Date sent: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 06:45:12 EST
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Subject: Re: Family size and religion and ANARCHISM!
> In a message dated 98-10-27 05:32:17 EST, you write:
>
> << Overpopulation is caused by uncontrolled reproduction on a planet
> with limited space and resources - pure and simple! The religious
> dogmas which urge people to continue this practice are a spear in
> the side of Gaia; they are the causes of the wounds, and their
> mindset-in-stone is what needs to be healed before the wounds they
> cause progress to fatality. Joe
>
> >>
> Hi!
>
> So, Joe you are saying the the religious dogma that urges people to populate -
> should urge them to? Not have children because it would be better for the
> Earth or have less children - now these people who are being told this by the
> RELIGIOUS DOGMA LEADERS live where? On a different planet - they are somehow
> unaware of the Eco-Crisis? Maybe we should make larger strides at letting
> them know about the Eco-Crisis? - in this way they would not have to be told
> or given permission by religious leaders to make moral decisions regarding
> population and doing what IS the best for God's Earth and people!
>
> What I said was - overpopulation is a problem - the answer is not mandatory
> population control - the answer is educating the masses about the Eco-crisis
> and how over-population affects it. Empower them to make THEIR OWN, educated,
> moral, enlightened decision regarding their own bodies and futures to do what
> is best for the Earth!
>
Well, Angela, they live in the U.S.A., (Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson),
Vatican City (Pope John Paul II), in various and sundry Middle
Eastern cities (mullahs and rabbis) and even in India (brahmins),
and they can read every day what overpopulation is doing to this
planet, and choose to ignore it when issuing their sanctified
pronouncements to their obedient masses. When belief in a god
dies, the god dies (Odin and Zeus are good examples), so it
behooves them to keep their faithful breeding, for from their
fecundity flows the political power (votes) and economic power
(money) these leeches feed on. Their flock are also told to devalue
the Earth - that this is not our real home, but just a way station, a
vale of tears through which to pass on the way to a hoped-for
heaven - and this teaching inoculates them against ecological
concerns, including pollution and overpopulation, for it emphasizes
that Earth is free to be used and abused rather than cared for. Joe
> Peace!
> Angela
>
> "Some people say that religious beliefs will never heal the Earth, I say that
> it is the only thing that will! Author unknown
>
> "Why do you want to help the Earth? Answer "Because it is my religion!"
> Author unknown
