Goverment says human poppulation is increasing? What do you think earth is not enough to cover poppulation?
110929
Scripture says be fruitful and multiply
113939
HaHa.. DJ dun worry.. we aren't talking about it openly you say...\n\nheck coz we are working on it.. damn.. we have a population bomb..\n\nBtW- on a sombre note.. we are quiet knockingly being given examples to the contrary of wat u say, lately.. thanx to the media & information boom..
555359
No, because all of the materials used to make people are constantly being recycled.\n\nThe mass of the earth is increasing, however, because of the constant bombardment of the planet with cosmic dust and stuff.
591207
I've also heard of studies similar to those you're referring to; I agree 100% w/ you that high population density is a pretty feasible reason for homosexuality and violence, these may well be nature's "control mechanisms" for avoiding LOCAL overpopulation. As far as the whole world being overpopulated, I don't agree w/ you.... food production nowadays, for example, could feed more than 100% of the world's population adequately if equally spread among all human beings; furthermore, global birth rates are rapidly declining, which could actually lead to global UNDERpopulation just a few centuries from now.
926032
It isn't necessarily becoming more widespread. We just hear about it more so now. It is entirely possible that there were more acts of pedophilia in the past and the vast majority of them were never brought out into the public arena similar to Michael Jackson.\n\nPersonally I'd guess that it is happening either at the same rate or a slightly lower rate than before.
179650
No, but I do think that people should RESTRICT the number of children they have. If most couples restricted themselves to only two children, the our population would go DOWN, because some of these children would die in birth or from disease before they reached reproductive age.\n\n"Do we need to keep adding people to the planet?" The word "need" is, in this instance, subjective. Economically, it would be a very bad idea to stop adding people to the planet. For our /species/, it would be a very bad idea to stop adding people to the planet.\n\nAs for the website you referenced, what good is it for the Earth's biosphere to return to "normal" (a very subjective condition anyway) if humans aren't around to enjoy it?\n\nWe should probably restrict ourselves in the number of children we have. It is crazy to have 10 children in an age where overpopulation is so prevalent. Of course, this might also depend on where you life. It would be worse to have so many children if you lived in India than if you lived in the U.S.
582008
Damn- I just erased my entire answer. So short version: Mayans say 2012, End of Days is 2010, Nostradamus says 3000 something. Planet isn't going anywhere unless someone (*cough cough* Bush) does something really stupid. Society can't last the way it is "somethings gotta give" All this crap that is happening is just the planets way of trying to get our attention. If pop. continues to grow, some kind of natural pop. control will break out (aka. Avian Flu, Smallpox) or more likely one will be released as a bio. weapon.  I swear my first answer was better.
904945
Overpopulation is the elephant in the living room that no one's talking about.  It's one of the biggest global threats.  I think people avoid the subject because it involves birth control education, including abortion.  \n\nThe Bush administration has instituted the Global Gag Rule, which restricts foreign non-governmental organizations that receive money from the USAID's family planning program from using their OWN non-U.S. money to\n-provide safe abortion services\n-impart any information about abortion\n-engage in public information services about abortion\n\nBush says this is because he doesn't want US money paying for overseas abortions.  But Federal law has barred the use of US fund for abortions since 1973.\n\nHere's a good site with lots of info:\nhttp://www.populationconnection.org/
275511
There was a time not so long ago when the future looked promising....end of the cold war, the emergence of people power in harsh regimes, popular culture's role in addressing the world's starving, the advances in science that promised the eradication of disease and poverty, etc.  Now it seems that the "old order" has reasserted itself and the most powerful governments of the world are once again committed to jingoistic warmongering activities that place us all at risk once more.  Unfortunately those human traits that are no longer required but have survived evolution to date (greed, fear, aggression) are still a driving force behind most, if not all of, world politics today.  Strangely enough, everyone knows deep down the correct path to take......just no-one has the guts.
1056823
Yep.\n\nNot just them, \nthere is just too many people now. We (we as in all)are destroying this land.  No more Northern Woods. We are depended on others (countries) to feed us-couldn't grow enough for all our own if we had too. They say more farms what they don't say is we purchase a hundred acres farm and used 60 acres for development  and divided it into smaller farms so the count looks good. Our water supply is short unless you want to drink the lakes. Wildlife has been limited in many areas. Its like no one sees the long term effects-------shortsighted.  If they themselves don't feel it -they don't see it. Then you get those I see plenty of land-well if everyone who lived here (cities included) wanted it divided how much do you think it per each would it come out too? Every see Japan's crowed areas would everyone like that?\n\nNo easy solutions. But how many people can United States of America hold and still be beautiful?\n\nJust look Wikpedia says 298.217,215 people/ land is 3,000,00,000 sounds good now if you take away the deserts,mountains,swamps, ect it brings it down less than 1/3 of a lot. Also consider some is used for businesses and commercial and service (hospitals, fire, police,schools, parks ect). Gee I don't think anyone can come till our kids stop populating like rabbits.
376298
nope...resources are being consumed and very little left.no more space for more human species.its very hard to live since poverty is present in any sides of the world now.miserable lives arec waiting for 95% of the newborns....just think about the world situation
215996
Who's this "we"? All 6.6 billion of us? We'd never be able to put together all the needed resources, starting with 7 million 1000-passenger space liners and the necessary 100 trillion tons or so of propellant.\nOK, so we scale down a bit. First, 99.9999% of us volunteer to stay here and die; please step forward. (BTW, this might actually be doable, sending 7000 people to build sealed dwellings and colonize mars, but it would still be a huger project than we have ever undertaken.) \n.... OK, nobody stepped forward, so we try plan b; select a few of our fittest to go; the scientists, artists, guys with guns, hairdressers, telephone sanitizers, etc. plus the, um, necessary biological counterparts to ensure continuation of the species, who must for that reason be chosen for their, ah, sexual attractiveness...\nAnyone remember Doctor Strangelove?
695569
I personally don't like it that much...I guess as far as technology goes, I think people are getting a little too advanced, and I really don't understand why scientists and others are trying so hard to clone people or make robots that look and act like us.  For what?  We have enough people in the world as it is, and the whole point of natural conception and birth would be sort of diminished.  It's 2006 and people are lazier, bummier, and have no sense of what life is supposed to be all about.  Everything is always so complex.  Kids are more disrespectful and ignorant than they ever have been.  Music has turned into crap.  I mean honestly, I'd rather hear about hope and goodness than about what kind of liquor a certain "artist" likes to drink while slappin their bit-ches...In fact, most people in music aren't artists...most of them have no talent and were just lucky to be where they are.  The general public is at most to blame because they support these idiots in exploiting women and teaching our children to do everything thats wrong.  So to answer your question...no, 2006 is a horrible year and I hope this nation can change soon because I feel like our way of life has just turned in garbage and the rest of the world is starting to see that.
963548
It's doubtful - the population is increasing, but people die every day.  Also, there is a recent concern about the population possibly stagnating because many families are opting out of having children.  It's a problem in Germany and many European countries, who also have strict immigration laws (stricter even than America), and they have been considering upping the immigration quotas.  \nWhy should America stop "accepting" immigrants anyways - most of Americans are products of immigration anyway.  Maybe we should focus on stopping fourteen year olds from having babies, and then we wouldn't have a population problem.
415953
probably not "popluar" as you put. but it would still be necessary in order for us to continue to procreate.
385493
What over-population? Go up in a plane & there's vast stretches of un-utilitized resources down there to be put to use. I'm sure 100 years ago people thought the world was overpopulated too.
467875
Think of it this way - not everybody in the world is having a child, or 2 children. And besides, there are ways that our world can cope with an expanding population. It's in countries where we can't cope that there's a problem. Have all the babies you want, so long as you can nurture them and care for them. Just don't build a giant house and don't support subdivisions. That's where it starts to hurt the Earth.