India: Kerala churches reward big families

[Tank]

India: Kerala churches reward big families

Several Christian parishes in the Indian state of Kerala have begun offering incentives to couples who produce more children, officials say.

One church of the Syro-Malabar denomination in Kerala's Wayanad district has offered 10,000 rupees ($200) for a couple's fifth child.

The move comes after a report submitted to Kerala's chief minister proposed imposing a strict two-child policy.

But church groups have aired concerns about dwindling numbers of Christians...

As if we didn't have enough mouths to feed! Fucking stupid people 

[Too Few Lions]

that's sorely wrong, particularly given how overpopulated India is. I couldn't agree more with your comment on it Tank

[OldGit]

I've also long suspected that keeping the numbers up is what really drives the Catholic Church's stance on contraception.

[Asmodean]

If people mean to multiply like wabbits, then they should shut up about firebombs, natural disasters and anything else that thins the herd. It does require some thinning. We are over 7 billion now - and that is a whole mess of zeros behind the seven.

[Too Few Lions]

I've also long suspected that keeping the numbers up is what really drives the Catholic Church's stance on contraception.

me too. I think it's a shame for the future of the world that these religions actively promote breeding, whereas we atheists often think that the world is overpopulated, so are probably less likely to reproduce and pass on our more rational genes and memes to the next generation!