by Sheryl Young in Arts & Culture
The Green Movement, enlisting humans to save the planet by “going green,” is no longer enough for some environmentalists. The fast-spreading word is that humanity must die out to save the earth.
Listed with a starting date of 1996 at their website, the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement is several steps ahead of the old Hemlock Society. The Hemlock Society, now called Compassion and Choices, came to the forefront in the late 1950’s to advocate “death with dignity”—voluntary euthanasia for people with terminal illnesses. The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement (VHEMT, pronounced vehement) simply suggests humans should no longer procreate.
While voluntary euthanasia goes against the biblical principle of waiting for God’s timing, VHEMT simply suggests not to breed any further humans for the sake of the earth. They equate God’s leaving one family behind to re-populate earth after the flood as an “OOPS,” and state that some other “being” will be needed to help in this situation (see this page at their website, under the question “When and Where did VHEMT start?”).Well…that would definitely solve the problem of getting sick and wanting to die. But VHEMT’s purpose has nothing to do with soothing human pain and everything to do with putting the earth first, to an extreme degree.
Their theory is that if we stop breeding, the Earth (a word they always capitalize) will return to its original healthy state. This isn’t a one child per family rule – it’s no breeding at all.
What this reporter would like to know is…who will be around to appreciate it? Do animals appreciate things? Can animals express their appreciation? One thing’s for sure –animals won’t go around saying “Ahhhh, that’s better.”
According to the Life Issues Institute, Inc.‘s “Connector” October Newsletter, the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement is not a lone wolf in their theory that humans are the worst threat to the environment. Several animal rights and earth-worshipping groups take the same view, including big names like the Sierra Club, the Cousteau Society, and the Audubon Society.
One thing can be said for VHEMT. They don’t approve of killing people to reduce the population (see here). However, their goal could be misinterpreted by madmen, much as our Christian faith’s purpose has been mishandled in the past, and genocides for the sake of population control could happen. VHEMT already had to speak out against a group called the Church of Euthanasia, whose founder advocates suicide to people who really want to save the earth (although the founder hasn’t killed himself).
Meanwhile, both Oregon and Washington State now have “death with dignity” acts for legal assisted suicide. Jack Kevorkian, once called the “Doctor of Death” for participating in assisted suicides, would never be arrested today.
Listed with a starting date of 1996 at their website, the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement is several steps ahead of the old Hemlock Society. The Hemlock Society, now called Compassion and Choices, came to the forefront in the late 1950’s to advocate “death with dignity”—voluntary euthanasia for people with terminal illnesses. The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement (VHEMT, pronounced vehement) simply suggests humans should no longer procreate.
While voluntary euthanasia goes against the biblical principle of waiting for God’s timing, VHEMT simply suggests not to breed any further humans for the sake of the earth. They equate God’s leaving one family behind to re-populate earth after the flood as an “OOPS,” and state that some other “being” will be needed to help in this situation (see this page at their website, under the question “When and Where did VHEMT start?”).Well…that would definitely solve the problem of getting sick and wanting to die. But VHEMT’s purpose has nothing to do with soothing human pain and everything to do with putting the earth first, to an extreme degree.
Their theory is that if we stop breeding, the Earth (a word they always capitalize) will return to its original healthy state. This isn’t a one child per family rule – it’s no breeding at all.
What this reporter would like to know is…who will be around to appreciate it? Do animals appreciate things? Can animals express their appreciation? One thing’s for sure –animals won’t go around saying “Ahhhh, that’s better.”
According to the Life Issues Institute, Inc.‘s “Connector” October Newsletter, the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement is not a lone wolf in their theory that humans are the worst threat to the environment. Several animal rights and earth-worshipping groups take the same view, including big names like the Sierra Club, the Cousteau Society, and the Audubon Society.
One thing can be said for VHEMT. They don’t approve of killing people to reduce the population (see here). However, their goal could be misinterpreted by madmen, much as our Christian faith’s purpose has been mishandled in the past, and genocides for the sake of population control could happen. VHEMT already had to speak out against a group called the Church of Euthanasia, whose founder advocates suicide to people who really want to save the earth (although the founder hasn’t killed himself).
Meanwhile, both Oregon and Washington State now have “death with dignity” acts for legal assisted suicide. Jack Kevorkian, once called the “Doctor of Death” for participating in assisted suicides, would never be arrested today.
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