is about as desirable as having my legs amputated so I woudl hope that it is not a ques...

Ok Catwoman. Hahaha....

in all seriousness, arguing on this topic is pointless and I am ashamed that i have participated in it at all, but like i said it is a sore spot for me because I have been dealing with this my whol...

Once again, I never said a person cannot be strong without kids. And you are definitely not strange for choosing to be childless. I'd stand there next to you and defend you amongst people like th...