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Or more simply, it’s because having kids is, on average, the meaning of life. We exist to preserve the specie, everything else is a hobby.
by luckydata 7y ago
Or more simply, it’s because having kids is, on average, the meaning of life. We exist to preserve the specie, everything else is a hobby.
- alasano 7y agoRight , that's what I meant by other more "artificial" desires. This one is as natural/biological as it gets and that's why wanting to have them because you want to have them is a perfectly acceptable answer.
- buboard 7y agothat can be achieved by other means though, through other's children or via longevity
- luckydata 7y agoa small percentage of the population can avoid having kids and work a "support role", that's not a new thing. We even codified some of that with priests, monks and nuns. Overall though having kids is the "normal" thing to do and most people do it.
- kgwgk 7y agoThen having one or two should be seen as a huge failure, when you could have dozens.
- sethammons 7y agoSee traditional Mormons and Catholics.
- kgwgk 7y agoAntinatalist sects have existed within Christianism, but unsurprisingly they tend to fade out.
- dennis_jeeves 7y ago>Then having one or two should be seen as a huge failure, when you could have dozens. Lol.