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>couldn't we copy whatever Israel is doing? You think everyone should become a bunch of religious nuts? That's not something that's exactly easy to instill in
by midoridensha 4y ago
>couldn't we copy whatever Israel is doing?
You think everyone should become a bunch of religious nuts? That's not something that's exactly easy to instill in a population; it takes generations. It also usually results in a lot of bad things: oppression of women and minorities, warmongering, etc.
- Bran_son 4y agoThat's assuming religious nuttery is an unavoidable prerequisite for whatever is lifting their birth rate. I don't think this assumption is merited - according to Pew surveys, Serbia has a similar rate of irreligion (3.3%) as Israel (3.1%), yet their fertility rate is only 1.4. On the other hand Mongolia is 36% irreligious but has a 2.9 fertility rate. Religion and fertility may be correlated, but it's demonstrably not an unbreakable rule, and outliers abound, so we shouldn't just give up. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_irreligion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_irreligio... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependencies_by_total_fertility_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_d...
- midoridensha 4y agoIsrael is literally a theocracy. It's not a valid example for any kind of modern democracy, and the religion factor isn't something you can just ignore.
- fomine3 4y agoIrreligion rate isn't the reason. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haredi_Judaism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haredi_Judaism