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Eric Kaufmann: Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?

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Can Spiking Birth Rates Promote Religious Fundamentalism?

02 min 37 sec

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Can a seemingly simple shift in demographics reshape the political and religious landscape of a nation? Eric Kaufmann, author of Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?, attributes conservative religious movements in both the United States and the Middle East to rising birth rates among particular populations.
Militant Breeding and the Staging of a Religious Uprising

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Fundamentalist religious groups have a long history of high birth rates, so why are they just now positioned to drastically expand? Author Eric Kaufmann points to the increasing use of contraception among secular communities, as well as explicit attempts at "militant fecundity" among certain religious sects, such as the Quiverfull movement.
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Rafasa

Posted: 01.26.11, 01:53 PM

Why hate religion so much, people? I grew up in China, without any religion, but at fifteen, despite my family's anger, I became a Christian. Be glad that you HAVE religion, because not all places in this day and age do.

DDixon

Posted: 01.25.11, 06:52 AM

I'm scared after watching this. Liberalism must survive people, we have to keep the dream alive.

Kelly C Hitchcock

Posted: 01.08.11, 07:23 PM

The most important difference in the struggle between secularists and fundamentalists today as opposed to the past are the cultural memes of freedom and equality. While the world may be about to lurch to the far right, we will never entirely return to the middle ages. Too many people want freedom. Too many people believe in civil rights. Everyone has some basic understanding of and belief in science. Only fringe people make burnt offerings or read entrails. Of the people who believe in astrology, I suspect only a small percent rely on it to make big decisions. Religion will always be a means of control, but in the West, at least, it will be tempered by liberal ideas.

coreypaul

Posted: 01.08.11, 05:29 PM

"Only the elimination of all conservative Christians will allow all Americans to be free and the world to no longer have to live in fear of the U.S.A.'s imperialist, terrorist holy war on the world. "Conservative" ideology has never helped mankind in any way. History shows us this. Fact shows us this. It has not only never helped mankind in anyway, it has oppressed, murdered, raped and killed. History shows us this. Fact shows us this. You decide what kind of country you want to live in."

TheProphetNabob

Posted: 01.05.11, 03:05 AM

How does anyone know that population decrease is going to be "voluntary"? What a hubristic statement. It's just as likely that there will be a global die-off when oil decline begins.