Cultural Update: Falling U.S. Fertility Rates; Campus Protests; Marijuana Reclassification; Listener Questions

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

Talbot School of Theology at Biola University / Sean McDowell & Scott Rae

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🗓️ 3 May 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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This week, Scott & Sean discuss:Falling Fertility Rates: Discussion on the continuous decline of fertility rates in the U.S., with women delaying childbirth, leading to economic and social implications.Campus Protests Escalate: Coverage of widespread campus protests across the U.S. and Europe, reflecting deep-seated ideological battles and a decline in civil discourse at universities.Marijuana Reclassification: Debate on the DEA's proposal to reclassify marijuana, exploring its potential ...

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0:00.0	Fertility
0:02.0	Fertility rates are falling in the United States to the lowest level in the last 100 years.
0:07.0	Campus protests are spreading across the United States and into Europe
0:10.0	and the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Department of Justice recommend reclassifying
0:15.2	marijuana in the controlled substances category.
0:18.8	We'll talk about these stories today and answer some of your questions.
0:21.2	I'm your host Scott Ray.
0:22.4	And I'm your co-host, Sean Macau. This is the Think Biblically weekly
0:25.2	cultural update brought to you by Tallit School of Theology at Biola University.
0:29.2	Sean, we got some great stories today and some really terrific questions.
0:32.1	We do, yeah.
0:33.1	I'm looking forward to first a CNN report on falling fertility rates in the United States.
0:39.2	And an overall really troubling trend, the report indicates that the highest fertility rates used to be for women
0:45.1	in their 20s, but now we're with women in their 30s. And ironically, the only group is seeing an actual
0:50.9	increase in fertility rates are women in their 40s but it's
0:54.6	still very low. The overall downward trend in fertility rates is continuing at a
1:01.9	pace now that we haven't seen in the last 100 years.
1:06.8	So here's, this is attributed in the article by women and couples waiting later to have children, particularly because of a pandemic or
1:15.5	economic conditions, and the demographic implications I think are really significant. In contrast, fertility rates are dramatically
1:25.7	increasing and have been for some time in the developing world. In Subsara
1:31.1	Africa, in a Muslim world,
1:32.6	those in particular.
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