It's well known around the Catholic blogosphere what Katharine Jefferts Schori, the newly-elected presiding bishop of the U. S. Episcopal Church, thinks of us breeders:
Q. How many members of the Episcopal Church are there in this country?
A. About 2.2 million. It used to be larger percentagewise, but Episcopalians tend to be better-educated and tend to reproduce at lower rates than some other denominations. Roman Catholics and Mormons both have theological reasons for producing lots of children.
Q. Episcopalians aren’t interested in replenishing their ranks by having children?
A. No. It’s probably the opposite. We encourage people to pay attention to the stewardship of the earth and not use more than their portion.
maybe Kate's on to something there -- Pope Benedict has a far better education than she does, and we notice that he has no children. Must be for theological reasons.
If that isn't snarky enough for you, there's always the Kate Schori Ecumenical Coffee Mug.
Thanks for the link. I think the Kate Schori comment really got under my skin because what she's essentially saying (I don't say "intentionally" because I doubt she meant to be cruel or unkind) is that what I do is superfluous and wasteful. I stay at home with my child(ren), consuming resources. To reduce raising children to mere consumption of resources denotes a spiritual poverty, I think.
Also, her little way of equating "well-educated" with "reproduc(ing) at lower rates" rankled. What, you callin' me stupid?
Posted by: mrsdarwin | 27 November 2006 at 04:28 PM