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Did Christianity invent children?
Did Christianity invent children?
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Did Christianity invent children?
Post #1Proverbs 18:17 The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him.
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Re: Did Christianity invent children?
Post #31https://www2.nau.edu/lrm22/lessons/r_an ... and_k.htmlJoeyKnothead wrote: ↑Thu Apr 21, 2022 8:31 pmFor them interested, these two birthing strategies're referred to as "r selection", and "k selection", respectively.Purple Knight wrote: ↑Wed Apr 13, 2022 3:31 pmThat's very true and that's all the more reason to consider the question in this context. The question isn't about all children anymore than it's about whether the mother monkey ought to protect the baby crabs. I would consider the debate question's answer to be yes if it imparted most of the current value to the children of those it was meant to protect.
And I think it probably did add some, but as others have said, mammals love and care for their offspring innately, especially primates because they tend to have so few. The idea that people just plopped 'em out and let them sink or swim before the Bible is a little absurd.
Animals that have very many offspring tend to employ the spray and pray strategy, making as many as possible and not caring for them because they couldn't possibly. This crab can have up to 700,000 babies at once.
Most mammals are the opposite of spray and pray. This primate only has one baby, and her strategy is to protect it and make sure it reaches adulthood.
I've known about em a good while, but in all my amateur studies, I still don't know to what them letters refer. Sorry but that.
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Re: Did Christianity invent children?
Post #32I preciate that more'n I can say.nobspeople wrote: ↑Tue Apr 26, 2022 8:31 amhttps://www2.nau.edu/lrm22/lessons/r_an ... and_k.htmlJoeyKnothead wrote: For them interested, these two birthing strategies're referred to as "r selection", and "k selection", respectively.
I've known about em a good while, but in all my amateur studies, I still don't know to what them letters refer. Sorry but that.
Maybe it reflects an inability to do sound research on my part, but I never found out why r and k.
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Re: Did Christianity invent children?
Post #33Consider it my last gift to youJoeyKnothead wrote: ↑Tue Apr 26, 2022 2:40 pmI preciate that more'n I can say.nobspeople wrote: ↑Tue Apr 26, 2022 8:31 amhttps://www2.nau.edu/lrm22/lessons/r_an ... and_k.htmlJoeyKnothead wrote: For them interested, these two birthing strategies're referred to as "r selection", and "k selection", respectively.
I've known about em a good while, but in all my amateur studies, I still don't know to what them letters refer. Sorry but that.
Maybe it reflects an inability to do sound research on my part, but I never found out why r and k.
Have a great, potentially godless, day!