Better to not have lived

I was listening to the Albert Mohler Program a few days ago as I washed my dishes (yes, mom, I finally washed my dishes!), and there was an interesting program on a modern philosopher who has determined that it is better not to live and that humans should phase themselves out to extinction. It sounds like a radical argument, but when you see yourself as just another animal, you can see how one would begin to think this way. Also, this guy says that if you take a life, bad things outweigh good things, and therefore it is not worth it.

Really, if you think about it, any non-Christian should feel this way. The only way to find meaning in this life is through a relationship with God through Christ. It is only in a relationship with God that bad times can even be seen as good because of the change of character and blessings from God that one receives through trials. It is only through a relationship with God that we can look past the bad of this world and long for the good in the world to come. It is only through a relationship with God that we find our true worth. Our response to ones making this argument that life is not worth living because the bad outweighs the good should be to share the gospel.

The whole theory that humanity should phase itself out to extinction is crazy! The guy didn't suggest that we start killing people off, but that we start aborting more (I think, but I really can't remember) and stop having babies. Can you imagine what that would look like in the last generation? Paints such a bleak future! However, we must remember that we have been commanded to be fruitful and multiply and populate the earth. Christians should understand that is a command from God and should realize it is how we are a witness of God's manifold witness, on earth and in the heavenlies, since God's grace can often be seen through generation after generation in many families.