The self-annihilation of the west

Have you ever seen a movie where the main character is killing himself but does not and can not see it? It is very frustrating and you almost feel helpless as you yell at the screen.

I read an article today on how abortion is losing its stigma in the UK and that more and more women over 40 are choosing not to have children. Simple arithmetic will tell you that not only will the population not increase or even stay steady but eventually all the childless Brits will eventually die - without Brits behind them to sustain the British culture. Up until not too many generations ago, couples in the west held to Christian morals and values and they heeded the command to become fruitful and multiply. This focus assured the British culture that there would be more Brits to follow and to sustain the culture.

However today, all over Europe, the western nations are not having children. They are choosing to abort their babies in an attempt to maintain a higher level of self-indulgence. At the same time, immigrants from predominantly Muslim nations are making a home in these European countries. Devout to their religious convictions - as the west used to be - the immigrants are not killing their children and not choosing to be childless. They see the need to bring children into the world and to learn their values. I commend them for this.

However, I don't need to show a chart to explain the long term outcome of these "choices". The culture that is killing their young will someday be outnumbered by the culture that is being fruitful and multiplying. At some point each European nation will have to go to war to reclaim their culture and their land OR they must learn to live as a minority under a new form of Islamic rule in a land that was once theirs.

Just like the aforementioned movie, it is very frustrating to watch this unfold in Europe. What is more frustrating is the level of exuberance that the West is seeking to totally relinquish its own culture and its own land in the name of personal "choice" and the doctrine of hedonism. The irony is once strict Islamic law is the rule of the land, there will be no more abortions allowed. By that time it will be too late as any attempt to be fruitful and multiply will largely be moot because they will be the minority to a majority that has less of a tendency to self-annihilate.