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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp
I don't want to end up becoming a spokesperson for the LDS church but the short answer to that question is "No" and in fact I know of one couple who were advised by their Bishop to think carefully about having children due to inheritable health problems on both sides. I also have friends who were unable to have children of their own but were able to adopt.
We've got married couples, single people, large families, smaller families, divorced people, remarried people, mixed race families. We've got all sorts of people. The church is very family orientated in the sense that children are a large part of what goes on with older ones often taking part in the Sunday services and the whole of the primary (Sunday school) ddoing a presentation of what they've learned towards the end of each year. The children write a lot of that themselves.
If you saw them you'd think they were all little angels but I teach the 10-12 year olds and believe me they are quite a handful. They are a challenge but so full of interesting questions and ideas that they give me a lot to think about too.
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I too know people who have been unable to have children and adopted, so I cna understand if it is not their fault. Additionally people get married later in life and have no desire to have more children at their age (as well as the medical implications)
I also know that churches have their quirky points, and the only reason I brought it up was this quote
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Originally Posted by Neil
the very serious and sacred foundation of God-sanctioned marriage and its very purpose, the rearing of families
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That indicates (to me anyway) that you should only get married to have children.
Perhaps I ought to add that I do not subscribe to that way of thinking