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Interview with America’s premier Atheist Pronatalists on having ‘tons of kids’ to save the world
Guardian ^ | May 26, 2024 | Jenny Kleeman

Posted on 05/27/2024 11:57:10 AM PDT by nwrep

Malcolm and Simone Collins with Octavian George, four, Torsten Savage, two, and Titan Invictus, one – in Pennsylvania.

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They are the poster children of the pronatalist movement, on a mission to save humanity by having as many babies as possible.

This is not Quiverfull, the fundamentalist Christian belief that large families are a blessing from God. The Collinses are atheists; they believe in science and data, studies and research.

Every decision the Collinses make is backed by data. “Nominative determinism is a heavily studied field,” Malcolm tells me, when I ask about his children’s names. “Girls that have gender neutral names are more likely to have higher paying careers and get Stem degrees.” Names like Titan and Industry are much more than gender neutral, I say.

Simone was a “mistake baby”, the child of hippies (she has two half siblings from her father’s previous polyamorous marriage; her mother was their babysitter, she says). “I was always the black sheep in the family. They were very, ‘Go out, experiment.’

The “number one pronatalist policy position,” he tells me, is for governments to make it easier for women to work from home and have flexible hours. The Collinses believe in childcare, but not maternity leave. She will have the day of her C-section off “because of the drugs”, but will take work calls from hospital the day after. She tells me it’s because she’s “bored out of my mind” when she’s stuck with a newborn. In what they hope will be the beginning of political careers for both of them, Simone is running for Pennsylvania state government as a Republican. The primary is two weeks after she’s due to give birth.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Philosophy; US: California
KEYWORDS: fake; phony
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To: markman46

Read the link that was posted with the article. That’s where I got it.. it is a very long article.


21 posted on 05/27/2024 1:29:51 PM PDT by Chickensoup
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To: Eccl 10:2

My guess is they don’t like wearing contacts. Big dark frames are trendy with zoomers


22 posted on 05/27/2024 1:29:52 PM PDT by Valpal1 (Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
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To: nwrep

The world does NOT need autistic atheists having more children!


23 posted on 05/27/2024 1:46:02 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: nwrep

“If we are wrong, we want someone to be right,” she says. Then she smiles. “The more kids you have, the more likely you are to have kids that get it right somewhere.”

The mom is a smart cookie.


24 posted on 05/27/2024 2:02:16 PM PDT by Valpal1 (Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
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To: nwrep

ah yes the slappy guy. I’ll take parenting advice from him/s


25 posted on 05/27/2024 2:16:52 PM PDT by ronniesgal (have you even tried to mind your own business?)
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To: nwrep

I thought this quote was very apt.

“When people say, ‘I can’t afford kids,’ what they mean is, ‘I cannot afford to have kids at the standards that I find to be culturally normative,” Malcolm continues.


26 posted on 05/27/2024 5:17:35 PM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: Chickensoup

OK i’ll go and reread the article

thanks


27 posted on 05/28/2024 10:36:41 AM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: nwrep

Good life choices, I guess.

Abominable fashion choices, though.

Awful baby name choices too.


28 posted on 05/28/2024 10:42:10 AM PDT by x
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“Girls that have gender neutral names are more likely to have higher paying careers and get Stem degrees.” Names like Titan and Industry are much more than gender neutral, I say.

Either-or names like Taylor or Jordan or Jesse are just annoying. Non-name names like Titan or Industry are peak idiocy. A clear sign to employers that mom and dad probably didn't raise the kid right.
29 posted on 05/28/2024 5:59:35 PM PDT by Svartalfiar
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