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yortsed snacilbuper

(7,939 posts)
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 01:51 PM Jun 2020

Evangelical Writer: Christians Can Win the Culture Wars By Having More Kids!

Conservative Christians have been in deep despair this week, ever since the Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision saying anti-discrimination laws that protect employees on the basis of “sex” apply to gay and transgender people, too. (The question of whether an employer’s religious beliefs can override those rules has been kicked down the road.)

Kevin DeYoung, a writer for The Gospel Coalition, is one of those people very concerned about this shift in the culture, where even two conservative justices could side with the Court’s liberals.

But don’t worry! He has a plan to beat the system!

Evangelicals just need to have lots of children and raise them to be “culture warriors.” That will solve everything!

This is actually one of the oldest evangelistic tactics in the book — we’ll outbreed everyone! — but DeYoung writes about it in a way that makes it seem like his clan is desperately grasping at straws to stay relevant:

The future belongs to the fecund. It’s time for happy warriors who seek to “renew the city” and “win the culture war” by investing in their local church, focusing on the family, and bringing the kingdom to bear on the world, one baby at a time.

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/06/19/evangelical-writer-christians-can-win-the-culture-wars-by-having-more-kids/?utm_medium=Push&utm_source=WebPush&utm_campaign=Push_FA_RSS

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Evangelical Writer: Christians Can Win the Culture Wars By Having More Kids! (Original Post) yortsed snacilbuper Jun 2020 OP
Wasn't that the concept behind the "Quiverfull" Movement? no_hypocrisy Jun 2020 #1
Yeah. Aristus Jun 2020 #3
Um...the kids so raised are leaving the flock Maeve Jun 2020 #2
The kids are wise today to how F'ed up the flock is. n/t RKP5637 Jun 2020 #5
Evangelism, lies, cons, manipulation, guilt, shaming, and other cult tactics, large families... Thomas Hurt Jun 2020 #4
The cults of stupidity and Idiocracy! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2020 #7
Shades of Idiocracy! Gadzooks! Newest Reality Jun 2020 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author Upthevibe Jun 2020 #9
Well, it's not looking so good for the growth of Upthevibe Jun 2020 #8
Offer cash to families NOT to have children. roamer65 Jun 2020 #10
This☝️ I_UndergroundPanther Jun 2020 #11
More old ideas are new again... Alacritous Crier Jun 2020 #12
I am from a large Catholic family. I think one of my sister's still belongs to a church. It may even Tech Jun 2020 #13

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
4. Evangelism, lies, cons, manipulation, guilt, shaming, and other cult tactics, large families...
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 01:59 PM
Jun 2020

all about getting money into the pocket of the church and the pastor.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
6. Shades of Idiocracy! Gadzooks!
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 02:01 PM
Jun 2020

One could argue that Idiocracy was a documentary in disguise, however we see its message reinforced these days in many ways:

Response to Newest Reality (Reply #6)

roamer65

(36,745 posts)
10. Offer cash to families NOT to have children.
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 02:37 PM
Jun 2020

That’s how to start the process of population reduction.

Also free birth control, free vasectomies and ultra cheap OTC abortion drugs.

Also...ABORTION ON DEMAND.

Our existence on this planet depends on it.

Tech

(1,771 posts)
13. I am from a large Catholic family. I think one of my sister's still belongs to a church. It may even
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 03:33 PM
Jun 2020

be a Catholic church. The rest of us are reformed.

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