Hi everyone,so i’ve been hearing about this overpopulation issue.Some people say its a myth some say its real.How should I view overpopulation as a Christian(Catholic)??
I don’t know the official RCC stance on this, though of course, since RCism doesn’t believe in birth control, it would stand to reason that the RCC also doesn’t believe that there’s overpopulation.
Look @ it this way: 2 of the most prosperous and dynamic nations in the world, Germany & Japan, have very little living space per person (granted, like the Americans, the Germans have been birth-controlling and aborting themselves to death for the past 30 or so years).
The other thing to consider whenever you hear the litany about “overpopulation” is (and I’m now speaking from an American context), why is it that there is no pressure on Latinos or Blacks to get abortions? Why is it that, on the contrary, they are PAID (freebies galore) to have lots of babies, nay, even out-of-wedlock?
If you connect the dots, you get a sinister picture. (Think BRAVE NEW WORLD & the need for drones.)
Anyway, even if one opposes abortion-as-birth control (I certainly do), there’s a strong Biblical argument to be made that you shouldn’t have more kids than you can properly tend to (not just in terms of finances, but in terms of upbringing): I’ve seen way too many “families” where birthing proceeds like roaches, but there is no “good breeding” of the ensuing offspring. They don’t get reared, they are simply allowed to sprout any which way, like weeds. In the long run, that will destroy a civilization (and of course, it’s not fair to the kids in question, either).
(With all due respect to Thistle, the poor countries were poor long before the “rich” countries got “rich,” though you’re spot-on about “mismangement [sic] and corruption in the developing countries” contributing to the poverty.
There’s also the “God factor”: if you believe, as does Hinduism, that matter is evil and that your deceased grandmother might be dwelling in that rat or roach over there in the gutter, you’ll neither vigorously pursue the transformation of matter [invention & manufacturing], nor will you kill off the rats, mosquitos and other vermin that cause disease and death.
The other crucial ingredient missing in most of the “developing” nations is what’s often referred to as the “Protestant Work Ethic,” altho one could rephrase that as simply “Biblical Integrity Ethos.” If the main focus is on “fun,” yacking and having parties, if goal-orientedness as an underlying social force is deficient or totally absent, that takes its toll on the whole culture.)
