Comments on: Large Families

By: WanderingTraveler

WanderingTraveler — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:43:53 +0000

I have 9 siblings and, being the oldest, I definitely saw the humor in that.

By: Ted

Ted — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 05:18:08 +0000

Never thought I’d say this, but thank God my family is sane. The rule, according to my mom, “two hands, two kids.”

By: Easterlily241

Easterlily241 — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:58:53 +0000

Ahhhhh! I have nine siblings. And a brother-in-law. It definitely made things interesting.

@ChickenBob: closed captions is a lifesaver. Don’t try to watch with all of us, say, Inception, without it….

By: joe

joe — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:39:01 +0000

Scott – God created satire and enjoys it. I’m sure as your grow in spiritual walk you will too.

By: Don

Don — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 18:27:13 +0000

“After all, the best way to make sure there are always a supply of young fundamentalists is to grow your own.”
The only other steady supplies are church splits and other forms of sheep stealin’. People who wake up and think, leave the movement ‘toot sweet’.

By: Darrell

Darrell — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:51:01 +0000

Unfortunately you have been brainwashed by the prevailing culture that says that anything more than 1.4 children is an inconvenience and will crimp oneâ€™s lifestyle or income.

I have 5 brothers and a sister. I understand big families and I love mine. If you read closely you’ll see that’s not what this bit of humor is about.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:40:27 +0000

Friend, you are not so much poking fun at IFBs but at many Christians of all persuasions around the world and ultimately God Himself. God makes it clear in His Word that children are His heritage and that the fruit of the womb is His reward. Unfortunately you have been brainwashed by the prevailing culture that says that anything more than 1.4 children is an inconvenience and will crimp one’s lifestyle or income. This is a selfish, unbiblical philosophy that has no place in a Christian’s thinking. To disdain children is to disdain the great Giver of children. You poke fun at a “quiver full,” yet that is God’s language. Shame on you. You need to realign your views on children with what God says.

By: Fundygrl

Fundygrl — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:24:52 +0000

Amen, bruther!

By: ChickenBob

ChickenBob — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:36:07 +0000

I almost have to disagree. Most Baptist families I know tend to give us a hard time when they see our large family. The most common comment is “Don’t you know what causes that?” The Mormons out here in the west are much more accepting and less likely to stare at us in the grocery store when we traipse through with five kids in a row.

And fathers of large families would do well to drink more beer. It saves on sitting at home yelling at the kids to shut up so he can watch American Idol in peace. BTW, closed captioning…best invention ever.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:30:53 +0000

Good point about the 15-p van. If I had more than 4 siblings, I would have learned to drive a 15-p van before college. That’s what I call critical life skillz.