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Help[Opinions] Re: Amanda
in reply to a message by Billina
I have a first cousin named Amanda. She is part of the quiverfull movement (cult) and has ten kids. She could have eleven now. I quit talking to that part of my family. So, all that to say that while I think it's technically a nice name, I associate it with bigoted religious fanatics.
However, when I was a kid, I was really jealous of her name. I so wanted a cool, current (at the time) name, but I was stuck with Caroline, which did not vibe at all with the fashion of the day.
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However, when I was a kid, I was really jealous of her name. I so wanted a cool, current (at the time) name, but I was stuck with Caroline, which did not vibe at all with the fashion of the day.
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Not familiar with quiverfulls! They haven't spread this far South. Without breaking confidentiality, do they have any typical or obligatory naming habits, as a group? Amanda, for instance ... would that have been acceptable as a name for one of the 10?
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I cannot speak for Martha's cousin, but I think quiverfull is just a movement in favor of big families. The movement references a verse that describes children as blessings from God and "Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them." They aren't really any more unusual than other people who choose to have large families. The large families that I've encountered that like the quiverfull verse have regular or trendy sounding names.
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I read that some Quiverfull adherents believe that they are building an army of conservative Christians for God, the movement as a whole is anti-feminist and encourages a patriarchal system, and that it originated in part as a backlash against the feminist movement and growing acceptance of birth control within American Christianity. Not every couple who have many children and/or as many as they physically can identifies as being members of Quiverfull, but I think there's more to Quiverfull than just having a lot of children.
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Nah, I don't think even the Duggers thought they were building an army. I have heard that there are some Muslim and Christian groups that want to win the culture wars by outnumbering their neighbors with the idea that "The more children I have, the more ability I have to impact the world for God." But the quiverfull movement isn't associated with a particular Christian denomination. To be fair, the Bible does use battle metaphors, but I'm pretty sure there are anti-war people among the quiverfulls. The movement does refuse to use birthcontrol, but as long as it is their choice and they take care of their kids, it isn't really that big of an issue.
"Quiverfull is a theological position which is held by some conservative Christian couples who belong to various Christian denominations, which see children as blessings from God. It thus encourages procreation, abstaining from all forms of birth control and sterilization."
"Quiverfull is a theological position which is held by some conservative Christian couples who belong to various Christian denominations, which see children as blessings from God. It thus encourages procreation, abstaining from all forms of birth control and sterilization."
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I would encourage Anneza to look into it online and come to her own conclusions.
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