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https://www.aoiusa.org/spengler-the-closing-of-the-christian-womb/ A Research and Educational Organization that engages the cultural issues of the day within the Orthodox Christian Tradition Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:23:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/spengler-the-closing-of-the-christian-womb/#comment-5537 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:23:11 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3155#comment-5537 Spengler’s analysis is emblematic of the larger problem: the closing of the womb could be offset by evangelism, but the Orthodox churches of the Levant (both Greek and Arab) have long ago accepted their dhimmi status. As far as raw numbers went, this didn’t matter as thanks to the absence of birth control in the years before the mid-twentieth century, there was no difference between Muslim, Christian or Jewish fecundity. It is my contention (and perhaps Spengler’s) that when people stop believing in something, they ultimately stop reproducing. By removing evangelism from the Church, one ultimately deforms the message of Christianity, which was first and foremost a proclamation of the Risen Christ.

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