Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Where Have All the Children Gone? Postmodern secular nations are committing suicide.
American Thinker ^ | 03/15/2011 | Jerome Koch

Posted on 03/15/2011 7:26:59 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

click here to read article


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-69 next last

1 posted on 03/15/2011 7:27:01 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

So even if there were no God to punish us for the slaughter, reality would still punish us.


2 posted on 03/15/2011 7:29:33 AM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (Public education is WELFARE.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

Aborting 50 million babies over the years doesn’t help matters much either. Maybe that is the plan.


3 posted on 03/15/2011 7:30:17 AM PDT by RC2
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind
I've been detecting a very strong undercurrent in news coverage of Japan that the earth just has too many people.

Our energy needs are too high, our cities are too crowded, our food production is inadequate, we have too many elderly and vulnerable people to take care of, we occupy too much land, it's the wrong land, blah, blah, blah.

At its heart, the Left is obsessed with diminishing the human population. They are a cult of death.

4 posted on 03/15/2011 7:31:55 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

You got that right.
I am doing my part with a third child on the way. That said I fear for what kind of a country they are growing up in.
Good thing God is still in control, even when things look like hell.


5 posted on 03/15/2011 7:32:07 AM PDT by Clump (the tree of liberty is withering like a stricken fig tree)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

The contraceptive/abortive mentality leans heavily left....

It also shifts power to those who DO have children.


6 posted on 03/15/2011 7:32:49 AM PDT by SumProVita (Cogito, ergo...Sum Pro Vita. (Modified Decartes))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ClearCase_guy

They hate people, because their ideological father hates people.


7 posted on 03/15/2011 7:33:34 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

It takes a Village to commit Obamacide.


8 posted on 03/15/2011 7:34:01 AM PDT by screaminsunshine (34 States)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SumProVita
The contraceptive/abortive mentality leans heavily left.... It also shifts power to those who DO have children.

You're kidding, right? Look at any major city in the U.S. to find hordes of low income children. Many municipalities are being over run with people standing with their hands out.

9 posted on 03/15/2011 7:35:49 AM PDT by raybbr (People who still support Obama are either a Marxist or a moron.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

I don’t know what the answer is. It seems to be that kids are a huge investment, in time, money , resources etc. and in return they are supposed to take care of you when you can no longer work and do for yourself. What’s happened is that governments have stepped in and taken over this function, so instinctively people are avoiding having kids because, what the heck, we don’t need them. People don’t think this on a conscious level but subconsciously. Again this is pure speculation on my part, but it’s the only explanation I can come up with.


10 posted on 03/15/2011 7:36:07 AM PDT by YankeeReb
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind
This has been floated within the US Intelligence agencies for at least the last ten years. The demographic predictions for China are truly staggering.

The upside in the US is that there are some groups which still have a very high birth rate; fundamental Baptists and Catholics. The Democratic party actually commissioned a study which showed that there base was graying while the conservative base was actually getting younger.

11 posted on 03/15/2011 7:38:22 AM PDT by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

In addition to the loss of aborted babies, higher taxes mean couples both have to work and can’t afford to have as many children. The left is killing us every time we turn around.


12 posted on 03/15/2011 7:42:20 AM PDT by Republic of Texas (Socialism Always Fails)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: YankeeReb
instinctively people are avoiding having kids because,
what the heck, we don’t need them.

A galling statement
and at a subconscious level,
probably driving a lot of
self-destructive behavior

13 posted on 03/15/2011 7:42:45 AM PDT by HangnJudge
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind
From an average of over 7 children per female in the late 18th Century to a nadir of less than 2.1 during the Great Depression, it was only the period 1945-1965 did our TFR's actually increase.

Whereas, I agree that our reproduction rate is a concern, it's worth noting the infant mortality rate has declined significantly since the late 18th century, as has the mortality rate of children. Comparing rates from the late 18th century to present day needs to take that into account to be meaningful.

14 posted on 03/15/2011 7:43:29 AM PDT by FourPeas
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: raybbr

No, I am NOT kidding. Look at the groups where more children can be found. These are the groups that will have future power.....for better ...or WORSE.


15 posted on 03/15/2011 7:43:59 AM PDT by SumProVita (Cogito, ergo...Sum Pro Vita. (Modified Decartes))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
"So even if there were no God to punish us for the slaughter, reality would still punish us."

People living in the West should have more children if we expect our superior set of values, based on Judao-Christianianity and reason to survive. Otherwise there are several inferior value systems which will replace them such as Islamofacism, Multiculturalism, Afrocentrism and Communism.

16 posted on 03/15/2011 7:50:24 AM PDT by wmileo
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

We just had a thread on here that claimed that the kids born 2001-2011 have more children than the boomers. I can see that as I have seen people having way more than two kids now a days. My parents had 3 children and we have 9 children between us. Many of my high school class has 3 and 4 children. A few even have 5 children.


17 posted on 03/15/2011 7:57:01 AM PDT by napscoordinator
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: FourPeas
"it's worth noting the infant mortality rate has declined significantly since the late 18th century, as has the mortality rate of children. Comparing rates from the late 18th century to present day needs to take that into account to be meaningful. "

Agreed but demographics don't lie. Ethnic Russian men have the lowest average life expectancy in a country where the Muslims population is increasing at an alarming rate. 50 years from now, what will the country known as Russia be like?

Ethnic Spaniards in Spain, where Leftist thinking(or lack there of) has taken hold and the birth rate is the lowest in Western Europe, will disappear in three generations.

18 posted on 03/15/2011 7:59:29 AM PDT by wmileo
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

The liberals think that our planet can only sustain 20 million people, and they should all be liberals. They think that euthenasia and starvation are commendable means of reducing the population. If you want to know why our fertility rates are falling, just watch tv. Young men don’t want the responsibility of children, they want to be children. Look at what happened to the Spears girls after they had children. Where are they? The young bimbettes want to be worshipped and Hollywood doesn’t worship a woman with a baby on her hip.


19 posted on 03/15/2011 8:02:21 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

Islam is a culture which does not innovate, engineer or create anything technologically. They drive cars and fly planes only because they consume off of developed countries.

Were the world to fall to Islam, there would be massive loss of life due to war and starvation, followed by the various nations falling into primitive technology and primal culture as it was 1500 years ago following the fall of Rome.


20 posted on 03/15/2011 8:04:24 AM PDT by lurk
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-69 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson