Nearly half of countries are producing too few babies to maintain their populations, say researchers

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from a previous poster here and other people making comments like Muslim families tend to have more kids vs say a catholic family.
 
Except that they don’t.

Having lived in a Muslim country, I can tell you that most are Muslim in name only. They, like Catholics, do limit their family artificially.

I am talking about the more moderate Muslim nations.

However in the more fundamentalist countries like Saudi Arabia, the fertility rate is still barely at replacement level.
 
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Baloney. How about life choices and the sound use of birth control. A daughter was enough for me to afford my life with balance between being a procreator and a person with gifts to give back society that require full time attention
 
Maybe I make rain for you late next week.
Eleven days after the Sabbath, plenty of rain in at least two third of South CA with one mm to an inch of water in three hours this morning. Air smell is sweet and fresh green without any pollution.

Gift for Thanksgiving, worth more than 25 millions for 10000s square miles… Just sow seeds on the ground and get plenty of foods later.

God is awesome and thanks to our Lord bless the land.
 
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Al, no permission to answer. I have the rosary and the bible like all others.
 
They have a right to pursue the conception of children, but that has to occur within the scope of reproduction as God created it. Things which help the natural reproductive cycle to work better are alright, but things which separate the conception of the child from the natural cycle turn the child into a commodity obtained apart from God’s design.

Saying that you have a “right” to have a child, regardless of means or method, reduces the child to an object.
 
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That is a good question.

God is the author of life. We are not truly in control of our fertility, even if we want to be or society and medical advances attempt to tell us otherwise. The most we can do is follow His plans for the way families are made and leave the rest to Him. So many of us had a very long road to parenthood. Others it comes easily. Both paths have their joys and hardships. It is a gift and a blessing to follow God’s path to build your family instead of doing things in an immoral way.

If we allow ourselves to be COcreators with God instead of attempting to simply be CREATORS ourselves, we realize we do not have a right to the “family of our dreams” or the “one and done” or whatever. We accept that God’s plan for us will lead us on our own Unique path to Heaven.
 
None of us have a right to the priesthood, religious vocation, to be a doctor, or a lawyer many other vocations or professions. Marriage and parenthood are vocations. They are privildges to those who are qualified, capable and willing to work hard.
 
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None of us have a right to the priesthood, religious vocation, to be a doctor, or a lawyer many other vocations or professions.
I am not aware of any divine commandment to be a lawyer. However, I am aware of a divine commandment to increase and multiply. IMHO, we should have a right to follow our religion and obey the Commandments that God has given us, according to our religious belief. I am opposed to those who deny people the right to follow their religion and the Divine Commandments. I read in Genesis:
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth …”
As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.
What has been stated is that no one has a right to children.
I would not agree with those who say that no one has a right to obey a Divine Command.
 
I don’t see why this is a problem. People will work longer, as they did throughout history. The idea of retiring and living the good life is a fairly recent invention.
 
As i stated, marriage is a vocation. Marriage is not what everyone is called to. Only those who are married are called to parenthood. No one has a right to marriage. No one has a right to the priesthood. Priests and singles do not have the command to multiply. That is reserved for married couples.

You are correct that there is no divine command towards any profession. But just as it is with professions or other jobs, vocations have requirements that must be met. Not everyone qualifies for marriage. Not everyone qualifies for the priesthood. There is no right to join a monastery. You need to qualify regardless of how much you desire those things.

If a person qualifies for marriage and is called to it, they are called to parenthood as well. Not all of us are able to have children. We do not have a right to go out and hire a surrogate, use in vitro, or other immoral means to have babies. Even with adopting, no one is just given that right. Once again, you must qualify to adopt.

Some people have a very easy time carrying babies to term. They do not have the right to prevent that with any immoral means, and they must do whatever it takes to properly care for and educate their children. They do not have the right to just simply have babies with no regard for who they are cared for.
 
Some people have a very easy time carrying babies to term. They do not have the right to prevent that with any immoral means
But California state Sen. Connie Leyva (D) on Monday re-introduced a bill to require public universities to offer the abortion pill on campus. So Americans in one state want to require tax payers to pay for the abortion pill and make it available for free at public universities.
"… Should the California legislature pass “College Student Right to Access Act” and Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom (D) sign the measure into law, health centers at the University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU) campuses will offer students medication abortion starting in 2023. Medication abortion safely terminates pregnancies up to 10 weeks…“Regardless of where they may live, all Californians should have access to the full range and choices of reproductive care services so that they can plan their futures and accomplish their goals,” said Leyva in a statement. “I am confident that the incoming Legislature will also approve SB 24 and that Governor-Elect Gavin Newsom will continue to stand strong in his support for a woman’s right to choose.”
So there are many Americans who disagree with you. Perhaps this is why so many non-Muslim countries are having problems maintaining their population.

 
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So there are many Americans who disagree with you. Perhaps this is why so many non-Muslim countries are having problems maintaining their population.
I don’t think that God cares about public opinion.
 
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