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The other heartbreaking side of the DR
It is the church's fault.
I blame the churches who do not believe in condoms. They just keep telling them that God will provide, and do not use protection. So then they show up at the church looking for food and money.
If it is cold, you put on a coat. If you cannot swim, you stay out of the water. If you are poor, and you cannot feed the first three kids, you put on a condom, and NOT have four more kids.
I blame the churches who do not believe in condoms. They just keep telling them that God will provide, and do not use protection. So then they show up at the church looking for food and money.
If it is cold, you put on a coat. If you cannot swim, you stay out of the water. If you are poor, and you cannot feed the first three kids, you put on a condom, and NOT have four more kids.
Where are the fathers of the kids? What type of men did she sleep with? How would they let their kids live like this? I don't know how people could have the heart to let this happen. I feel very sorry for the lady because she opened a personal hell for herself by having 7 kids without being able to support them. She might need to put some up for adoption in an orphanage. My heart goes out to her. And all this happens in the same country where the top ten percent live like the wealthiest Americans. It is very disturbing.
I still wake up every morning thinking that everyone sees the world like I do. Then I have some coffee and reality sets in. I doubt DR1 is the place to have a discussion about the illusion of free will, but you understand that people with diminished mental ability due to poor nutrition during their formative years into adulthood and lacking positive parental examples of people that reaped the benefits of good decisions will see their existence very differently from those of us that have enjoyed the benefits of comparatively stable families and three meals a day of vitamin-enriched food and a snack to boot.
You seem pretty smart NotLurking. I bet 100$US that you've read at least one book in your lifetime. I bet the same that Dilenia has not.
Isn't grandma home watching kids? She probably goes out at night,somewhere behind the bushes,and i'm not being sarcastic.
Condoms are not condemned by the church, if they were, they wouldn't be sold in every "colmado" in the country. What the church does condemn is abortion. As I said earlier condoms are very cheap, $10 to $15 pesos a condom, easily attainable by anyone.
The Catholic church ALMOST implied that condoms may be helpful to prevent the spread of AIDS, and then did a very quick panicked rebuttal, and said that condoms are not morally justified, for the spread of AIDS, nor for contraception. The church preaches that any form of contraception "contradicts the will of God" . . . meaning, if the woman gets pregnant as a result of unprotected sex, then that was in God's "plan".
If this is true, then the country is not as religious as everyone thinks. Why else would condoms be openly sold in every "colmado"?
Yes, there ARE a lot of hungry people out there. And you ARE just one couple and cannot fix the whole town. Nor the whole world.
But you CAN help one. And just doing that you have made the world a better place.
As for the others with all the criticisms of and solutions to the problems, I would hope that you have gone into the bateys, seen the circumstances first hand, and done some small thing to help in some small way before you expound upon the situation.
(And that comment will probably produce some nasty grams in my direction.)
Lindsey
I have mixed feelings about this. Feel sorry for the kids who were born in this situation through no fault of their own, but outrage at this woman and specially the kids' father(s) who continue to perpetuate this cycle and don't face up to their responsibilities. They should be in jail until they provide child support.
Oh and BTW condoms are free at clinics.
Oh and BTW condoms are free at clinics.
The Vatican
The Catholic church tells it's women that contraception and abortion is against Gods will.
The millions of children who are born to the women following this directive receive no help from the Vatican who's wealth is estimated by bankers at 10-15 billion.
Its time for another trip with the "Pope Mobile" to Latin America and the Philippines.
Not just in the poorest countries. In Quebec Canada one or two generations ago there are many women with seven to twelve children.
Thank you Papa!
The Catholic church tells it's women that contraception and abortion is against Gods will.
The millions of children who are born to the women following this directive receive no help from the Vatican who's wealth is estimated by bankers at 10-15 billion.
Its time for another trip with the "Pope Mobile" to Latin America and the Philippines.
Not just in the poorest countries. In Quebec Canada one or two generations ago there are many women with seven to twelve children.
Thank you Papa!
Men
Have you considered blaming the men?
If a women married or not says NO who do you think wins?
Have you considered blaming the men?
If a women married or not says NO who do you think wins?
