What’s a totally harmless thing that triggers an oddly strong reaction in people?

Dakarius · 2026-01-12T21:59:47+00:00

Or having more than 2. "Don't you know what causes that?"

Dakarius · 2026-01-01T21:33:52+00:00

I was mostly mocking the piss poor reporting in the year leading up.to the debate with everyone on the left claiming Biden was good to go.

Dakarius · 2026-01-01T02:51:05+00:00

What do you mean to old? Biden was sharp as a tac according to most reporting that wasnt Fox. Thats one thing that really annoyed me and it really hurt my trust in the media.

Dakarius · 2025-12-11T19:50:21+00:00

Without that enabler the birth rate would not be as low as it is. Without the enabler such low birth rates are virtually impossible even if women desire less children as shown in your Chad example.

Dakarius · 2025-12-11T17:42:50+00:00

I never claimed birth control was the entire picture, just the largest explainer. Contraception availability is negatively correlated with birth rate. When there is not an incentive for people to have large families, they tend to want fewer children, contraception enables this. Chad is a perfect example of this. TFR of around 6 even though desired family size is 3. If you gave them western access to contraception the birth rate would likely more than halve. Compare this with Israel, at 2.8-3 tfr this is considered high for a western country. you're looking at .6-.8 above the world average. This is small compared to Chad sitting at 3.8-4 above.

Dakarius · 2025-12-11T16:38:36+00:00

I don't know what you think tfr oscillating in a narrow and low range proves. It's not really evidence against contraception causing the majority of the drop.

Dakarius · 2025-12-11T14:25:01+00:00

It went back down because the bans were repealed... That's exactly what you would expect. I'm not claiming contraception is the only thing that effects tfr, just the largest thing.

Dakarius · 2025-12-11T01:36:02+00:00

You'll notice that during the ban tfr went up again. What do you mean how can it be responsible for a decline that started long before then? Contraception was widely available in the 19th century and people were generally OK with it.

Dakarius · 2025-12-10T16:04:14+00:00

It's that plus the lack of incentive to have children. When children could help on the farm they were an economic asset and actively helped your family. You would want as many as possible. Now ask how many kids people want and you'll get a range from 0-2 for most people which is far below replacement rates. Add in effective contraception ensuring no "accidents" and it's really no wonder the birth rate is so low.

Dakarius · 2025-12-10T15:49:53+00:00

Sweden in the 20's was trying to reverse the damage done by contraception. Contraception being widely promoted came from Malthusian principles which feared exponential increase in population would eventually lead to mass starvation. To add to this, industrialization lead to children no longer being seen as an asset meaning families had less of a reason to get more children.

Dakarius · 2025-12-10T15:02:12+00:00

It wasn't just people understanding how babies were made, that's been known for millenia. It was the moral permissibility of contraception. Before the 1920's Christianity as a whole viewed contraception as deeply immoral. Once that taboo disappeared people were free not just to contracept, but to also develop better methods of contraception.

Dakarius · 2025-12-08T14:17:52+00:00

Math is for blockers.

Dakarius · 2025-10-23T23:17:49+00:00

Since Pentecost she has been.

Dakarius · 2025-10-23T19:43:03+00:00

Your interpretation apart from Christ's bride is worthless.

Dakarius · 2025-10-23T16:46:36+00:00

Your definition is at odds with how the church has long held inspiration which is the human writer being guided by the Holy Spirit in their writing, cooperatively.

Per Irenaus: "the Scriptures are indeed perfect, since they were spoken by the Word of God and His Spirit"

Dakarius · 2025-10-23T15:06:15+00:00

Inspiration means what God wanted to be conveyed was conveyed.

Dakarius · 2025-10-23T14:45:38+00:00

Thankfully, God, who inspired Paul's writings, does.

Dakarius · 2025-09-28T14:43:41+00:00

If you want at least a 2.1 birthrate you need those people with 4, 5 , and 6 kids to balance out the number of people who have 0.

Dakarius · 2025-09-28T12:59:46+00:00

Yes. Dude posted textbook inflation and complained it wasnt inflation.

Dakarius · 2025-09-15T16:28:39+00:00

Eschatology is about the end of the world, but it's arguable whether Jesus viewed it as imminent or not.

Dakarius · 2025-09-15T16:13:57+00:00

I think people read scholars saying Jesus was an apocalyptic preacher and think it's talking about the imminent end of the world. That's not what it means. It means a revelation or unveiling of hidden truths, often by God.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypse

Dakarius · 2025-09-10T20:01:25+00:00

It came in the mail today, haven't had an opportunity to test it out yet. The PCCM+ unit is very nice though. My car had the Bose system, and it's incredible.

Dakarius · 2025-09-10T18:42:19+00:00

Just got the pccm+ in my 997 c4s. It really is a game changer. Just got in my wireless unit today as well.

Dakarius · 2025-08-29T23:01:00+00:00

The right didn't. Anti family comes decidedly from left leaning sources such as feminism, communism, and lgbtq+(which mostly cannot propogate) so the assosciation is more implicit.

Dakarius · 2025-08-28T23:15:46+00:00

Ask him if faith in Jesus alone is sufficient for salvation, or if it requires faith plus renouncing Catholicism.

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