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What is the name of the religion where married people are not allowed to have any children?  I believe it started in the northeast United States.


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Posted 2009-05-21T19:15:55Z
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THAT WHICH DOESN'T KILL YOU MAKES YOU STRONGER.

Bull. Reality is, it will usually hurt like hell and leave you with a permanent limp.

Maybe you are thinking of the SHAKERS ?  An offshoot of the Quakers -  they could marry, but believed in celibacy.   They are, for obvious reasons, damn near extinct today.

Posted 2009-05-22T04:21:57Z
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Thank you for your answer, yes it is the Shakers and I understand there are only twelve Shakers left...

Posted 2009-05-22T04:57:03Z
 

Thank you for your answer, yes it is the Shakers and I understand there are only twelve Shakers left...

Posted 2009-05-22T04:57:10Z
 

CoolThank you for your answer, yes it is the Shakers and I understand there are only twelve Shakers left...

Posted 2009-05-22T04:58:47Z
 
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Not allowed to have children? That's a new one to me. Just when I thought religion couldn't possibly make people behave any nuttier.

How could they possibly believe that denial of the biological imperative would be pleasing to a deity? This might actually bear some further research.

So I suppose the only way they have to expand membership is to convert new members. Not much incentive there, though.

 

Posted 2009-05-23T05:21:13Z
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The Shakers behave in this manner.

Posted 2009-05-24T01:44:49Z
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That would be a false religion though.  God said, "Be fruitful and multiply".  There's a reason He made us man and woman.

Posted 2009-05-24T05:17:40Z

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