Thy Geekdom Come Posted January 7, 2010 Author Share Posted January 7, 2010 [quote name='Sternhauser' date='07 January 2010 - 11:20 AM' timestamp='1262881253' post='2031768'] Most excellent analogy. ~Sternhauser [/quote] Yes, it came to me a couple years ago. It works for a multitude of purposes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varg Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 [quote name='Sternhauser' date='07 January 2010 - 11:18 AM' timestamp='1262881129' post='2031766'] Specifics! Which "population problems?" Not generalized worries you have. A list. With numbers. ~Sternhauser [/quote] Will a diagram suffice? I love diagrams. [img]http://www.paulchefurka.ca/World%20Population.JPG[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varg Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 (edited) [quote name='Raphael' date='07 January 2010 - 11:31 AM' timestamp='1262881876' post='2031773'] I teach theology. It's part of my job and I do work on it. [/quote] That explains it. Until now I thought you were just having some random debate with your students [quote name='Raphael' date='07 January 2010 - 11:24 AM' timestamp='1262881482' post='2031770'] Metally unstable...like people made from mercury? Sorry, couldn't help myself. [/quote] Got me there Edited January 7, 2010 by Varg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zunshynn Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Varg... where are you getting this nonsense? Most countries aren't even replacing themselves at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HisChildForever Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 [quote name='zunshynn' date='07 January 2010 - 03:12 PM' timestamp='1262895123' post='2031895'] Varg... where are you getting this nonsense? Most countries aren't even replacing themselves at this point. [/quote] It's better to not engage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted January 7, 2010 Author Share Posted January 7, 2010 [quote name='HisChildForever' date='07 January 2010 - 03:14 PM' timestamp='1262895283' post='2031900'] It's better to not engage. [/quote] Well, in Varg's view, it's not engagement or marriage or even sex that's that problem, it's conception. Oh...you meant it in [i]that[/i] sense...gotcha... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varg Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 [quote name='zunshynn' date='07 January 2010 - 03:12 PM' timestamp='1262895123' post='2031895'] Varg... where are you getting this nonsense? Most countries aren't even replacing themselves at this point. [/quote] And your evidence for this is where? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKolbe Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 pardon my text dump [i]In a speech entitled “How to Take the Chill Out of Demographic Winter” given to the New Generation Church, Liga, Latvia, November 15, 2007, by Don Feder, (www.donfeder.com) a former Boston Herald writer who is now a political/communications consultant, he said, “In weighing the fate of humanity, one number is crucial -- 2.1. That¹s the number of children the average woman must have during her lifetime just to achieve population stability or equilibrium -- where you¹re not losing people by attrition. Why 2.1? Because a woman has to replace herself. Then she has to replace her partner. A fertility rate of more than 2.1 means population growth. Less than 2.1 equals population decline. There are now 59 nations – with 44% of the world¹s population -- that have below-replacement fertility rates.” Among these countries is Russia at a fertility rate of 1.17. In Russia today, almost as many children are aborted as are born alive. The overall European rate is 1.3 with Italy at 1.2, meaning that Italy will lose almost half of its people in every generation.[/i] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted January 7, 2010 Author Share Posted January 7, 2010 It is interesting that you're against the Catholics on this one, seeing as the Vatican City has a birth rate of 0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 [quote name='Raphael' date='07 January 2010 - 02:23 PM' timestamp='1262895818' post='2031914'] It is interesting that you're against the Catholics on this one, seeing as the Vatican City has a birth rate of 0. [/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varg Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 [quote name='Raphael' date='07 January 2010 - 03:23 PM' timestamp='1262895818' post='2031914'] It is interesting that you're against the Catholics on this one, seeing as the Vatican City has a birth rate of 0. [/quote] But there aren't any women there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKolbe Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 [img]http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n129/corsetti3/mapreplace.jpg[/img] from google books [url="http://books.google.com/books?id=PZ8oVguBO_8C&pg=PA12&lpg=PA12&dq=european+countries+replacing+themselves&source=bl&ots=i8vHYsTa0d&sig=SjiRiUaVdGJfcwyyiAQDDHZaffw&hl=en&ei=wUNGS8TcJMaOlAfy490U&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CBsQ6AEwBzgU#v=onepage&q=&f=false"]HERE[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightofChrist Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 [quote name='Varg' date='07 January 2010 - 03:27 PM' timestamp='1262896047' post='2031919'] But there aren't any women there [/quote] Just in case your serious, there are many women in Vatican City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted January 7, 2010 Author Share Posted January 7, 2010 [quote name='Varg' date='07 January 2010 - 03:27 PM' timestamp='1262896047' post='2031919'] But there aren't any women there [/quote] Yes there are. Tons. Lots of beautiful, celibate women with souls that shine like mirrors of divine love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudate_Dominum Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 [quote name='Raphael' date='07 January 2010 - 04:25 PM' timestamp='1262899505' post='2031973'] Yes there are. Tons. Lots of beautiful, celibate women with souls that shine like mirrors of divine love. [/quote] Wow... Ur a poet dude. No wonder u were such a lady's man back in the day. Now ur a married stud muffin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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