Theology Applied THE LIVESTREAM - Be Fruitful or Be Forgotten: Why the West Doesn’t Want Children
Last year, South Korea hit a record fertility rate of just 0.72 — the lowest ever recorded in the world. Meanwhile, in the U.S., for the first time in history, women over 40 are having more children than teenagers. Global population growth isn’t just slowing; in some places, it’s collapsing. And no one seems to know how to stop it.
From Beijing to Budapest to Boston, birth rates are in freefall. Governments have tried cash bonuses, tax breaks, even subsidized minivans — but none of it’s worked. Secular progressives cheer the decline, claiming it means liberation for women and fewer carbon footprints. Meanwhile, conservatives raise alarms, arguing that civilizational continuity is impossible without children. Beneath it all, lies a deeper conflict — between a culture that celebrates self and one that honors sacrifice.
Population collapse isn’t just an economic or political problem — it’s a theological one. A culture that abandons marriage, motherhood, and the moral imagination required for building homes and futures is a culture that has already chosen death. No nation survives long when it forgets how to make families. And unless the West recovers its love for life — ordered, fruitful, and future-facing — it will not recover at all.
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Today, we’ll break down the fertility crisis — what’s causing it, why conventional solutions aren’t working, and what a Christian response must look like. Let’s get into it.
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