Antinatalism is the philosophical belief that procreation is morally unjustifiable. It applies primarily to human procreation, though some antinatalists apply these principles to all sentient life. Antinatalism as a concept extends far back into human history, and has been grappled with, in one way or another, by many of the world's religious traditions. Modern Philosopher David Benatar sums up antinatalism nicely in a series of axiological deductions, found in his book, "Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence."

1. the presence of pain is bad;
2. the presence of pleasure is good;
3. the absence of pain is good, even if that good is not enjoyed by anyone;
4. the absence of pleasure is not bad unless there is somebody for whom this absence is a deprivation.

In plain English, if one has a child, that child will hopefully have some pleasurable experiences, but is all but guaranteed to experience suffering. Not having a child is better, because

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Hedley Kow is an English folktale recorded by Joseph Jacobs in 1894.

There was once an old woman, who earned a poor living by going errands and such like, for the farmers' wives round about the village where she lived. It wasn't much she earned by it; but with a plate of meat at one house, and a cup of tea at another, she made shift to get on somehow, and always looked as cheerful as if she hadn't a want in the world.

Well, one summer evening as she

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Over a decade ago, I posted A Pandeist responds to Lewis Loflin "Debunking Panendeism"; and while I don't know if Loflin took the criticism leveled there to heart, he seems to have realized his original work was sufficiently deficient to need to be given another try, posting a rewritten essay at the same address -- only this time, he enlisted a superior intellect, with an acknowledgment at the end that "Grok, an AI by xAI, helped smooth this…