I see your point and you are probably right but to me it immediately raises my hackes bc I think of the methods used to depopulate the Earth, which IMHO is abhorrent and unjust. That’s what I think of anyway FWIW.
With all due respect, I just don’t think this is true. The old “basket cases” were India and China. China, in particular was thought to be hopeless, as it has nowhere near the arable land the U.S., for example, has. Too many people, too little land, was what everyone said. Now, both China and India are self-sufficient in food. Too little technology was the real problem, now solved.
anyone working in wildlife biology can tell you the problem for any biological species on this HUGE planet is not a lack of room. The problem is in the misuse of the room available. Whether it be in a human population or an animal population, the population rules still apply. If one uses all available land for tract houses mountain lions have no where to go and nothing to eat except you of course. If one uses all available agricultural land for parking lots tract houses and cattle grazing, then humans have nothing to eat except maybe mountain lions. It takes five times as much cattle land to feed people then it does grain, vegetable, fruit land. Beef cattle is one of the biggest wastes of resources available today.
Really? You are happy that you have sinned? That sounds like a worse sin than any other you could possibly commit! Telling God that not only do you not care that you have offended Him, but you’re glad you did it? I think mass murderers go to heaven before folks like you.
I said I was happy with my decision. I stand by that. I never said I was happy that I may have sinned. Actually, I am very unhappy that I may have sinned in the eyes of the church. What saddens me is that the church’s teachings are such that people have no choice about their family size. It essentially says that couples must have babies as long as it is physically possible if they wish to avoid being sinners. I believe that couples must decide how many children they want to be responsible for and go with their consciences. You may consider me a worse person than a mass murderer but in my view you probably need save your prayers for yourself!Really? You are happy that you have sinned? That sounds like a worse sin than any other you could possibly commit! Telling God that not only do you not care that you have offended Him, but you’re glad you did it? I think mass murderers go to heaven before folks like you.
You need all our prayers.
Tjm8: Being happy with a decision you made to commit a sin sounds pretty bad regardless of what kind of spin you like to put on it. Just so you know, the Church does not teach that couples are required to continue having children as long as humanly possible. The Church teaches that we should be open to children. But if you have a good reason not to have children (perhaps you already have 10 of them and don’t think you could provide for any more, or maybe your doctor has told your wife she shouldn’t have more for medical reasons) then you are certainly allowed to stop. You can also delay having children after marriage, or space them out if need be. The Church just wants you to make these decisions out of necessity, not selfishness. Now if you limit yourself to 2 children solely because you want to be able to afford that Lexus and have time to golf every weekend, then that is selfish and sinful.
* Living Planet Index - assesses the health of the planet's ecosystems
* Ecological Footprint - measures human demand on the natural worldDarkNight:
And if I have to kill a few innocent lives to get it, so be it. You can’t be happy unless you can achieve y standard of living so its only for their own good that they die now rather than live miserably later.
I THINK THE INFORMATION YOU GAVE US ON OVER POPULATION WAS GREAT . I did not know it had slowed down ,because of the immigrants GROWTH IN THE USA. Thank you for the information and I like WHATyou said about our precious JESUS…IS HE YOUR SAVIOUR TOO…