September 11th, Wednesday 2013
Hello :)
I came across an article this morning that said "Is Having Large Families Irresponsible?". It drew my attention and I read through it. Here is a link if you would like to know what I'm referring to: http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/is-having-large-families--irresponsible----191024787.html (copy and paste into your URL) Sr. David Attenborough claims that having large families is irresponsible in this day and age and even puts support behind the Chinese one-child law.
Over population is something that was first introduced by Thomas Malthus a British scholar and Anglican clergyman. He believed that the planets rapid increase of people would strip the earth of it's natural resources. It was then accepted among many people when Margaret Sanger who founded the American Birth Control League (which later became Planned Parenthood.) convinced many women that it was unfair that they weren't able to control the number of children they had, and being pregnant at an inconvenient time was easily fixed by disposing of the unborn child, or preventing it's life in the first place. Ms. Sanger believed that there was a "higher" race and that people that were not of that race could be easily diminished by preventing their offspring. Nazi eugenics if you will. (The term eugenics-meaning “good births”-was coined by Francis Galton, a cousin of Charles Darwin. Eugenics, he believed, would encourage more children from the fit, and fewer or no children from the unfit, with the ultimate goal of engineering the evolutionary ascent of man.)
I came across an article this morning that said "Is Having Large Families Irresponsible?". It drew my attention and I read through it. Here is a link if you would like to know what I'm referring to: http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/is-having-large-families--irresponsible----191024787.html (copy and paste into your URL) Sr. David Attenborough claims that having large families is irresponsible in this day and age and even puts support behind the Chinese one-child law.
Over population is something that was first introduced by Thomas Malthus a British scholar and Anglican clergyman. He believed that the planets rapid increase of people would strip the earth of it's natural resources. It was then accepted among many people when Margaret Sanger who founded the American Birth Control League (which later became Planned Parenthood.) convinced many women that it was unfair that they weren't able to control the number of children they had, and being pregnant at an inconvenient time was easily fixed by disposing of the unborn child, or preventing it's life in the first place. Ms. Sanger believed that there was a "higher" race and that people that were not of that race could be easily diminished by preventing their offspring. Nazi eugenics if you will. (The term eugenics-meaning “good births”-was coined by Francis Galton, a cousin of Charles Darwin. Eugenics, he believed, would encourage more children from the fit, and fewer or no children from the unfit, with the ultimate goal of engineering the evolutionary ascent of man.)
The Truth
I have done a lot of research on this post, and have found that the bible tells us that children are a blessing. When we train them in the way they should go, there is no worry that they will be good citizens. Being conscience of their food consumption, serving others, giving back to the planet and being resourceful. If you or anyone else, is worried about our planets well being, you won't take the lives of children before they are born. You will turn off the lights to save energy, watch the amount of water you use, plant a garden in your flower bed, walk, or ride a bicycle instead of a car when you can. Pray and ask the Lord to lead you in ways to help the planet. Don't blame it on over population, not on the depletion of natural resources, but think about it. It's you, me, your neighbor down the street, we are all guilty, and we can all do our part to give back.
Proverbs 22:6 - Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:6 - Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Whether it be the smiling baby above,
a dirty child on the street, a poor child,
or a happy child in Ethiopia. We all deserve life, we all deserve a chance to live even if that life doesn't look perfect to everyone else. It's a chance. A chance to serve the Lord. A chance to see beauty in the world around us. Can you support me in giving children a chance?
"As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate."
Psalm 127;4-5
"As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate."
Psalm 127;4-5
I wanted to take a moment to remember the men and women who perished in the attack of 9/11. Thank you to the firefighters, police, and rescue teams that helped make survivors that day. God Bless!
Have a great day!
Blessings,
Brittany G.
Blessings,
Brittany G.