Thomas Malthus in 1798 predicted that humans would multiply on the earth until the earth could no longer sustain them. Paul and Anne Ehrlich in 1970 published The Population Bomb which predicted, on the basis of Malthus, global starvation during the 1970's and 80's. The book has been quite discredited (check customer reviews).
What did they miss? Because this does happen among animals, like the vole population (a sort of mouse) which can outpace their food supply.
As Eric Metaxas puts it, people are "More Than Voles." Created by their own Creator to create, humans can create their own niche to support themselves. Homo sapiens are not utterly dependent on the natural environment, but can create wealth.
According to the materialist (there is no supernatural) worldview, humans are only animals. According to the Christian worldview, humans bear the likeness of their Creator. God gave humans "the intelligence to complete the work of creation . . for their own good and that of their neighbors."
(cont'd tomorrow)
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