3 things that can have an enormous impact on your worldview: -Losing a child, or a sibling in youth -Chronic illness -Alcohol abuse Histories of the 18th & 19th centuries make so much more sense when you realize that nearly every adult checked 1 of those boxes, often all 3.
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And often multiple children. 17th century theologian John Owen and his wife had twelve children. Only one reached adulthood, and she still predeceased Owen.
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