I'm going to assume that everyone here knows basically biology, so I'll make my introduction to today's topic brief. Pastors/Vicars/Ministers generally get married and, as most married folks do, generally have kids. These kids then grow up, go to church (their dad's a pastor remember?), go to school, go to university, get jobs, get married and have their own children. Pretty standard stuff so far yes? Not much different than any other kids of middle class (their dad's a pastor remember?) parents?
The difference is that while the majority of Pastor Kids end up leading bible studies, running Christian Unions and generally saving the heathen for burning coals and eternal damnation, at least one kid in each family will go at least slightly off the rails.
Not only that, but how off the rails they go is directly proportional to how many kids there are. So a pastor with two kids will have one angelic one and one slightly troublesome one, a pastor with two kids will have two angelic kids and one moderately troublesome one. A pastor with four kids though, will have three angelic ones and one crazy-messed up-havoc causing child.
I have no explanation for why this phenomenon exists, but exist it does. Probably. It should be noted that Missionary Kids are never anything but perfect and that only child pastor kids can go either way. It should also be noted that I once knew an American guy who was thinking about going into ministry. He had nine children.
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I do hope it's FROM burning coals etc that the heathen are being saved. Oh and in view of your most recent link, I always did think that the book in question had too much of a moral at the end. I just love the repetition (and I can still recite it).