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From: purtell@reed.UUCP (Lady Godiva)
Newsgroups: net.religion,net.singles
Subject: Re: Re: Re: marriage = commitment
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Date: Thu, 8-Aug-85 15:10:35 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  8 15:10:35 1985
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In article <215@gymble.UUCP> speaker@gymble.UUCP (Speaker to Animals) writes:
>In article <1761@reed.UUCP> purtell@reed.UUCP (Lady Godiva) writes:
NO SHE DOESN"T!!!!!
>>> Marriage from a christian's standpoint is an institution created by God.
>>> He commanded be fruitful and multiply. Taking this into consideration involves
>>> having children. For our species to survive children must be concieved.
>>> To have a good and moral society free from anarchy someone must raise the
>>> children. The christian beleives this is the wife's duties. With this in
>>> mind someone must take care of the children. And that means 24 hours a day.
>>> There is a responsiblity in being married. The most important is raising
>>> children. The idea of quality time does not exist. What children need is
>>> to be with their parents and the more time the better. If not the wife
>>> than the husband. This should be commited before and kept during the marriage.
>>> If the two cannot agree than they should not have children. I am glad that
>>> my mom and dad concieved and raised me so that I can enjoy life now and later. 
>
>Not all Christians will agree with you that "the christian believes
>this is the wife's duties."  Please think before you make sweeping
>statements about what your religion dictates about the family insitution...
>and about what other christitans feel their religion requires of them.
>Not every christian household saddles the wife with the menial tasks.  From
>your above statement I gather that you believe it is the wife that is to do the
>day-to-day grundgy work, while the man comes home to provide leadership
>when the kids are fit to be seen.
>
>On a side-note you seem to disaprove of anarchy since you imply that
>arnarchy = chaos.  This is not always the case, although it most often
>is the case in our world.

  I did not write the above material. I followed up on it, but I
certainly did not write it nor agree with it. I really don't need the
entire net thinking that I think that taking care of the children 24
hours a day is the wife's duty. So let's get this clear - I did not
write that. I do not agree with any of it. I certainly don't think that
one should not have sex if one doesn't want to have children as a
result, I don't think that the wife (or anyone else) needs to be home to
take care of the kids 24 hours, and I never said anything about anarchy
or chaos. I've got enough problems with people who disagree with what I
really say, I don't need people sending me letters disagreeing with what
I didn't say. 

  cheers -

   elizabeth g. purtell

  (Lady Godiva)