I came across this story last week and almost forgot about it.
Michelle Duggar just gave birth to her 17th child! She and her husband Jim Bob (you saw that one coming didn't you) are wing-nut Christians and believe they are doing god's work, you know, multiplying and all.
According to the family's website, early in their marriage the couple decided that one child was enough for now and was using birth control pills. Michelle, despite being on the pill, inadvertently conceived and promptly miscarried. Their doctor advised the couple that this is a rare but possible occurrence. Because they are devout Christians,
"They realized that their selfish actions had taken the life of their child. They prayed and asked God to forgive them, and to teach them to love children like He loves children. They asked God to bless them with as many children as He saw fit in His timing."
The couple immediately stopped using the pill and began churning out kids at an amazing rate. Apparently their doctor left out the bit about other methods of birth control like say for instance, condoms, but oh wait, that is against god's plan isn't it.
Take a walk with me down the slippery slope of Fuzzy Logic Hill for a moment. God doesn't want us to "interfere" with his divine plan for us. Having an abortion is murder. Using any method of birth control is wrong.* Does that mean if a man was in the mood and his wife had a headache that she was sinning? After all she is interfering with the big man's plan for her to multiply isn't she? Somehow I don't see that argument working well. "But honey, come on, god really wants us to bang!"
Some interesting facts:
Michelle Duggar with 2 sets of twins has been pregnant for 126 months or 10 1/2 years of her life!
The children's names are: Joshua, Jana & John-David (twins), Jill, Jessa, Jinger, Joseph, Josiah, Joy-Anna, Jedidiah & Jeremiah (twins), Jason, James, Justin, Jackson, Johannah, and now Jennifer.
And I know you are wondering, YES, the couple plan to have more kids (if the lord sees fit to bestow more upon them)
*God seems to be on board with sexually transmitted diseases like HIV however, and has no problem whatsoever with cranking out more kids than can be fed, clothed, or sheltered. Makes perfect sense to me.
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