Posted on 01/30/2019 7:54:49 AM PST by SeekAndFind
One of the first commands from God recorded in the Bible was for Adam and Eve to be fruitful and multiply. In other words, go make a bunch of babies. For generations upon generations, God's people have done an admirable job of obeying that command. Not so much now, though. A new study claims that conservative Protestants are "becoming less fruitful."
Analyzing data gathered from 1972-2016, the authors of the study confronted the belief that higher fertility rates are connected to "religious commitment and belief." In their research, a drop in birth rates was a trend they discovered among both conservative Protestants and mainline Protestants. A 16 percent drop in birth rates was found in both groups. Since conservatives started with a higher baseline of children per household than their mainline counterparts, conservatives are still having children at a higher rate. However, the study did uncover some surprising trends.
The accepted wisdom has been that higher church attendance is connected to higher birth rates. The data from 1972 mostly bears this out: conservative Protestants who attended church regularly averaged 2.89 kids per household; those among that group who attended church less regularly saw a slightly lower number with 2.83 kids per household. Mainline Protestants adhered to the same pattern, and overall, their birthrate, at 2.48 kids per household, was lower than conservatives.
Conservative Protestants who attend church regularly now have a birth rate of 2.5 kids per household. Mainline Protestants who attend church regularly, however, did not see their birthrate drop. In fact, the data points to a slight uptick among that group.
The study also reveals that Roman Catholics who attend Mass regularly saw an increase in the birthrate from 2.62 kids per household to 2.72. Like Protestants, though, Catholics who are less faithful are having fewer children.
The study's abstract concludes, "Unless offset by switching, our findings portend future population declines for conservative Protestants, notably, ones that are not attenuated by greater religious commitment." The question, then, appears to be if this trend underlines the belief that conservative Christianity is entering the beginning of their end.
Thankfully, God has promised to build Christ's kingdom through faith and not through physical lineage. While the trend of having fewer children isn't necessarily good, conservative Protestants can rest in the promises of God and not fear for the continued existence of Christ's Church.
Pray for Families!
All white educated kids are having fewer.
Period
It’s the girls mostly
Or soy boys don’t want to share mommy
Or the cost
But it’s that “ MY CAREER” bullshit first and foremost
Perhaps if we didn’t have to pay so much in taxes to support other people’s kids, it would make a difference.
You’ve done your part dear
As have we ...only five
I can’t speak for you but I don’t have five kids because I wanted to populate the earth with right wing white kids like some think is lacking....and it is actually especially in Europe
I like sex and intimacy with a woman I love
It’s everything
I grew up before Norplant and more innocuous IUDs
And I sure ain’t getting clipped
And abortion has been murder of babies to me since I became an adult mid 20s so that damn sure is off the table
Hence five kids.
You make em you have me you raise em
This used to be natural to folks didn’t it
You are exactly right. We had three and that is the most we could afford. I see very conservative doctors families having seven and nine children at our church. Everyone else with two family incomes has three or less.
I agree. We don’t have ten children as a political gesture, but because we are fond of each other and enjoy good health. Yes, it used to be natural, just as menopause was natural, but now some women long past natural childbearing are going through all sorts of trauma to give birth to children not even their own.
Life is weird, says the woman whose 18-year-old is breeding black widow spiders in an empty 2-liter cola bottle ...
Comedy is hard. :P
It depends.
If conservative Christians are not having babies because of reasons in “Idiocracy”, then it’s bad. - (Smart people hold off having kids for various intelligent reasons, while drunken idiots are popping out babies with anybody they can nail leading to a dramatic decrease in average IQ over time)
But if conservative Christians are having fewer babies because the end times are nearing, then those children are spared the tribulation to come.
Men today are being taught that they need a notarized signed consent form just to hold a girl’s hand. Can’t look at women at the office. They may get you fired.
Granted, the black men have it easier because if a white woman refuses them, they can accuse her of racism which is why you see so many mulatto children our there.
Exactly.
my kids have not helped but I have my Catholic niece that just had her 5th child...
People like my daughter, 20, who want to be a mom will find a hard time finding a guy who wants to be the sole bread winner. Also, it’s hard to find a guy if you are not willing to “put out” during dating. When she does find her special someone, I told her I will help her with her children as much as I can.
Saw an obit for 90 year old woman, very traditional Christian, who was preceded in death by 7 sisters and 4 brothers, with 2 sisters remaining. This woman had 3 sons, and a total of 4 grandchildren. Cultural suicide in a democracy.
RE: Compared to?
MUSLIMS
And that will be the end of America.
Even if you don’t have kids, you might want to check out these short, cleverly done propaganda pieces legitimizing the confused & trans gender thing now infiltrating cultures around the world.
Am I paranoid to posit that this INSANITY is being advanced by the ZERO POPULATION ZEALOTS to reduce population numbers and the already lower than replacement Western birth rates so WE can be replaced by folks by less advanced, less traditional values oriented people the elite would-be rulers view as more easily manipulated and controlled serfs whose sole function is to serve them?
They start out fairly benignly then go off the rails into the leftist propaganda.
No, that’s not the only way evil will stop.
God can use the means He has also ordained. Like evangelism. Discipleship. Personal holiness. And being fruitful and multiplying.
We’ll see what He does.
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