Posted on 09/15/2025 2:03:38 AM PDT by Phoenix8
There's some truth in that statement. In this country (and the UK), you are being punished for being a member of the Middle Class. So you have a lower birth rate.
By the end of the Roman Empire, the effective fertility rate (children surviving to adulthood) was probably around 1.0–1.5, well below replacement. This helps explain why Rome became increasingly reliant on outsiders (Goths, Vandals, etc.) to fill its armies and settlements.
Show your pastor these verses maybe
Mar 10:18 - And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.
Rom 3:23 - For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Mat 7:13 - “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.
Mat 7:14 - “Because[fn] narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.
Luk 13:24 - “Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
But most importantly, show him this one
Jas 3:1 - My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment.
If those aren’t received well
find a different pastor and church.
“demographics is destiny”
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