I wonder about the hoopla over the seven billionth baby being born, when the seven billionth baby was conceived some time ago and was likely as not aborted before birth. It is more than likely that it was a girl who was aborted. Couples have been choosing to become mothers and fathers and so increasing the number of babies in the world for thousands of years and so making it possible for the other 99.99999986% of us to be here.
As a Baby Boomer, I remember there being predictions that the Earth couldn't support 5 billion just a few decades ago. I'll be looking forward to Baby Eleven Billion, the next prime number of billions. Let's hope Humans will make life more livable for other Humans by then.
The Scientific American made an interesting point on the disestimation inherent in the seven billionth baby, but I disagree with there statement that no one can know just who the seven billionth baby is. God certainly does, all three Persons. Likely myiads of angels in close communion with Him would know as well. They may or may not be celebrating the birth of that child of God more or less as much as any other. The real celebration however, we know, is went one of God's children repent.
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