(2) to the non-believer, it affirms that life is an accident, and the continuation of life tenuous.
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Why is it when a gem or metal is rare, it’s precious, but not so with humans?
>>Why is it when a gem or metal is rare, it’s precious, but not so with humans?
To say the life is tenuous is not a comment on whether it is precious.
To a believer, each human being is a miracle, having the image of God within him. Believing that God has provided abundantly, there is little concern for the ability of the universe to sustain a large population. Each person is or should be not only a consumer of resources, but productive. I suppose there is some limit to the carrying-capacity of the earth under present technology. But, with freedom, technology advances and there is no telling what is the ultimate carrying-capacity of the earth.
To a non-believer, while life is tenuous, what is precious isn’t the individual but is the phenomenon of life itself. Hence, individuals may be sacrificed for he good of the whole (meaning, those not sacrificed). Viewing the earth as a limited resource, more people means less for each person. Therefore, population control, eugenics and removal of the undesirable to labor camps, these have always been part of the agenda of the progressive socialists. Progressive socialists are all potentially Nazis.