Monday, September 27, 2010

Answer to "But our child may be 'THE ONE'!"

The other problem which would counter any justification for breeding such a "savior of the world", even if we could know that would be the result with certainty before conception, is that which I encountered in an antinatalist book. Namely, that all lives brings suffering. Lack of life (nonconception) cannot bring suffering since there is no one to suffer. Even conception of someone who could solve the problems of the world would be a negative from that person's standpoint. As I thoroughly expect things to get worse before they collapse completely, conception of any child at this time is tantamount to child abuse.

It cannot be justified.

Beth