I remember listening to them on the radio back in the Seventies, and back then they didn’t sound anywhere as crazy as the anecdotes about them from here and other blogs.

Could someone compare, say, Dobson broadcasts & books now with those of 30 years ago? Is it possible he’s been becoming more and more extreme over time? In the manner of an aging woman becoming more and more bitter over the years because reality has not cooperated with expectations? (Re the latter example, I’m speaking from personal observation of my family — both my grandmother and stepmother became more and more bitter as they aged.)

I heard about the “200 year plan” ~ the vision of multigenerational faithfullness which captured my imagination and inspired me to grow our own clan ~ starting with our own children, with the hopes of adding in plenty of grandchildren and great-grandchildren ~ and years down the road, I could imagine my descendants having no lack of extended family support.

Really ~ it sounded like a very lovely idea at the time …

Because it was a good idea — your family growing with each generation, your legacy continuing into the future. But apparently this good idea was to be achieved by some fairly destructive means. Wouldn’t be the first time achieving a righteous cause/goal was used to justify evil. Like the French Revolution’s Republique of Perfect Virtue, always beckoning from the other side of the “regrettable but necessary” Reign of Terror.

On a happier note, have a fantabulous holiday weekend Vyckie and everylady else, too!