Thought for the Day
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
The fertility rate may be the best barometer of intangible realities such as trust in God and hope for the future.
People who have no faith are afraid to have children.
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Respectfully, I having faith and being afraid to have children are not mutually exclusive.
Having faith and butchering your own children etc *are* mutually exclusive.
For the record, I have kids – who sometimes still terrify me 🙄
The presence of fear is common to brave men and to cowards. But courage is able to face the fear, even the fear of children.
The decline in birth rates is a sign of a dying civilization. Having a baby is a proclamation of faith.