by ET » Fri Jun 05, 2015 2:25 pm
Dave, I'm puzzled as to where you get the belief that these folks (either the Duggars or the Duck Dynasty folks) are supposedly held up as the ideal. Certainly the Robertsons don't claim that and have been honest about their failings earlier in life. My youngest daughter enjoyed watching "19 Kids" and I've watched episodes with her here and there, but never felt anyone was promoting this as the "ideal" family pattern.
I certainly have never heard anyone argue that having only one child could be construed to be a lack of blessing from God. The Quiverfull subset of Christians may make that argument, but if so, I am unaware. I think if anything, the argument would be that any child or additional child one has is a blessing from the Lord (and should never been lamented as "oh no, another mouth to feed"), but that doesn't mean that if you don't have a "large" family, you are somehow being shone less favor in God's eyes.
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