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Society’s New ‘Sins’: Smoking and Having Too Many Kids

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An excerpt from ‘Family Faith Under Fire’ by Dr. Ray Guarendi

This selection appears courtesy of EWTN Publishing. The full book is available here.



Dear Dr. Ray,

I’m a mother of five children and happily pregnant with my sixth. I’m amazed at how free people feel to disparage my family size. I’m reluctant to tell anyone I’m expecting again.

—Getting Quieter




Tolerance is the pervasive, preeminent new moral virtue. Whatever others want to do is their choice — indeed, their right — and is to be accepted, even celebrated. Yet our society is quite narrow in its tolerance. For all its vaunted openness, the tolerance movement is riddled with ironies.

Irony #1: Tolerance for all, except some

Not everyone deserves to think his or her own way. Tolerance is reserved for those who think the right way, as defined by reigning secular rules. In the largest group of “non-acceptables” are traditional values, especially those of the Christian faith and especially the Catholic Faith.



Irony #2: Tolerance redefines itself, moving with cultural winds

Continued below.
 
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Anecdote: my family consists of 5 sons. My mom has 9 siblings (1 deceased) and dad has 10 siblings (4 siblings) all grandparents are deceased.

On both sides, my parents have the most children.

Once read a comment on YouTube that having 7 children is abusive.

How so? Life itself if a gift.

Some people need to mind their own business.

Be blessed
 
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