shouldwecontrolourpopulationgrowth

In a world where we argue about the power of an ‘environmental footprint’, why aren’t we concerned about the increasing number of feet making them?  Overpopulation and population control has been a source of debate for philosophers and scientists since the 1700s, and became a household conversation in the 1950s with the publication of the book “A Population Bomb”.  But in recent decades the conversation has been sidelined by divisive religious and political views. We’re already seeing the symptoms of population out-consuming its resources. What can we expect when we add another 3.2 billion to our masses by 2050? A number merely 200 million away from the 10 billion maximum cap many scientists have determined is the maximum earth can sustainably support. In this episode, we’ll take an earnest look at our human family, what we’ve done - and what we’re capable of doing to align population growth with the health of our planet.  We’ll explore our willingness and our lines in the sand; our stewardship and our salvation. And perhaps, most importantly, we’ll examine the expanse separating belief from science and contemplation from action.

As with all Exchange discussions, we focused on bringing balanced and informed perspectives to the table. We hope you’ll learn something new, or have an opportunity to listen deeper into this challenging and sensitive topic.

Tate Chamberlin here to kick off this episode of the I Am Interchange morning show, focused on the issue of population control. My guest this morning is Danielle Egnew, a psychic medium and author who’s currently in the midst of a tour channeling and translating angelic messages for people in cities across the country.   And, as I came to learn, she’s also very tapped into what she describes as ‘heavy air traffic’ for unidentified flying objects over Yellowstone National Park - just a couple hours from our Interchange recording studio.

Danielle is a fourth generation Montanan, born and mostly raised in Billings before pursuing a career in entertainment and music. Her early career included being signed with a small grunge label in Seattle and landing acting gigs before her desire to channel her connection to the beyond drew her back to Montana.   Since then her psychic abilities have been called on by police looking for information on cases, and by people looking to have contact with lost loved ones.

 Although Danielle believes we are beyond the carrying capacity of the earth, she believes a mindful approach to how and why we have children - and eliminating our consumerist behavior - is the only way to avoid disaster. As a psychic, every timeline she sees in the future includes a dire lack of water - with evidence like the contamination disaster in Flint, Michigan serving as one of hundreds or thousands of warning signs available to us now.

Ultimately Danielle believes nature always win, and will balance itself out - even if that means a drastic reduction in the human population. It’s up to us to decide how our actions influence that balance; and how we ‘surf the avalanche’ of catastrophes we’ve already set off.

Tate Chamberlin here to kick off this episode of I Am Interchange, focused on the issue of population control, with Jacob Schreiner, a senior pastor with New Life Four Square Ministries. After a tumultuous childhood and a party-filled adolescence he had what he calls an encounter with Jesus and opted to forego material privilege and studying law to forge a closer relationship with the Christian church and Christian principles.

Jacob's take on some key topics are outside the mainstream, for sure. He believes the Earth is approximately 10,000 years old. He also believes the idea of population control is a laughable notion - flying in the face of God's intentions. From his perspective, we are God gave humans dominion over the Earth, ad we have been given infinite capacity to produce the resources that meet our needs and meet challenges as they arise.

From Jacob's perspective, the proof of our authority is in scripture - and the only way the Earth will be destroyed will be due to an act of God.