tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5816147226417130386.post5224564758720836971..comments2023-07-17T03:57:39.014-07:00Comments on The Liberal Agnostic Who Could: Conservative Faith and the Literate FemaleLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10268689890561878413noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5816147226417130386.post-34070285331659555712010-12-19T09:49:48.879-08:002010-12-19T09:49:48.879-08:00I agree that the growth rate is scary if we want a...I agree that the growth rate is scary if we want a future for our species. And I also agree that the one bright spot is positive things to improve people's lives (education, health care) are exactly what encourage people to want to have smaller families.C. L. Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12698855413639518095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5816147226417130386.post-9579316554494711452010-12-09T07:33:36.068-08:002010-12-09T07:33:36.068-08:00I like your thinking on this topic, Lisa. We need ...I like your thinking on this topic, Lisa. We need to help educate women so they have the tools to make their own informed choices when it comes to reproduction. Abstinence-only sex education and other measures that are really oppressive to women must be eliminated in favor of true education.<br /><br />Excellent excellent post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5816147226417130386.post-75418259128931951182010-12-08T21:30:20.728-08:002010-12-08T21:30:20.728-08:00That's just it. We go to these countries, tell...That's just it. We go to these countries, tell 'em to stop having sex, but (as far as I know) stop there. Because that's the answer to everything.<br /><br />Not that it's as easy as educating women, making them literate. No. This is a political action as much as it is anything else. Women are oppressed. We govern according to the almighty-fucking-dollar, and it's disgusting.<br /><br />And yes, they and the rest of us are in grave danger of paying in just the way Ahab spoke of. We may overshoot our capacity (I think it's highly likely), but a crash will follow. <br /><br />I don't want to live (or not live) through that.<br /><br />We need to help the least of us.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10268689890561878413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5816147226417130386.post-29185184664886667412010-12-08T18:49:30.685-08:002010-12-08T18:49:30.685-08:00@ Cognitive Dissenter -- Nature indeed compensates...@ Cognitive Dissenter -- Nature indeed compensates with things such as disease and starvation. I fear that these things will afflict the third world unless we humans get our population growth down to sustainable levels.Ahabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675629709031865432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5816147226417130386.post-341582095013304612010-12-08T17:40:08.971-08:002010-12-08T17:40:08.971-08:00No doubt my opinion on this topic will be wildly u...No doubt my opinion on this topic will be wildly unpopular. But that's never stopped me before.<br /><br />I think it is environmentally (at least) irresponsible to have huge families. And I come from a huge family and would not have been born had my parents adopted my attitude.<br /><br />However, nature does have a way of compensating when a species' population gets out of control. For one example, wolves don't conceive hardly ever when their populations exceed environmental sustainability. It does make me wonder if nature will compensate with humans?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5816147226417130386.post-24877046252272113262010-12-08T14:21:58.052-08:002010-12-08T14:21:58.052-08:00I recall on my mission (Taiwan) that we had an pri...I recall on my mission (Taiwan) that we had an priesthood lesson on the whole "multiplying and replenishing" topic. The teacher made a comment like "The Chinese have already done this, so it doesn't apply to us."<br />At the time I was amused and a bit shocked. :-)Goldarnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01002035439360220264noreply@blogger.com