I was raised Methodist, but my father worked at a Jewish boarding camp. So, I honestly believed when I was really little that everyone is Jewish in the summer and Methodist in the winter.

@dougclose this is not a money-making site. It's just a guy trying to keep it going

This place is heaven for those of us who like to learn about random stuff. It's 'look a squirrel' joy.

Quiverfull families can draw inspiration from authors like R.C. Sproul (2004), who writes of a mother that came to him worried that her nine-year-old daughter could not read. He writes that he pointed out how much more important it was that the child got up each morning and took care of her younger siblings. He argues that reading skills are useful, but mothering skills more so.

@DindoColour preciate it.

Someone tell me to stop doodling and go stack wood.

My dryer and clothes line are broken, and I need my pants dry for my friend’s memorial service. I think she would appreciate this. #whyiliveinthewoods

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@CoSoTips whoa!

to place the soul life of that child under those parents, specifically” (27). So, for them, cooperating with the state to remove a child is to deny God’s sovereignty and go against His will. In this regard, any state that interferes with parents raising their children is moving towards totalitarianism.

The #TwelveTribes believes that God intentionally gave children to a particular set of parents, and the state should not interfere even if there is mistreatment. The manual states, “When we see a child receive what we consider mistreatment from such parents, we must remember that God is in control and has chosen ... 4/?

3/? From the #TwelveTribes Child Training Manual " The governments of such nations as Sparta, Hitler’s Germany, and communist Russia have usurped the parents’ role, but today parental authority is being undermined in the USA through compulsory public education, child advocacy agencies, and child-abuse laws. Parents must not allow the government to usurp their authority in those areas in which God holds the parents alone accountable (25)." #childabuse

# Twelvetribes The Twelve Tribes is a transnational religious community whose members cross borders frequently and see the nation-state as a place within which they reside rather than as an institution that informs their primary identity. Their communities throughout the world follow very similar customs and work routines and live apart from the wider society. I'm going to quote from their Child Training Manual so there will be discussion of #childabuse

Yesterday, I shared some of our research on #ChristianNationalism and the Quiverful. How about a little #TwelveTribes tonight? I am hash-tagging it so you can mute #twelvetribes if you are sick of this. 1/? Also I will be content warning some of it

@LAHolloway Maybe everyone else is just too terse