Jon wrote: > > "And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, > and replenish the earth, and subdue it." surely you don't believe that gawd > created man to have dominion over every living thing that moves on the > earth? > > it is not a sacrifice, doug, it is a duty to the planet. no righteous > deity would justify destroying habitates to accommodate human expansion. > even by reducing materialism and careful husbanding (no pun intended) of > resources, we are destroying habitats at a prodigious rate just to feed over > six billion hungry humans.
It's not just a numbers game. If you have the opportunity to bring a child into the world that has a reasonable chance to make a positive contribution, there are few arguments not to do so. The world doesn't just need fewer people; it needs more people that can make a positive contribution and fewer whose lives will ultimately be fruitless (not to mention miserable). > sure the planet can sustain higher human populations, but there is a limit. > surely we have already reached the point where your deity would say that > enough is enough. Not my deity, no matter which one you're referring to. > > responsible, enlightened people are too rational to compete in the > birthrate race, but they still hold the upper hand in the arms race. > > as the various fundamentalist schisms succeed in their over population > goals they'll continue to war against the heretics, and those who leave the > fold. people have a right to breed irresponsibly, but at some point it is > going to bite us all in the buttocks!~) Only if the rest of us decide we are saving the planet by _not_ breeding. 8^) Doug > > > > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
