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No, not for the sake of arguing, but I am interested in the topic, so I continue to ask questions. I genuinely don't see how your life is better used by having more children. Perhaps it could be for some.
If most Mormons believe this (do you? I still don't even know as no one has responded to that portion of the inquiry)--why have sizes of families among Mormons shrunk? |
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We no longer have prophets in the truest sense, just administrative gatekeepers. Visions and miracles have ceased. Where are JS's visions, those that proclaim to have touched the hands of Christ, or those who wrestle with the great questions? We have become Borg, IBM and our distinctions are no more, lest you wear a white shirt.
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From where will the power come to be invested again? When will visions return? The passion of Mormonism is sleeping, hopefully not dead.
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As Waters said, the great mass of professional humanity is fungible. A farmer, lawyer, doctor, is a farmer, lawyer, doctor. I'd make an exception for artists defined broadly, although having children arguably makes artists better by expanding the range of experience to express in their chosen art form. But a lawyer sitting at her desk wondering if she can serve humanity more by not having kids? Ridiculous. A legacy of a compassionate, honest citizens is rich indeed. And the whole premise of your argument is wrong: except for the very, very few (Mother Teresa), child-rearing and service outside the family are not mutually exclusive. There's a season for all things. But if you have to choose, don't miss the Spring.
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