By Tova Cohen and Steven Scheer TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israel's birth rate, the highest in the developed world and once seen as a survival tactic in a hostile region, could be its undoing unless measures are taken to reverse the trend. The birth rate is even higher among Israel's Arab community and more than double among its ultra-Orthodox Jews, two groups that also have low participation in the workforce, dragging the economy down. Today's population of 8.4 million is forecast to reach 15.6 million by 2059 and 20.6 million in a high case scenario, meaning the small country could simply run out of room.
This news article is about Israel's soaring population and the fact that the State of Israel simply doesn't have enough land to support so many people.
Let's suppose that the Jews are correct, and that God wants all people upon Earth to become Jews. Wait a minute! According to Jewish history, there were a lot of other people living upon Earth when Abraham received God's promise that his family would be God's family ... so we have to get rid of all the people upon Earth who are not direct descendants of Abraham ... because they're not part of God's chosen family. But, then why did God consecrate such a small portion of Earth's land to His people? Why not just give them the whole earth?
It's time to get rid of borders, nations, and the other things that divided human beings, (i.e., religious ideologies that divide human beings). The earth has plenty of land to support all human beings and give each of them a place to live where each person can live in peace and security and pursue their individual happiness, whatever that may be.
We can take any part of the world, no matter how arid, no matter how void of natural resources and provide happiness for people. Consider Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America. Las Vegas is located in a place devoid of any natural resources, yet it supplies more food and lodging (and throws much away as refuse), along with the pursuit of happiness (whatever that might be), to millions of people each year. We've proven that we can do it. We've proven that our knowledge and technology can allow humans to survive basically anywhere upon Earth. Then why don't we do it? Oh, because we are not all children of Abraham.
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