tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442827238174603755.post427964191826192885..comments2023-09-11T08:30:08.843-07:00Comments on Life Training Institute Blog: The Argument from Overpopulation - Blog Q&A [Daniel]SKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01905606527143286458noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442827238174603755.post-6912261420020646592013-12-22T13:53:08.641-08:002013-12-22T13:53:08.641-08:00Paul, the point of the post was really to expose t...Paul, the point of the post was really to expose the false assumptions made by pro-choice advocates who make claims such as the one discussed above. If you haven't read it already the book by Dorling is worth reading on the matter of population and the scaremongering associated with such claims. I intentionally steered away from getting into any real depth on that question.<br /><br />My main point as I said was to allow pro-life advocates to see through the rhetoric and expose the faulty assumptions made about the pre-born, and to avoid unnecessarily engaging in a discussion that takes the focus off the pre-born of which the pro-choice advocate has subtly dehumanised.<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by and commenting,<br /><br />Danielfailedatheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16176322877697068624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442827238174603755.post-74335374415213479792013-12-22T13:42:32.621-08:002013-12-22T13:42:32.621-08:00Sure, although the claim is a mistaken one there a...Sure, although the claim is a mistaken one there are still some challenges to take seriously from the implicit assumptions from some of those who make claims like this in regards to poverty and respect for human dignity. We both very often care about human suffering but respond to it in very different ways due to our difference in worldview which clearly has implications for the pre-born as-well as other particular human groups. <br /><br />Thanks for stopping by to comment,<br /><br />Danielfailedatheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16176322877697068624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442827238174603755.post-17131803477982948882013-12-20T11:01:14.835-08:002013-12-20T11:01:14.835-08:00Every couple of years, this Malthusian stuff pops ...Every couple of years, this Malthusian stuff pops back up like a zombie, no matter how thoroughly it's been discredited. The doomers are infamous for making predictions that later fail. As a well known example, during the 1970s, one of the most prominent doomers, Paul Ehrlich, predicted that we'd all be dead from starvation by the year 2000. These people have been 100% wrong for so many decades that it's very hard to take them seriously. <br />I love challenging overpopulation doomers to name a country that was more prosperous when it had half the present population.Russell G.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442827238174603755.post-7856043318330138362013-12-19T09:33:54.043-08:002013-12-19T09:33:54.043-08:00While technically accurate, the arguments you pres...While technically accurate, the arguments you present are bloodless and relatively weak. Civilization as we know it requires a certain population density, and we gather into villages, towns and cities to achieve the level of civilization we desire. If the intellectuals who claim the entire world is overpopulated were dropped off in a remote area and required to fend for themselves, they would arrive back at the nearest civilized point with a new perspective. It is true that certain cities (generally chock full of intellectuals) are overcrowded, but that is the result of politics and economic pressure - both of which are solvable by means that allow for human dignity. Once we begin thinking of humanity as animals that breed, our civilization is doomed. When the cities are depopulated, civilization will evaporate. Without civilization, intellectuals will be the first victims. Intellectuals never think how they will fare in a barbaric world where force is the law. The only thing that protects them now is what remains our Judeo-Christian civilization and a certain density of population, both of which they have set themselves out to destroy.Paul Bennettnoreply@blogger.com