tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33970956.post4943017901671855833..comments2024-03-19T15:26:26.055+00:00Comments on auntie joanna writes: Pope Paul VI: to be declared Blessed...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33970956.post-74246685337724080862012-10-21T14:14:34.801+01:002012-10-21T14:14:34.801+01:00Anonymous - what Joanna means is that we're to...Anonymous - what Joanna means is that we're told we must have things. A nice car for a man, a glamorous and fulfilling career for a woman, lots of entertainment for both sexes. Children get in the way of this lifestyle. So people refuse to have them, being told by government and the media that they're being responsible, good citizens for so doing.<br /><br />It's not that anyone has actually decided on such a policy. It's just that governments see a baby as an immediate burden on the taxpayer, universities see a pregnant student as a disaster, employers as an inconvenience, advertisers as a distraction from the real business of consuming. Then there's a legitimate (but over-simplified and poorly expressed) concern about total world population.<br />It all adds up to a campaign against children.Malcolmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10311426607108404554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33970956.post-32686898034780646012012-10-20T22:03:36.190+01:002012-10-20T22:03:36.190+01:00That encyclical is one of the best proofs there is...That encyclical is one of the best proofs there is of the dogma of Papal infallibility. It was a minority opinion, and it's not even clear that the Pope himself really supported it. But it's what he wrote.Malcolmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10311426607108404554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33970956.post-4726248911873266272012-10-19T16:53:29.801+01:002012-10-19T16:53:29.801+01:00"Pope Paul VI: to be declared Blessed..."...<br />"Pope Paul VI: to be declared Blessed..."<br /><br />About time too! Patriciushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08906131174326742939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33970956.post-88233320314320035152012-10-19T12:44:21.887+01:002012-10-19T12:44:21.887+01:00How can you talk of a "simple and ghastly ref...How can you talk of a "simple and ghastly refusal to have children"? Couples make decisions about family size which must take in many factors: finances, space, limitations due to other commitments, sheer energy required to bring up children etc, etc. These things are not simple and I do not see which considering them should be thought ghastly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com