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I'm reading my OP over again and fail to see anything demanding or accusatory. I have a feeling I've touched a nerve here...
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I am fairly certain that everything you've just posted was based on your own preexisting beliefs about these types of questions, and the irony of that is not lost on me.
Really? You are here to feed your beleifs that you have made a rational decision and others that haven't made those choices aren't rational people. Your here to troll the parents of this forum.
I think you did a find job reinforcing peoples beliefs of those that asks these types of questions.
You were judgmental but not as subtle as you believed.
You stated your not judging then you stick in your objections where you can.
So lets paraphrase a few of your subtle snarks.
So your asking
why do people have kids, when there are so many orphans.
Your decision to have children affects me and everyone else, so why do you do it ?
Why are you people living like Neanderthals and procreating like rabbits?
My friends and I are enlighten, educated, logical and rational, What are you?
Here are a few that came after the first cry of not judging others.
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I submit that if you do not have a logical, rational reason for the decisions you make in your life, you might need to think a little harder about why it is that you do what you do.
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And there are far more orphans than we can ever hope to adopt in this day and age.
So, my question stands. Give me a logical reason to procreate? If you believe there is no logical reason to procreate, then why continue to do it?
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They have logical, rational reasons for not wanting kids.
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And if we're saying that there is no logical, rational reason to bring another human being into this world, then why is that seen as ok from a societal standpoint?
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. And also, I would make the argument that your decision to have children affects very many more people than just you.
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What I'm really asking is, now that we are no longer cavemen, living off the land and fighting for survival, is the biological urge to pass on my genes a good reason to procreate in modern society?
Adding: there are many similar threads in other 'appropriate' forums here, philosophy, great debates, etc. Probably a dozen or so, all rife with good answers to the OP's question.
It's disingenuous to post it here.
I look forward to his next post in the Pet/Dogs forum: Is it rational to bring dogs into restaurants?
Really? You are here to feed your beleifs that you have made a rational decision and others that haven't made those choices aren't rational people. Your here to troll the parents of this forum.
I think you did a find job reinforcing peoples beliefs of those that asks these types of questions.
You were judgmental but not as subtle as you believed.
You stated your not judging then you stick in your objections where you can.
So lets paraphrase a few of your subtle snarks.
So your asking
why do people have kids, when there are so many orphans.
Your decision to have children affects me and everyone else, so why do you do it ?
Why are you people living like Neanderthals and procreating like rabbits?
My friends and I are enlighten, educated, logical and rational, What are you?
Here are a few that came after the first cry of not judging others.
Find any comment where I'm telling people what they should or shouldn't do. I'm only asking the question why. That's not judgement, sweetheart. That's just a question. And if it offends you that I ask it, I think that says something about you.
I don't need to look at my children and explain a rational, logical reason for their existence. No parent should. That would be inhuman.
That's what eugenicists, racists and elitists do.
Which one are you?
Why do people who don't have children feed the need by taking on other mammals such as dogs and cats and pretend they are their human children? I like animals, I love my pets but they aren't human.
Is it rational?
I don't need to look at my children and explain a rational, logical reason for their existence. No parent should. That would be inhuman.
I'm putting this into the "not logical or rational" category. Thanks for your answer.
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