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Assuming you are Mormon, is home schooling sort of another form of virtue signaling Mormon families employ or is it more of a way to ensure your families don't

Assuming you are Mormon, is home schooling sort of another form of virtue signaling Mormon families employ or is it more of a way to ensure your families don't get excluded? Like, did you really have a choice in the matter once you realized you either go full Mormon or leave the church entirely?

mikece 10mo ago
Mormons aren't the only people with large families. Ultra-conservative Jews, Muslims, and many Christians have large families. What I don't think I've ever seen is a couple who is non-religious or atheist and has a large family.
- yanslookup 10mo ago
  Not sure if you are disputing something I didn't say but yes, you are correct.
- zdragnar 10mo ago
  Catholics aren't so much anymore but used to be the same. My parents both had 5 siblings growing up.
  - mikece 10mo ago
    Not all Catholics, just the ones who go to the traditional Latin Mass. :-)
- sparrish 10mo ago
  We have a neighbor down the street that is non-religious that has 5 kids (public school). Maybe that's not 'large' in your book though. God says children are a blessing and I know it to be true. I'm grateful for all the children he gave me (7).
sparrish 10mo ago
Bad assumption on your part. I'm not Mormon. Protestant Christian and most of my Christian brothers and sisters look at how many kids I have and that we homeschool and think I'm a little crazy (just like most non-Christians). I'd say probably 1/3 of the families in our church homeschool though. It's a wonderful community to be a part of and if I sent my remaining kids to public school, I wouldn't be asked to leave.
- yanslookup 10mo ago
  I'll take the L but it still sorta maps to where I was going with the Mormon angle. I've been around Mormons, not a religion scholar, but it seems plausible to me the same "one upsmanship" mormons have with missions, large paternalistic families, avoiding "outsiders" (see: homeschooling), etc are common in other religious communities. Like maybe the protestant Christian one you are in?

mikece 10mo ago

Mormons aren't the only people with large families. Ultra-conservative Jews, Muslims, and many Christians have large families. What I don't think I've ever seen is a couple who is non-religious or atheist and has a large family.

yanslookup 10mo ago
Not sure if you are disputing something I didn't say but yes, you are correct.
zdragnar 10mo ago
Catholics aren't so much anymore but used to be the same. My parents both had 5 siblings growing up.
- mikece 10mo ago
  Not all Catholics, just the ones who go to the traditional Latin Mass. :-)
sparrish 10mo ago
We have a neighbor down the street that is non-religious that has 5 kids (public school). Maybe that's not 'large' in your book though. God says children are a blessing and I know it to be true. I'm grateful for all the children he gave me (7).

sparrish 10mo ago

Bad assumption on your part. I'm not Mormon. Protestant Christian and most of my Christian brothers and sisters look at how many kids I have and that we homeschool and think I'm a little crazy (just like most non-Christians). I'd say probably 1/3 of the families in our church homeschool though. It's a wonderful community to be a part of and if I sent my remaining kids to public school, I wouldn't be asked to leave.

yanslookup 10mo ago
I'll take the L but it still sorta maps to where I was going with the Mormon angle. I've been around Mormons, not a religion scholar, but it seems plausible to me the same "one upsmanship" mormons have with missions, large paternalistic families, avoiding "outsiders" (see: homeschooling), etc are common in other religious communities. Like maybe the protestant Christian one you are in?