Should Atheists Have Lots of Kids?

If we have lots of kids just so we can breed the next generation of atheists… then how are we any better than the Quiverful families, having lots of kids just so they can breed the next generation of fundamentalist Christians? If we don’t behave better than the religious extremists we’re fighting, then what on earth is the point? Yes, it’s true — religious believers do, on average, have more kids than atheists. And yes, people do tend to stay with the religion they were brought up with. And you know what? Atheists are still winning. Rates of non-belief are going up at a dramatic rate, all over the U.S. and all over the world. The only religious demographic that’s growing in every single state is “None.” Read more . . . 

Quote: Herbert Spencer

Herbert Spencer (27 April 1820 – 8 December 1903)
English Philosopher, Biologist, Sociologist, and prominent
Classical Liberal Political Theorist of the Victorian era

There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance – that principle is contempt prior to investigation.