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The Real Population Threat
March 25, 2009
For well over a century, many prophets of doom have predicted world overpopulation would lead to ecological disaster, famine, poverty and other woes. As Philip Longman points out in the March 24, 2009 edition of USA Today, the world’s population is expected to hit 7 billion by 2012, up from the 6 billion mark set in 1999. So, is overpopulation a real threat?
February 3, 2009
Are Human Beings a Negative Cost?
When one of the British government’s leading environmental advisors suggested that responsible families should have no more than two children in efforts to combat overpopulation, a storm of controversy ensued. On today’s program, Dr. Mohler looks at Sir Jonathan Porritt’s comments and the worldview behind them.
Put a Stop to Large Families?
September 18, 2008
September 11, 2008
Is a ‘Demographic Winter’ Coming?
Demographers and sociologists have for several years now noted the startling decline of fertility rates not only in Europe, but across the globe. However, few Americans have paused to consider the implications of such a widespread trend. A new documentary, Demographic Winter, does a masterful job of explaining the data, painting an alerting picture of…
September 11, 2008
Is a ‘Demographic Winter’ Coming?
Demographers and sociologists have for several years now noted the startling decline of fertility rates not only in Europe, but across the globe. However, few Americans have paused to consider the implications of such a widespread trend. A new documentary, Demographic Winter, does a masterful job of explaining the data, painting an alerting picture of…
Where Are Europe’s Babies?
July 3, 2008
“You can’t have a country where everybody lives in a nursing home….” The statement, shockingly obvious as it may be, was offered by Carl Haub of the Population Reference Bureau. He was speaking of Europe’s looming demographic disaster. As The New York Times Magazine reports this week, many Europeans are now asking, “Where are the babies?”
When Deaths Outnumber Births — The Parable of Pittsburgh
May 23, 2008
Demography is not destiny, but that claim is not, humanly speaking, far off the mark. The pattern of populations and social behaviors will establish the character and contours of any civilization. For this reason, any major change in the population is significant, and the more unexpected the change, the more significant its impact.
May 8, 2008
“The Land of Disappearing Children” — Japan’s Population Crisis
The nation of Japan faces a devastating population crisis. The crisis, however, is not a problem of too many people living in Japan, but too few. Japan, with several other nations close behind, faces what we might call a population implosion.
On today’s program, Dr. Mohler argues that a society that stops having children is like…
“The Land of Disappearing Children” — Japan’s Population Crisis
May 8, 2008
The nation of Japan faces a devastating population crisis. The crisis, however, is not a problem of too many people living in Japan, but too few. Japan, with several other nations close behind, faces what we might call a population implosion.
April 15, 2008
The “Fatal Misconception” of Global Population Control
The history of the movement to control the world’s population is a largely untold story which includes a number of painful lessons. In his recently released book, Fatal Misconception: The Struggle to Control World Population, Matthew Connelly has chonicled the history of the movement. On today’s program, Dr. Mohler welcomes Professor Connelly for a conversation…
