Is environmentalism infiltrating the pro-life movement? | LifeSiteNews.com: More and more I hear my [pro-life] friends asserting such things as the pressing need to develop renewable energy sources, to grow or buy “organic” and locally grown food, to stop the destruction wreaked on the environment by certain chemicals and industries, to reduce the levels of waste that the West is pouring into landfills, etc. . . .
What we are witnessing is a new, and, I believe, commendable backlash against two different excesses: that of a radical form of capitalism that views incessant wealth creation (no matter the costs) as the primary purpose of human life, and that of a radical environmentalism that views humans as little more than a pest to be carefully controlled or even eliminated.
Fundamentally I believe this backlash is fueled by one simple, self-evident, but critical fact: that this is the only earth we have, and its resources are necessarily limited. Eco-extremists view this limitedness as a reason to stop humans from reproducing at all, to “save the planet.” Pro-life environmentalists, on the other hand, view this limitedness as a reason to exercise self-restraint and intelligence in the way we consume resources for the sake of future generations - to “save the humans.”
Editor: Interesting point of view. What do you think?
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