Population control

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Population control; Controlling other folks' populations
Topic Started: Sunday, 2. November 2008, 23:56 (121 Views)
frugal dougal	Sunday, 2. November 2008, 23:56 Post #1
Posts: 16 Group: Members Member #85 Joined: May 10, 2007	Hi all - I was reviewing a book for my sad old blog the other day - Fatal Misconception - The Struggle to Control World Population by Matthew Connelly. I'm sure many of you are aware of all this, but some of the stuff in the book, eg about India, shocked me and I had to remind myself "this happened, this is history and present fact". I wondered if you might be interested in reading it: Tales from a Draughty old Fen - Fatal Misconception FD
Posts: 16 Group: Members Member #85 Joined: May 10, 2007	Love is as strong as Death tales from a draughty old fen


KatyA	Monday, 3. November 2008, 00:04 Post #2
Administrator Posts: 5,393 Group: Admin Member #6 Joined: September 26, 2006	I just read through your blog, FD and there is quite a lot of information there of which I was unaware. Good post KatyA



frugal dougal	Monday, 3. November 2008, 00:08 Post #3
Posts: 16 Group: Members Member #85 Joined: May 10, 2007	Thanks KatyA - as a lifelong pro-lifer and former health-worker I thought I'd heard it all, but I have to admit that after writing that particular blog I had nightmares for the first time in years. - FD
Posts: 16 Group: Members Member #85 Joined: May 10, 2007	Love is as strong as Death tales from a draughty old fen


Bob Crowley	Monday, 3. November 2008, 10:45 Post #4
Posts: 535 Group: Members Member #127 Joined: December 21, 2007	One of the areas I disagree with the Church is the contraceptive pill, although I agree with it's moral stance on abortion. I't all very well decrying birth control, but if you're going to take a hardline stance against birth control, then be prepared to tell the governments of China and India, and the city authorities of Mexico City how they should cope with their burgeoning poplulations. If you don't have any practical solutions to offer for those problems, then why should they listen to you? What have you got to offer, except unlimited populations and with them, unlimited consumption and supply problems?



OsullivanB	Monday, 3. November 2008, 12:24 Post #5
Posts: 2,193 Group: Moderator Member #205 Joined: August 14, 2008	I don't think it's coincidence that the most senior person I have heard dissenting from the Church's teaching (before Humanae Vitae) was Archbishop Thomas Roberts SJ, Archbishop of Calcutta. Edited by OsullivanB, Monday, 3. November 2008, 13:59.



Rose of York	Monday, 3. November 2008, 12:48 Post #6
Administrator Posts: 14,517 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: September 25, 2006	OsullivanB did Archbishop Roberts do that publicly? When was it?
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OsullivanB	Monday, 3. November 2008, 13:43 Post #7
Posts: 2,193 Group: Moderator Member #205 Joined: August 14, 2008	I have corrected the chronology. He spoke against the Church's teaching on birth control but, to be fair, it was while the debate was still continuing - Lent Term 1967, the Catholic Chaplaincy, Fisher House, Cambridge. The Acting Chaplain, Fr. Joseph Christie SJ closed the meeting summarily, saying he would not have heresy preached in his house. It caused something of a stir in the national press at the time. There was a little added piquancy as the Archbishop and the Acting Chaplain were both based at Farm Street. Edited by OsullivanB, Monday, 3. November 2008, 14:00.



KatyA	Tuesday, 4. November 2008, 12:52 Post #8
Administrator Posts: 5,393 Group: Admin Member #6 Joined: September 26, 2006	Several posts on infallibility and the Inquisition have been moved to an existing thread "Papal Infallibility" in order to return this thread to the subject of population control



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