Julia wrote:
Would you consider some excuses to be reasonable?
Of course. The one I think is lame, though, is that they
are somehow saving
the planet by deciding not to have children.
And, if responsible, enlightened people are having
children, at what point
do they get to decide how
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
On Jul 26, 2008, at 2:58 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote:
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;
On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 5:03 PM, Bruce Bostwick
[EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
On Jul 26, 2008, at 2:58 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote:
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
Doug Pensinger wrote:
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
From: Jon Louis Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED]
unfortunately, throughout history, it is the the best and the brightest
who have perpetrated evils on the poor and downtrodden. there have been
exceptions, but over and over again governments and religions have used
their ideology or dogma to justify
Bruce wrote:
That's another matter entirely than restricting childbirth. That's a
value distinction as to who is more or less entitled to reproduce.
And on that, I will agree with you, that some parents are probably
better candidates to reproduce the species than others. But, as a
member
I would love to see a summary of the good evil deeds
that the best
brightest have been responsible for over the years
and contrast that with
the deads of the worst dimmest, but it
hasn't been done and I suspect it
is impossible to do.
What justification do you have for your
Jon Louis Mann 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?
OTOH, if this command should be taken
