Posted on 08/17/2006 11:19:22 AM PDT by RKV
PING. It's a long read, but worth it.
At that point we are back to the old formula: have as many kids as you can, and raise them well, in the hope that at least one will feed you in your old age
The big question will be whether this will happen before or after Western Civilization collapses. The pivotal moment will come when we have to choose between being able to pay for welfare, and being able to pay for social security
The first thing that must go is the subsidizing of the population growth of the non-working underclass, at the expense of the middle class
If Rome had had a vigorous birth rate, the result would have been Romans expanding into the lands of the barbarians (and killing them off) rather than the other way around
The Roman welfare system allowed a man to contemplate survival by just continuing to consume the free welfare bread, rather than by raising many sons to farms his homestead in his old age
It was the lack of Romans which doomed Rome
The only way to reverse the trend is for Christians to have as many kids as they can manage, raise them well, and not have the education system destroy their minds and souls
Within a couple of generations, the Leftists will not have many descendents (as long as we can stop them from recruiting among ours)
China is rising, as is Islam. Both will impact Japan in the Pacific. And they will soon realize that the US will not protect them forever
Lemonade from lemons or what?
The hidden assumption in that argument is that a warm body is a warm body is a warm body, and that one person produces about as much as another (even if one is living in 1956, the next is living in 2006, and the last is living in 2056). The failure of the argument once this assumption is dragged into the light of day is obvious.
bump for a later read....
Long, but well worth it.
"Cryptonomicon"
--great book, just finished "The Baroque Cycle", also great.
Schools have a lot to do with it. I went to public school and really had conflicting issues almost all my life. It wasn't until late that I settled down and honestly asked the Lord what He wanted for me.
A wider issue, though, was my mom divorced my father when I was 8. It was very traumatic for me. We were forbidden to speak about him except when we misbehaved, my mother would pack up our stuff to go live with him. Mom is a conservative Republican, BTW.
She remarried when I was 12 to a wonderful spiritual man. I 'took' every quality he had and made it my own.... his religion, his music, his occupation, etc. The only thing I didn't do was go to the private Church school he attended, which I regretted.
We believe the Lord adopts orphans as His own children. We also believe for a child, that the father represents the Lord in their life. Additionally, we believe there is hereditary evils from your natural parents that must be put off to be regenerate. In heaven, the only known Father is the Lord.
It took me a long long time to learn and accept this. I rejected my Church and spent years in therapy trying to find an answer that made some sense. After I realized the truths above, I cooperated with the Lord and He has shown me more... much more than I can even describe here.
Blessings,
Re your post#91.
You are right on target. Best advice I've seen in a while!
Don't blame the Vat. As the author implies, the west is post-Christian. Our leisure time and Prime Time TV are more important. For the overwhelmingly large majority religeon has been replaced by a vague non-judgemental spirituality- G-d has become Santa Claus. The feel good TV ministries that encourage prosperity are another fine example.
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