• CicadaSpectre@lemmygrad.ml
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    My understanding is that there’s a trend in fundamental Christianity, here in the US anyway, where people think it’s their duty to have as many children as possible. That said, there’s also a good chunk of people who come from those upbringings who become very progressive minded, defeating the whole effort.

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      That is a thing in all abrahamic religions because what i heard is that Jews and Muslims also think is their duty to god to be “fruitful” and multiply.

      Note: I put fruitful in quotation marks because that is the biblical term

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        Sounds right. I’m just referring to fundamentalist Christians in particular because they’re the sort I see in the US that push the concept. Most other people seem to aim for 2-3 as the ideal number of kids, or don’t want any. Or they just don’t plan one way or the other.