No Longer Quivering
by Debi Pearl from No Greater Joy – Rats
Editor’s note: Debi starts this long ago post talking about her delivering a young lady’s baby. Did not know Debi was a midwife as well as a person that beats children. In this piece she compares children who are not harshly disciplined her way to rats in a rat hole. She. Calls. Human. Beings. Rats!!! When did Jesus do that? One of the more repulsive pieces she’s ever written.
When someone comes rejoicing with the news the so and so family just had their tenth child I can only pretend I don’t see a sad future. My mind registers the oldest rebellious daughter who is destined for the hole. I wonder if I will be helping her with her first welfare baby. The second child is a son, overweight and moody. What kind of dad will he make? What kind of sons will he raise?
As I sit in the airport waiting to board, I overhear a struggling mother having a conversation with another. “And how many children do you have?” “Really,” she responds in a sanctimonious tone after hearing the other’s response. “I have seven so far.” I look around and count. Yes, there are seven. The three-year-old is in the stroller yelling in a loud, angry, demanding voice, “Daddy! Daddy! Daddy! I want to be pushed right now! DADDY!” The shrill voice screeches on and on. But Daddy is trying to make ticket connections as well as struggling with the five-year-old who is having a very bad day; perhaps he is tired from traveling. Mother is nursing the baby while another child quietly goes through someone else’s belongings. The oldest children sit and stare at the TV. I want to stand up and apologize to those in the airport waiting room. I want to say, “This woman knows not what she does.” Instead I put my head down and pretend I don’t notice. I am so tired of pretending.
If at two years old they are pitching fits, if at seven years old they quietly refuse to obey a simply command, then at 14 years of age they will be like the rats, living to gratify their lust.
QUOTING QUIVERFULL is a regular feature of NLQ – we present the actual words of noted Quiverfull leaders, cultural enforcers and those that seek to keep women submitted to men and ask our readers: What do you think? Agree? Disagree? This is the place to state your opinion. Please, let’s keep it respectful – but at the same time, we encourage readers to examine the ideas of Quiverfull and Spiritual Abuse honestly and thoughtfully.
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