On Jul 26, 2008, at 10:49 AM, Doug Pensinger wrote: > William wrote: > >> >> Is there no limit to the depraved wickedness of the religionists? >> >> What's wicked about bringing children into the world that you have >> the > resources to support and nurture? > > Doug
If that were their motivation, I'd agree. But at 8-10 or more per family, and with the fundamentalist neopentecostal homeschooling those kids receive, they'll be able to elect their own theocrats to office at virtually every level of our government in about 30-40 more years or so. Whether that triggers another Dark Age before we reach near- total industrial and economic collapse is hard to say, but this movement in particular has been playing the long game for close to 100 years (or more, depending on the definition of where it began), and this is one of their many long-term strategies. "People don't like to be meddled with. We tell them what to do, what to think, don't run, don't walk. We're in their homes and in their heads and we haven't the right. We're meddlesome." -- River Tam, "Serenity" _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
