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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]But their parents did not desire 20 kids. They were open to however many kids God gave them. In their case, it happened to be 20. They were exceptionally fertile. But 99.9999% of families who are open to life have nowhere near as many children. That's applying a contraceptive mentality to the way being open to life actually plays out. The contraceptive mentality says "I am in control.". The open to life mentality says "God is in control."

Most open to life families in my community have 5-7 children. Many have lost children to miscarriage. Many more have adopted, because their own fertility was compromised. Truly large families are exceptional. Not because the parents desired a certain number; that's just the way God shaped their families.[/quote]

If you watched the show you would know that this is a crock. Michelle and Jim Bob actively tried to have as many kids as possible. She tracks her fertility to an extent that the older girls know when she's ovulating. They showed the family calendar once in an earlier episode and her cycle was on there, and one of the girls was encouraging her to take a pregnancy test. I don't call that "leaving it up to God" as they claim.

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Yes.  She also weans her babies relatively early so as to return to a fertile state asap.  She tracks her cycles on the family refrigerator.

That is not "open to life"; that is seeking pregnancy.[/quote]

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