RE: Population Control
April 24, 2009 at 12:09 am
(This post was last modified: April 24, 2009 at 12:14 am by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
Quote:I have very good news for you:humans are nor animals.
Did you mean "NOT"? If so,when did that miraculous change occur?
I have bad news for you:Human beings are indeed animals.That is the scientific consensus and has been for the last couple of hundred years at least.That we happen to be sentient animals capable of self examination has not made us consistently rational or reasonable either as individuals or as a species. Instinct remains our most powerful driving force.
Yes I'm familiar with the Abrahamic faiths.(I was raised Catholic and have studied both Judaism and Islam)
Your argument has some minor flaws,hardly worth mentioning really----
The two most populous nations on earth (China and India*) are not now,and have never been followers of Judaism,Christianity or Islam.
People were breeding like rabbits before any of the Abrahamic faiths were invented. China for example based its society on the essentially atheistic teachings of Confucius.The family is at the base of that system.
All religions reflect the societies which invent them,and are used to justify and control existing as well as future behaviour. The moral codes found in religions have the purpose of ensuring the survival of the group. Over time this entails the introduction an maintenance a controlling status quo. Formal religion almost always supports the established order.
*OK,there WAS the Mughal rule of India,but that was rather late.(began 1526 CE, peaked around 1700,ended 1857)
