Posted on 10/10/2009 3:06:34 PM PDT by reaganaut1
Unfortunately they do not make up for the zero growth people. All western societies are below replacement birthrates and are declining, and will be replaced by immigrant societies. France will be muslim in 20 years. Britain is not far behind. America is not going to be “America” very much longer without a stunning and historically unprecidented turnaround in the direction of birthrate. Western culture is committing suicide.
I’m surprised people in your parish even hit four kids. Twenty years ago, upper middle class Catholics had two kids. Although lately, they’ve been having three kids, four is rare. Also, many of the women have their tubes tied after their second or third child.
You’re welcome! It’s a lot of fun, actually.
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