Joe.My.God. LGBT News
Via email from hate group leader Tony Perkins:
April 22 marks Earth Day, and this year’s theme is “Invest in our planet.” On this day, environmentalists and nature-lovers around the world unite to appreciate the beauty of God’s creation (whether they recognize it as such or not) and advocate for its conservation.
However, respect for the earth ought never to be in opposition to respect for humanity — the pinnacle of God’s creation. As some environmental extremists have begun to favor population reduction as a means to improve the planet, it is more important than ever to affirm that valuing the blessing of children and caring for creation are not mutually exclusive.
The anti-natalist vegan organization Stop Having Kids proclaims, “There is an unconscionable amount of needless suffering and death in the world. Birth serves as the catalyst for it all.”
According to the group’s website, anti-natalists believe that human reproduction is “an irreversible, unnecessary, indefensible, and enduring form of harm, regardless of circumstances, situations, or consciousness in living.”
In other words, anti-natalists want the human race to voluntarily wipe itself from the face of the earth in order to prevent future harm to the planet.
In 2021, Elon Musk said at the Wall Street Journal’s annual CEO Council, “I think one of the biggest risks to civilization is the low birth rate […] if people don’t have more children, civilization is going to crumble, mark my words.” Musk’s warning contradicted generations of environmentalists who have argued that the human race was on its way to overpopulation.
Children are not a curse to be ended; rather, they are precious, unrepeatable souls made in the image of God. Children represent an opportunity to instill the principles of stewardship and respect for God’s creation in future generations.
A wholistic appreciation for creation is incompatible with the degradation of the value of human life. This Earth Day, let us remember that humanity can make no greater investment in the planet than investing in its children.
Happy #EarthDay!
“The earth is the LORD’s and the fullness thereof,
the world and those who dwell therein,
for he has founded it upon the seas
and established it upon the rivers.”
Psalm 24:1-2 ESV pic.twitter.com/RVV5IhP0rW— Family Research Council (@FRCdc) April 22, 2022