Here's a longer, rephrased version of what I said before:
Birth rates are collapsing throughout the America and Europe. The numbers are well below replacement almost everywhere.
The reason: Liberalism (or individualism) of course.
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nytimes.com/2021/06/16/us/…
Birth rates are collapsing throughout the America and Europe. The numbers are well below replacement almost everywhere.
The reason: Liberalism (or individualism) of course.
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nytimes.com/2021/06/16/us/…
It is liberalism (or individualism) that focuses everyone's attention on what *you* feel like doing. On what would be fun for *you*.
It is liberalism that turns us away from broader commitments.
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It is liberalism that turns us away from broader commitments.
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Contrary to what many people on Twitter seem to think, this liberal way of looking at things does *not* lead to a lot of children being born.
It leads to collapsing birthrates, well below replacement, almost everywhere.
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It leads to collapsing birthrates, well below replacement, almost everywhere.
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How can this inability to bring enough children into the world be turned around?
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Well, *most* people still having large families do so because they are part of a religious congregation that maintains a Scriptural commitment to having children.
You know, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it." (Gen. 1.28)
You do know it, right?
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You know, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it." (Gen. 1.28)
You do know it, right?
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And in these same communities, families often have a lot of children because they (also) love their tradition, their congregation, their way of life and their nation.
They have children because they want to see all these things they love carry on into the future.
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They have children because they want to see all these things they love carry on into the future.
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And yes, that is the great cultural contest of our time. The contest between:
(A) liberalism or individualism, which is incapable of sustaining itself into the future because it doesn't produce enough children for that.
And....
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(A) liberalism or individualism, which is incapable of sustaining itself into the future because it doesn't produce enough children for that.
And....
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(B) conservative society, which is committed to large families as part of a broader commitment to God and Scripture, congregation and nation.
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If you don't know that traditional families almost always exist where there's a broader commitment to a conservative society of this kind, then you really don't know what a "traditional family" is.
Might be worth knowing a thing or two about this. It might come in handy.
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Might be worth knowing a thing or two about this. It might come in handy.
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Which brings me back to what I said before:
What power is strong enough to bring children into a world in which liberalism is pulverizing the family?
Love of God and Scripture, love of congregation and nation. This is the soil in which strong families can still grow.
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What power is strong enough to bring children into a world in which liberalism is pulverizing the family?
Love of God and Scripture, love of congregation and nation. This is the soil in which strong families can still grow.
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