BlueTaze said:
Agree, but he went too far implying married couples who don't have kids are "self-centered". He should have just made the point about tradition and benefits of nuclear family and left it there. But, it's kinda a live free flowing convo so if he was prepared for the convo to go there, he probably would have worded it all better.
This is actually a pretty common belief among Jews. In addition, there is also a good chance that Jesus was using the love of parents being selfless enough to have kids as the example of "poor in spirit". Remember the sermon on the mount was taught in Arameic, translated to Greek, and we read it in English. Also popular in Mormanism.
I don't see it as controversial, especially as our country rockets towards a demographic cliff. The next generation, people having lots of kids will be seen as heros.