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<blockquote data-quote="ExploringSikhi" data-source="post: 192399" data-attributes="member: 19734"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">I once again implore you to read my posts in their entirety before drawing conclusions. I have never once said that women should be forced to act as subordinates.</span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Quite a few men and women today have no desire to reproduce, it is quite simply really: in the past, children were seen as an investment. The more offspring you had, the greater your chances of survival. Children were put to work really early, there wasn’t much (if any) formal education because most jobs required only physical strength and experience working with elders. Once they started working or hunting (depending on how far back in time we are going here), it meant more income/more food on the table, and the greatest benefit of all, someone to look after you in your old age when you don’t have the strength to feed yourself.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">That has all changed over the course of a few decades, children are no longer seen as an investment, they are more a liability. Each child costs hundreds of thousands of dollars at the very least to raise, send to school, nurture and support into adulthood. And because of the nature of society in the west, they tend not to stay with you once they reach maturity and are increasingly placing their elderly parents into old people homes. It is sad to say it, but children aren’t good for much anymore, which is why a lot of people are turned off by the idea. My own brother, for example, does not want any, he sees them as a waste of time and money, a drain on his golden years. On the other side, I’d love a large family, I can’t see myself having any less than 3 kids, but I’d much rather have 4-5 (if I can find me a woman who is willing to have even more than that, I’ll be putting a ring on that finger asap!). We were brought into the world and raised by the same parents in the same environment, he has decided that children are a liability, I still see them as an investment (at least somewhat), which is why he doesn’t want any and I do.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">The writing is on the wall, look at parts of the world where it is still useful to have children (Africa, South Asia etc…) and you’ll see that their birth rate is much higher than anything observable in the west (where children are no longer necessary for survival purposes).</span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Another thing, and this isn’t directed at you Akasha Ji, more at everyone on the forum, but Sikhism is a relatively small religion, less than 30 million adherents worldwide. As I understand it, Sikhs make up about 60% of the population of Indian Punjab, Hindus are about 35% and the remaining 5% are Christians/Muslims/non-religious etc… I will try to find the article if anyone is interested, but there were statistics released a while ago about how Sikhs in Punjab now have a sub-replacement level fertility rate in Punjab (a birthrate of less than 2.1, the Sikhs birthrate is about 1.9). Which means that there are not enough Sikh babies being born to replace the current generation. Couple this with the facts that Sikhs love to leave Punjab to immigrate to western countries and that Hindus in Punjab still have a replacement level fertility (if not slightly higher), it means that within a matter of decades, likely before the middle of this century, Sikhs will no longer be the dominant religious group of Punjab, their own homeland, the only place in the world where they constitute a majority of the population.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">This is bad news, because as much as anyone may not like to admit it, numbers do matter, they matter a lot, in fact democracy is a numbers game. As the number of Sikhs decreases, so too will their overall political power as well as the relevance of the religion. A religion is spread by the adherents, no Sikhs= no one to propagate the faith, and if the fertility level remains below replacement level for long enough, the religion will eventually all but die out.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">I am not expecting an answer for this question typed out in public by anyone, but how many people (male and female) reading this post have (or plan on having) enough children to replace themselves and their partner? How many of the older members on here have produced at least two children who turned out to be Sikhs (because things like interfaith marriages don’t always make this possible), the bare minimum to keep the Sikh population in the world constant in the next generation? If I converted to Sikhism (and I think it is a wonderful religion, so it is not out of the books), I would personally want to have as many children as possible, because as sad as it is, the way things are going, decline is the only thing in store when it comes to the future of Sikhism (from my own observations).</span></span></p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">I applaud your determination, that is very impressive and you have every right to be proud of yourself.</span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">I have not seen anyone on this thread say anything of the sort and if you are talking about me, I kindly ask you refrain from putting words in my mouth.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Have a nice day.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ExploringSikhi, post: 192399, member: 19734"] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]I once again implore you to read my posts in their entirety before drawing conclusions. I have never once said that women should be forced to act as subordinates.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]Quite a few men and women today have no desire to reproduce, it is quite simply really: in the past, children were seen as an investment. The more offspring you had, the greater your chances of survival. Children were put to work really early, there wasn’t much (if any) formal education because most jobs required only physical strength and experience working with elders. Once they started working or hunting (depending on how far back in time we are going here), it meant more income/more food on the table, and the greatest benefit of all, someone to look after you in your old age when you don’t have the strength to feed yourself.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]That has all changed over the course of a few decades, children are no longer seen as an investment, they are more a liability. Each child costs hundreds of thousands of dollars at the very least to raise, send to school, nurture and support into adulthood. And because of the nature of society in the west, they tend not to stay with you once they reach maturity and are increasingly placing their elderly parents into old people homes. It is sad to say it, but children aren’t good for much anymore, which is why a lot of people are turned off by the idea. My own brother, for example, does not want any, he sees them as a waste of time and money, a drain on his golden years. On the other side, I’d love a large family, I can’t see myself having any less than 3 kids, but I’d much rather have 4-5 (if I can find me a woman who is willing to have even more than that, I’ll be putting a ring on that finger asap!). We were brought into the world and raised by the same parents in the same environment, he has decided that children are a liability, I still see them as an investment (at least somewhat), which is why he doesn’t want any and I do.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]The writing is on the wall, look at parts of the world where it is still useful to have children (Africa, South Asia etc…) and you’ll see that their birth rate is much higher than anything observable in the west (where children are no longer necessary for survival purposes).[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]Another thing, and this isn’t directed at you Akasha Ji, more at everyone on the forum, but Sikhism is a relatively small religion, less than 30 million adherents worldwide. As I understand it, Sikhs make up about 60% of the population of Indian Punjab, Hindus are about 35% and the remaining 5% are Christians/Muslims/non-religious etc… I will try to find the article if anyone is interested, but there were statistics released a while ago about how Sikhs in Punjab now have a sub-replacement level fertility rate in Punjab (a birthrate of less than 2.1, the Sikhs birthrate is about 1.9). Which means that there are not enough Sikh babies being born to replace the current generation. Couple this with the facts that Sikhs love to leave Punjab to immigrate to western countries and that Hindus in Punjab still have a replacement level fertility (if not slightly higher), it means that within a matter of decades, likely before the middle of this century, Sikhs will no longer be the dominant religious group of Punjab, their own homeland, the only place in the world where they constitute a majority of the population.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]This is bad news, because as much as anyone may not like to admit it, numbers do matter, they matter a lot, in fact democracy is a numbers game. As the number of Sikhs decreases, so too will their overall political power as well as the relevance of the religion. A religion is spread by the adherents, no Sikhs= no one to propagate the faith, and if the fertility level remains below replacement level for long enough, the religion will eventually all but die out.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]I am not expecting an answer for this question typed out in public by anyone, but how many people (male and female) reading this post have (or plan on having) enough children to replace themselves and their partner? How many of the older members on here have produced at least two children who turned out to be Sikhs (because things like interfaith marriages don’t always make this possible), the bare minimum to keep the Sikh population in the world constant in the next generation? If I converted to Sikhism (and I think it is a wonderful religion, so it is not out of the books), I would personally want to have as many children as possible, because as sad as it is, the way things are going, decline is the only thing in store when it comes to the future of Sikhism (from my own observations).[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]I applaud your determination, that is very impressive and you have every right to be proud of yourself.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]I have not seen anyone on this thread say anything of the sort and if you are talking about me, I kindly ask you refrain from putting words in my mouth.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]Have a nice day.[/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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