I’m sitting here at my computer, shaking my head, enraged at the article I just read. I’ve read other ones like it, but for whatever reason, today I am particularly troubled by it.
A reader, Out on a Limb, sent me this heart-sickening article. And while it is quite discouraging, in one sense, I think it should spark in us a renewed vigilance to spread a message of hope to this dark world.
You want to know why I get so “up in the air” about Christians preventing children? Because little by little, here is where we’ve come. First it’s OK to prevent children for one reason, then another, and before you know it, we’re discussing soul-filled humans like they are an accessory to an outfit! Not only that, but we’re about to be facing a total depletion of mankind and no one has made the connection yet!
The gist of the article is that basically, children cost too much. You can see the slippery slope all the way through…but at the end, the Bible echoes absolute truth: “The love of money is the root of all evil.”
Here are some quotes from the article. You can read the entire article through the link below.
“As more young folks like Zaker delay or don’t have children, birth rates in Japan, Russia, South Korea, all of Europe, and parts of Asia have fallen below the 2.1 children per woman needed for population growth. Many industrialized countries such as France have introduced or increased economic incentives such as tax breaks, longer maternity leaves, and cash bonuses to get women to have children.
These programs have had mixed results…. Now that “children no longer provide any economic benefit to their parents, but are rather costly impediments to material success, people well adapted to this new environment will tend not to reproduce,” Longman writes. “And many others who are not so successful will imitate them, and for good reason.” Families might choose to have only one child so they can afford to splurge on one while maintaining their own comforts of living (um, that would be me).”
Can you fathom the tragic irony…all the “intelligent, successful” people have decided not to reproduce! We love ourselves so much, that we refuse to make any more of us! When did we forget that a thriving nation of people started out as babies? Fully grown people don’t just spring up out of the ground! When the value of children in a culture is lost, prepare for the collapse of an entire civilization.
Bottom line…Joe and Mary Smith really don’t care what happens to our nation in a few generations. They won’t be here! So their choice to stop having children will only affect someone else. We’re that selfish.
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