Ah yes, too many babies.. They will be the ruination of the world!
Not enough water
Not enough food
Not enough jobs!
And earth doesn’t have enough diapers for 10 billion babies.
It’s all right there in the numbers; we will be overwhelmed with whelps. In Hans Rosling’s hands this data sings a healthy tune. In his hands, global trends in health and economics come to vivid life. We can see it all… Peoples all around the world are making the conscious decision — the HEALTHY decision — to quit having babies!
Even people with religion have decided to quit having babies.
The biggest concern is controlling those people with religion. Do the babies pop up from the cabbage patches of religious people more often than their scientifically coached compatriots? What do the numbers really say?
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Hans Rosling clearly believes that reducing the number of children being born to each woman is a great and wonderful thing. His numbers have convinced him that religion is falling in with scientifically achieved Valhalla on Earth demands that the birth of children be limited.
Well, I cheer the clear success manifestations that Hans has projected because they are fatally flawed. If this is the best evaluation that “scientists” are capable of then we have no reason to be concerned; He Does Not Have A Clue! He Does Not Have A Clue what’s going on, He Does Not Have A Clue what is happening, He Does Not Have A Clue what real population trends will materialize in the future. What he sees on paper is not correlated with reality.
Where he sees “religion” reflecting a “happy” understanding and acceptance of the scientific future it is obvious that he has no religion and does not understand the dynamics of religion.
First of all he lumps all “Christian” religions into one pot. That is preposterous. Each of these groups inside his pot have different beliefs. What each of them decide to do has no bearing on what course other Christian religions decide to pursue.
Millions of Catholics have a Pope that they believe has the right and obligation to determine what the Bible means and what Catholics should be doing right now. His stated interpretation is that every family should have as many children as it can afford to raise. The Mormons have a prophet that pretty much preaches the same doctrine — the inspired injunction to multiply and replenish the earth has not been rescinded or curtailed. The Koran is in total agreement.
Now, if these two religions continue to bear and raise as many children as each family can afford — and the rest of the world follows the scientific program — then those people with religion will soon outnumber the scientific camp.
Is scientific “education” enough to derail religious beliefs? Is science more infallible than religious leaders of the world? Does God (or hopeful manifestations of some spiritual entity) have a right to run contrary to scientific dominion?
I sure hope so. I know God lives; I know the tenets of my faith will lead us to a better world. If you don’t have that much faith in your religion then you really need to investigate what real religion is all about because there are 10 billion more babies waiting to be born.
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