Thanos Attenborough

I wonder what percentage is hoping for positive vs. negative results.

Amen to that!!

Well that was the Old Testament from before Christianity and Jesus began with the New Testament. So you could say having a Son chilled God out and put him on a whole fresh way of doing things!

Doesn't even make you a GOOD PARENT!

Time and doing what/going where I want to

10x better

More people need to respect our decision to not have kids. Also mine are in all colours

Don’t we, you know, pity animals whose entire life is finding food and producing offspring? And don’t we spay them when we adopt them? And when we spay them, don’t we say, “this is wonderful, now she can relax and enjoy HER life, and play with toys and bask in the sun, and NOT have to spend her entire existence producing babies!” So why don’t we afford ourselves the same grace of opinion?

My dog is the best and better company than my nieces

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So true!

Truth. The generational trauma ends here.

To be honest, adults without manners are far worse than any of these

Homer got it spot on

I'll take one of each of those, please! :D

Aren’t animals God’s children as well? Why are human children > animals in God’s eyes?

Why would I care what an old man who cover up for pedos has to say about selfishness?

Catholic Church is just another religious nuttery institution. His opinion is about as valid as any other old white man that doesnt matter.

Choosing pets is more selfish? Choosing to help an animal instead of choosing to procreate solely to continue YOUR bloodline? Do people even think before they say anything?

Really ? Such a comment from someone who named himself after St. Francis. Saint Francis preached to the birds and brought a wolf to reason. The patron of all animals. The Guy who named all animals His Brothers. What a shame.

Pets > Kids

Okay. This is why I am so proud to be part of a religion that actually respects animals as equal souls.

How about NOT listening to anything a pope has to say, ever. He still hasn’t outgrown his believe in magic yet!

You don't play the game, you don't get to make the rules.

I don't actually understand what makes people think having children is UNSELFISH. It isn't like children are aware or feel fortunate about being born. They are born because two people (or one) decided they wanted them to be born. The reasons they chose to have a baby are never unselfish; to pass on genes, it's that time in my life, I love children, I want to teach them what I know, it's just what humans were supposed to do. To think that you, a human are putting aside your life to nurture the life of another being doesn't make it unselfish, it's still a choice that has a reason behind it and it's all me and I based. I'm a staunch supporter of adoption because IMO that is an unselfish way to parent someone who needs one. It's not a puppy and will not look or act, or maybe be as old as you like but it's a HUMAN. Not to say I'm dragging people who have children, everyone is allowed to find their own joy- it's just not a pure selfless joy as some would make it seem.

Alternate headline: "Pope thinks the world is dangerously underpopulated".

says a man without kids

I chose no kids. Whether I had pets or not was never a consideration. Religious leaders always encourage their adherents to have kids. Got to keep those churches, temples, mosques etc filled. It's all about the money.

And how many kids has Pope Francis got?

Pets don't give 10% of their income to the church.

How many kids has Pope Francis got?

Who says he is a Virgin?

Love religions that, in this overpopulated, degraded earth, want people to produce even MOREearth parasites!

Just a reminder part of the reason the church banned marriage is so they could get more money when male lines died off and the male priests would inherit family money and lands then leave that to the church since they didn't have any heirs themselves

I have lots of coworkers who have chosen to not have kids and instead have pets and to be honest... I have a lot of respect for them. They baby their pets more than a lot of people baby their human children!

How many kids does Pope Francis have?