I detect a note of hysterical rhetoric starting to occur in this thread!......a process that seems to occur in most of the threads..... eventually!

The subject was "Populate or Perish" ....the inference or actual statement by Pell insinuating that we are not procreating enough to satisfy the Catholic Church and it`s doctrine!

To populate this planet any further and deliberately, is tantamount to committing self-inflicted genocide or in more simple terminology ...suicide!

It is time to inject a touch of reality by recognising that all forms of religious organizations are in some shape or form simply fanatically engendered "cults" employing the cold cunning methodology of creating fear of retribution from the worshipped deity (idol or spirit) by the leaders of these "cults" who themselves are purveyors of the inevitable doom and retribution, in the event that members of their flock should stray from their vision of the proclaimed "straight and narrow"!

These "cult" leaders espouse self-proclaimed extreme worldly values and all feed from the purses of their brain-washed followers! It is understandable then that these same leaders advise, encourage and exhort their followers to go out and procreate, thus providing a never ending supply of "victims" for their continuance and sustainability!

Let every man think for himself.....or perish in the artificially created flames of retribution!