That’s the reason my three childless kids tell me they’re not having children. The recent election reinforced their opinion that the world has gone to hell in a hand basket. The way I put it is, “Idiocracy” is no longer a sci-fi farce, it’s a documentary.
In the first century A.D. the Apostle Paul advised people to remain single (and thus childless), so that their full attention could be focused on spreading the gospel. And in that time it was understood that meant also that no children would be born. However, he realized that not everyone could abstain from sex, so if you can’t he said, go ahead and get married. Good thing for Christianity, because if everyone had taken his advice, Christianity would likely be a historical footnote by now, just as my limb on the family tree will be lopped off right next to where I’m sitting. Of course there’s always the possibility that some future dna match will find my progeny not found in a search of the courthouse. Just ask Thomas Jefferson.
That’s the reason my three childless kids tell me they’re not having children. The recent election reinforced their opinion that the world has gone to hell in a hand basket. The way I put it is, “Idiocracy” is no longer a sci-fi farce, it’s a documentary.
In the first century A.D. the Apostle Paul advised people to remain single (and thus childless), so that their full attention could be focused on spreading the gospel. And in that time it was understood that meant also that no children would be born. However, he realized that not everyone could abstain from sex, so if you can’t he said, go ahead and get married. Good thing for Christianity, because if everyone had taken his advice, Christianity would likely be a historical footnote by now, just as my limb on the family tree will be lopped off right next to where I’m sitting. Of course there’s always the possibility that some future dna match will find my progeny not found in a search of the courthouse. Just ask Thomas Jefferson.