Furthermore, most of those children choose, as young adults, to stay with the Amish church (and, therefore, the community).4 This is despite – or, perhaps, because of – an Amish tradition called the rumspringa,5 in which youngsters venture for a time into the ‘English’ world (i.e. non-Amish America). They then decide whether to stay there or return to be baptised as a full member of the church.
Retention rates are said to be higher now than they’ve ever been. Apparently smartphones and vaping aren’t viewed as an acceptable substitute for purpose, structure and community.
All of this translates into a rapid rate of population growth. The rule-of-thumb is that Amish numbers double every generation.6 Because they prefer to live in smaller communities of about 30 families, population growth requires the founding of new settlements. When your way of life doesn’t depend on close connections with the global economy (quite the opposite, in fact) this isn’t so difficult. There is plenty of cheap farmland to be had for from America’s big cities. Remarkably, of the 500 or so Amish settlements, about half were founded in the 21st century
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Retention rates are said to be higher now than they’ve ever been. Apparently smartphones and vaping aren’t viewed as an acceptable substitute for purpose, structure and community.
All of this translates into a rapid rate of population growth. The rule-of-thumb is that Amish numbers double every generation.6 Because they prefer to live in smaller communities of about 30 families, population growth requires the founding of new settlements. When your way of life doesn’t depend on close connections with the global economy (quite the opposite, in fact) this isn’t so difficult. There is plenty of cheap farmland to be had for from America’s big cities. Remarkably, of the 500 or so Amish settlements, about half were founded in the 21st century
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What the Amish and the Shakers can teach us about demographics
You may not be familiar with the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, but evidence of their handiwork is everywhere. Indeed, you may be able to see it for yourself in your own home. The United Society, better known as the Shakers, became…
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God bless Dr. Bashar al-Assad. He is arguably one of the greatest men of our day.
God bless Dr. Bashar al-Assad. He is arguably one of the greatest men of our day.
This Lent season take a moment and meditate on the horrors of our Lord's final hours.
Read it. Enjoy it. Pass it around.
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Read it. Enjoy it. Pass it around.
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The Passion: A Meditation
A graphic mediation on Christ's holocaust
Has anything like this ever happened to any society, ever? Three out of ten women under the age of 25 consider themselves to be gay or transgender. Five percent, sure. Maybe even eight percent. But thirty? Will they always think that? Maybe not, but these are their prime childbearing years. The US fertility rate is at a 35-year low, and there’s no reason to think it will rise. Some critics blame structural difficulties in the US economy that make it harder for women to choose to have children, but European nations make it vastly easier for mothers, and still cannot get their fertility rates above replacement.
What’s behind this is primarily cultural. We have become an anti-natalist society. And further, we have become a society that no longer values the natural family. We see everywhere disintegration. Yesterday, on the Al Mohler podcast, I talked about going to a conservative Evangelical college a few years back, and hearing from professors there that they feared most of their students would never be able to form stable families, because so many of them had never seen what that’s like.
And now we have 30 percent of Gen Z women claiming to be sexually uninterested in men. There is nothing remotely normal about that number. It is a sign of a deeply decadent culture — that is, a culture that lacks the wherewithal to survive. The most important thing that a generation can do is produce the next generation. No families, no children, no future.
Thirty percent of women aged 25 and under have no interest in sex with men. If that does not alarm you as a religious traditionalist or conservative, then you might actually be dead. We absolutely must form right now — not tomorrow, right now — communities that socialize our children into the goodness of marriage and family. The broader culture knows what it believes, and it preaches this confidently. The churches are barely pushing back. And it shows.
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What’s behind this is primarily cultural. We have become an anti-natalist society. And further, we have become a society that no longer values the natural family. We see everywhere disintegration. Yesterday, on the Al Mohler podcast, I talked about going to a conservative Evangelical college a few years back, and hearing from professors there that they feared most of their students would never be able to form stable families, because so many of them had never seen what that’s like.
And now we have 30 percent of Gen Z women claiming to be sexually uninterested in men. There is nothing remotely normal about that number. It is a sign of a deeply decadent culture — that is, a culture that lacks the wherewithal to survive. The most important thing that a generation can do is produce the next generation. No families, no children, no future.
Thirty percent of women aged 25 and under have no interest in sex with men. If that does not alarm you as a religious traditionalist or conservative, then you might actually be dead. We absolutely must form right now — not tomorrow, right now — communities that socialize our children into the goodness of marriage and family. The broader culture knows what it believes, and it preaches this confidently. The churches are barely pushing back. And it shows.
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The American Conservative
No Families, No Children, No Future
Thirty percent of women under 25 consider themselves LGBT. Has this ever happened, anywhere?
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Under HB 3326, a person who has an abortion or performs an abortion could be charged with assault or homicide, which is punishable by death, the Texas Tribune reported.
Slaton’s legislation also says that certain parties may have to testify in cases of death or “bodily injury to an unborn child,” and offers immunity to those that do.
The legislation also directs the state’s attorney general to “direct a state agency to enforce those laws, regardless of any contrary federal statute, regulation, treaty, order, or court decision,” the newspaper reported.
The bill would also ban abortions at fertilization, whereas most abortions in Texas are prohibited after 20 weeks.
Slaton’s proposal is not the first time a Texas lawmaker has proposed the death penalty for abortion. Texas state Rep. Tony Tinderholt (R) introduced a similar measure in 2019 classifying abortion as a homicide.
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Under HB 3326, a person who has an abortion or performs an abortion could be charged with assault or homicide, which is punishable by death, the Texas Tribune reported.
Slaton’s legislation also says that certain parties may have to testify in cases of death or “bodily injury to an unborn child,” and offers immunity to those that do.
The legislation also directs the state’s attorney general to “direct a state agency to enforce those laws, regardless of any contrary federal statute, regulation, treaty, order, or court decision,” the newspaper reported.
The bill would also ban abortions at fertilization, whereas most abortions in Texas are prohibited after 20 weeks.
Slaton’s proposal is not the first time a Texas lawmaker has proposed the death penalty for abortion. Texas state Rep. Tony Tinderholt (R) introduced a similar measure in 2019 classifying abortion as a homicide.
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The Hill
GOP Texas lawmaker introduces bill to allow death penalty for women who have abortions
A Republican lawmaker in Texas has introduced a bill that would allow the death penalty for women who have abortions. “Today, I filed HB 3326 to Abolish Abortion in Texas,” Texas State Rep. Bryan S…
"The presence in such relationships of positive elements, which are in themselves to be valued and appreciated, cannot justify these relationships and render them legitimate objects of an ecclesial blessing, since the positive elements exist within the context of a union not ordered to the Creator's plan," the response said.
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National Catholic Reporter
Vatican excludes gay union blessing as God 'can't bless sin'
The Vatican decreed Monday that the Catholic Church cannot bless same-sex unions since God "cannot bless sin." The Vatican's orthodoxy office...
The ruling by a district court, the first in Japan on the legality of same-sex marriages, is a major symbolic victory in a country where the constitution still defines marriage as being based on "the mutual consent of both sexes".
While a new law will be needed before same-sex marriages can actually take place - which could take some time in socially conservative Japan - the plaintiffs' lawyer called the ruling "revolutionary", while LGBT activists deemed it life-changing.
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While a new law will be needed before same-sex marriages can actually take place - which could take some time in socially conservative Japan - the plaintiffs' lawyer called the ruling "revolutionary", while LGBT activists deemed it life-changing.
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NBC News
Japan stopping same-sex marriage 'unconstitutional,' court rules
A new law will be needed before same-sex marriages can take place, but LGBT activists called the decision life-changing.
In 2013, a survey of neopagans in New Zealand, England, Wales, Canada, and Australia found 49.8% of women and 44.5% of men identified as non-heterosexual.
Of the non-heterosexual female demographic, 78.5% identified as bisexual and 11.2% identified as lesbian. Of the non-heterosexual male demographic, 55.2% identified as gay and 37.1% identified as bisexual.
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Of the non-heterosexual female demographic, 78.5% identified as bisexual and 11.2% identified as lesbian. Of the non-heterosexual male demographic, 55.2% identified as gay and 37.1% identified as bisexual.
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Gender and Paganism in Census and Survey Data
Researchers often bemoan the lack of hard data on the size of the Pagan movement. There are, however, some national censuses that collect data on modern Pagans. These include the censuses of four Anglophone countries-Australia, New Zealand, Canada
We have updated "The Dangers of Homosexuality" page with new articles and fixed some dead links, feel free to check it out and bookmark it for whenever you get into an argument with a sodomite or a trannie.
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The Dangers of Homosexuality
This resource is a collection of articles and studies, aiming to show the dangers that homosexuals and their advocates pose to the society.
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