From The Sunday Times. February 1, 2009. Two children should be limit, says green guru. Sarah-Kate Templeton, Health Editor According to the UK government's green adviser couples who have more than two children are being “irresponsible” by creating an unbearable burden on the environment. Jonathon Porritt, who chairs the government's Sustainable Development Commission, said that curbing population growth through contraception and abortion must be at the heart of policies to fight global warming. Porritt said, “I am unapologetic about asking people to connect up their own responsibility for their total environmental footprint and how they decide to procreate and how many children they think are appropriate.”
The Optimum Population Trust, a campaign group of which Porritt is a patron, says each baby born in Britain will, during his or her lifetime, burn carbon roughly equivalent to 2½ acres of old-growth oak woodland - an area the size of Trafalgar Square.The story does not mention any threat of over population in the UK as far as food sources are concerned. Using evolutionary philosophy, Porritt focuses on the energy consumption that extra children will take. An environmental footprint excuse is contrary to biblical principles:
The British population, now 61m, will pass 70m by 2028, the Office for National Statistics says. The fertility rate for women born outside Britain is estimated to be 2.5, compared with 1.7 for those born here. The global population of 6.7 billion is expected to rise to 9.2 billion by 2050.
Genesis 1:28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it;
Psalm 127:3. Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, The fruit of the womb is a reward.
While the Bible does not condemn parents for not having children, there is a strong mandate to encourage the philosophy that children are a blessing from God and not a curse. Evolutionary philosophy condemns parents choice for children. When this choice is suppressed, allegiance is transferred from God's privilege to worldly philosophy. Abortions would be encouraged more than ever thereby taking the lives of millions of more children.
