Introduction
“As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it."
- Genesis 9:7 (NIV, 2011)
This is the verse that started it all. The verse that caused the biggest misconception, humankind can never comprehend. The verse that changed the worldview and the moral view of our fellow countrymen about the preciousness and the importance of life which led others to have 6, 7, 8 or 21 family members living in the same roof. And the verse that lead us into the biggest problem that is inevitable to each one of us – the world’s never ending overpopulation.
This issue of moral vs. social views in overpopulation extends on each and every part of the world. Based on the Documents of the Holy Father, “Certainly, we would not deny that this or that region is at present burdened by a relatively excess population. But the desire to solve the difficulty with a formula that the number of inhabitants should be regulated according to the public economy is equivalently to subvert the order of nature and the entire psychological and moral world which is bound up with it. What an error it would be to blame the natural law for the present miseries of the world, when it is clear that these derive from the lack of mutual solidarity of men and peoples!” (Zimmerman, 1957).
But the Italian Catholic Union of Midwives took their stand against overpopulation by proposing them to use the modern trend which is called contraceptives. As reported by Zimmerman (1957), unfortunately, cases are not rare in which even a cautious reference to children as a "blessing" Is enough to provoke a downright denial and perhaps even derision. Far more frequently, in thought and in words, the attitude of considering children a heavy "bu...
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Thousands of animals are put to sleep each year due to not having any available homes for them to be adopted. According to Jennifer Sexton and Tom Warhol in Domestic Animal Overpopulation, “The average female cat can produce two litters of six kittens per year, a female dog can produce one litter of six or more puppies per year, making pet overpopulation a significant problem.” Animal overpopulation is costing money and you can help the pets with spay and neutering programs. A new solution is mandatory contracts for breeders and spay and neuter programs. This paper will talk about spay and neuter programs, contracts for breeders, and why some people don’t think animal overpopulation is a problem. Thankfully there are solutions to this issue of animal overpopulation.
“We believe that the ultimate treasures on earth and in heaven are our children and our posterity.” I chose this because it is the plan that God has for us! It may seem redundant but without procreating we would not be able to understand true happiness.
“We are burdensome to the world, the resources are scarcely adequate for us.” Tertullian, a philosopher from the third century had said this about our world when the population was mere 200 million. This statement can be taken two different ways. The first would be to think that our resources are limited and we need to be worried. The second would be to say people have been worried about overpopulation forever but everything seems to have worked out. There is no doubt that there are many people inhabiting this earth but the real question is if too many of us is a real threat to humanity.
“In the sight of God who gives life to everything, and of Christ Jesus . . ." (ch. 6, v. 13).
(Chaucer 28). This refers to a popular line in the bible that regards how people are to live life
Verse 3: Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves.
“Given the serious worldwide dilemmas posed by population growth, why should we consider low fertility rate a problem?”(pg 340). I think this question raises a big concern for the human species in general. If the number of people on this earth is declining, that isn't necessarily positive. It is exceptional to mention that population studies weren’t that widespread before the Second war. People weren’t involved regarding however a population grows. In truth their evolving population was thought-about a mathematical analysis instead of a demographic one. Once the Second war, human ecology has become a well developed discipline introducing to the post war populations could data concerning their change/evolution.
‘Inferno’, the latest Dan Brown book-to-film adaptation released not long ago, bringing to light some interesting ideas. Brown touches on the taboo that we’re all familiar with, yet never seem to give much thought to. Overpopulation. Quite simply put, it isn’t taken as seriously as we need it to be. Overpopulation will affect you, your friends, your family, and there’s no point in denying it. Fortunately, Brown considers overpopulation fairly seriously. Despite this, he fails to discuss even one valid solution to this issue, his grim solution, in brief, is to sterilise one-third of all humans. This is the problem at heart. Overpopulation as an idea is obscure and misunderstood. It’s not quite there, not quite credited. Yet, when overpopulation is discussed it’s another thing entirely, the majority of solutions being aloof and cut-throat in nature - hardly human solutions for this human problem. That’s not even considering those who deny the concern altogether. The real solutions are kind, compassionate, fair; we need
This was the verse the Lord has put in our heart when the WEC Team was preparing to hand over Community Health & Education project (CHE) comprising of an informal primary school as well as a local church started by WEC Cambodia in 2001 & 2004 respectively. The school and church were scheduled to be handed over to the Cambodian leadership by July 2008. At that point, we had been praying and asking the Lord how we can help the school and church to become self-sustaining when WEC team phases out from this village. Over the years, the school has benefitted many children who did not have the privilege to receive education due to poverty.
...cting humanity is achievable, but requires tremendous determination to stray towards the path of temptation. Stated in the beginning of the poem by the Lord, “Impelled in this direction, then in that one, A good man still knows which way is the right one.”(pg.104)
"For God so loved the world that he gave his only son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life."
This calls one to live a life full of love, to steward healthy relationships, to turn away from the temptations of this world and to pursue greater things that exemplify the talents and gifts God has designed for my role in this world. For what I am a part of is greater than the part I
Much is at stake for each of us. An eternal weight of responsibility rests upon every single believer, for each one is responsible for reaching people and building them up.
Environmentalism can head in a negative direction, which may result in population control and even anti-immigrant policies. Can the developing effort of ‘population integrity’ protect our world while recognizing birth morality? My stance is that we must include all possible solutions to controlling population, such as family planning and governmental involvement. In addition, discover solutions to use renewable resources and impede exhausting nonrenewable resources, as well as ways to tackle overconsumption to support our corrupt environment. Though several people see large, rapidly growing populations in developing regions as the primary culprit in environmental decline, we need to focus on the costly environmental outcomes of overconsumption among the gradually increasing populations of the developed nations.