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Do the nonreligious, atheist / agnostics breed less?

How many kids do you have? I have one. I have seen studies where it seams the more intelligent seam to have less numbers of kids. it that true? you young atheist need to get busy, more. lol

MichaelSpinler 8 Jan 28
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Seems to be the pattern.

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HAHAH that is easy

NOn religious are generally pro-choice and use condoms etc. Catholics breed like mice and forbid contraceptives as they WANT more worshippers and POOR ones too as those with kids generally have less money than those who don't . The poor are MUCH easier to rule than the rich.

The Philippines is a prime example of this.

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The West is not replacing itself. The higher the level of education the more Atheists there are and the less children one has on average.
The only way the United States population does not start to fall is through immigration. Modern life is not sustainable from an evolutionary standpoint, among others.

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I have 3, and stopped when I was not able to take care of any more and still do my job. That basically coincided with my late 30's, so age was a factor too. I have 3 kids but I didn't start having them until I was 30, for educational reasons. All 3 of my kids are atheists.

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Most intelligent don't fuck much, too busy watching porn, counting stars or observing ants.

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I only had one son. I don't believe our world will be able to occupy so many people and it bothers me when people have a litter, and even worse when we are having to pay for them!

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I have two sons. Both of them told me they were atheists while I was still in agnostic mode. I know my 20yo doesn't want kids and pretty sure the 14yo doesn't either. I tell them all the time how expensive kids are!

dkp93 Level 8 Jan 29, 2018
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Hmmm.... I don't know if that would of changed things for me back then. It would of been a fight in our marriage that I was one.

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I have one daughter. I actually wish I'd had 1-2 more -- and she REALLY wishes that. 😟 I think it does have something to do with being secular, ergo smarter. 🙂 I knew I could not afford more as a single parent and I was not naive to believe that, even if once a couple/double income, that that would not always be the case. So, I planned and made choices based on my own income.

@Akfishlady LOL!!! Well, good for you! My daughter is 27. I should clarify, that when I say "I planned and made choices," that would apply to AFTER I had her and didn't have more. She was not planned.

Interestingly, her father had told me he had a vasectomy. What man says that when it's not true??? I know, y'all are used to women doing that kind of crazy shit, aren't you?

Well, he did. And, he would not have been my deliberate choice for a dad, but it is what it is. Or was what it was. He died when my daughter was 18.

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We had two. We may breed less, but we have better sex and more of I'll bet.

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Yes, I believe it is true, also better educated people breed less as well, so I dare say smarter people.

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I think that’s all correct … including, quality over quantity.. My wife and I had long agreed that two ‘replacement children’ would be enough. That’s what we got, and it still feels like plenty 🙂 Of those two, one’s not planning on any children (age 25), and the other’s in no hurry (age 23)… Leaving more time to make money to support Atheist Organizations 😉

Varn Level 8 Jan 29, 2018

@MichaelSpinler My 25 year old had the same BF from HS, too… but that’s been over about a year now, and she sounds content being alone.. My youngest, newer to the game, “Thinks the r/s is worth pursuing,” ..her fresh marketing degree no doubt speaking 😉 I’m just relieved neither are married, like I’d done at age 22...

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I do understand what your saying. I’ve had the same thought. Haha. Most of my friends I’ve kept throughout the years( ones like us) haven’t been having kids. Where you look at all the ones who bury themselves in society without a second thought and grip on to the closest thing. Are pushing them out like rabbits.
I have a daughter. Who at the time I couldn’t take care of and the mother wanted nothing to do with. I made a choice that I needed to be where I wanted before I could be a good father( I want to be able to give my kids at the least what my mother gave me) and I knew I couldn’t. So I found a beautiful lesbian couple who were strong and well put together and they really wanted a child. So with the understanding that when the time comes and she asks questions they will reach out to me and allow me to have my daughter again when they permit. It broke my heart more than writing can portray.
But my point is most of us are trying to give ourselves a good future. Or just not very good at making that sort of thing happen haha. Or just actually using contraception haha. But. The spikes already here. 50 years ago we were the losers. Now we are the leaders and being smart is sexier. 50 years from now. I believe the kind of stupidity we’re all worried about will be pushed out by technology.

No doubt that was a very difficult and painful decision, Ryan. At the same kind, loving and selfless. I wish you the best in your journey and hope that someday you can be the person you strive to be and that she one day respects your choices and loves you.

@MichaelSpinler the real problem is our idealism’s involve less conversion and more conversation haha but I just think technology will push out the stupid just like it has for the last 100 years. No matter the experiences. I’ve found most people I’ve met are more on the wall about religion they are just afraid to say they are anything but mainstream. And the other half are constantly conforming their beliefs to fit with the ways of today. But no matter science and the proof of it grow more and more everyday.

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Have 6 kids, and 14 grand kids. All are non believers, probably mostly atheist. One grand son is attending a christian church, but he is in a searching mode. 2 great grand kids, both have atheist parents. Probably will slant the curve a little.

Thank you for your generous contribution to the atheist movement! lol

It was never a contest. My first wife and I were both non church people. We both had decided at a young age that god was a myth. When our kids started coming home from school saying that they were going to hell, we went and visited some churches and ended up in a Unitarian Universalist church in New Mexico. The programs for the kids taught them to question everything, along with a study of religions.
I didn't get married until I was 30, and married a divorce with three kids. We had two together, and also adopted one. In current times, with the cost of sending kids to college, would certainly keep the numbers down.

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