{"id":4891,"date":"2010-09-09T21:53:39","date_gmt":"2010-09-09T21:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/09\/the-best-way-to-combat-islam-may-begin-in-the-bedroom.html"},"modified":"2010-09-09T21:53:39","modified_gmt":"2010-09-09T21:53:39","slug":"the-best-way-to-combat-islam-may-begin-in-the-bedroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/09\/the-best-way-to-combat-islam-may-begin-in-the-bedroom.html","title":{"rendered":"The best way to combat Islam may begin in the bedroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Or so argues a Catholic priest in Italy, who clearly believes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/world\/2010\/09\/08\/2010-09-08_catholic_priest_urges_european_christians_to_fight_off_islam_by_having_babies.html\">we need to make love, not war: <\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nA prominent Catholic priest wants European Christians to fight off Islam with a unique weapon: babies.<\/p>\n<p>Father Piero Gheddo, an Italian missionary priest, said Wednesday he believes a declining birth rate among Europeans combined with a rising tide of Muslim immigrants could mean that Islam will soon dominate Europe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Certainly from a demographic point of view, as it is clear to everyone that Italians are decreasing by 120,000 or 130,000 persons a year because of abortion and broken families; while among the more than 200,000 legal immigrants a year in Italy, more than half are Muslims and Muslim families, which have a much higher level of growth,&#8221; he said, according to Rome&#8217;s Catholic news service Zenit News Agency.<\/p>\n<p>Gheddo&#8217;s solution? Christians need to start having more children.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fact is that, as a people, we are becoming ever more pagan and the religious vacuum is inevitably filled by other proposals and religious forces,&#8221; he said. &#8220;If we consider ourselves a Christian country, we should return to the practice of Christian life, which would also solve the problem of empty cradles.&#8221; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> You can find more at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/world\/2010\/09\/08\/2010-09-08_catholic_priest_urges_european_christians_to_fight_off_islam_by_having_babies.html\">the Daily News link.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Or so argues a Catholic priest in Italy, who clearly believes we need to make love, not war: A prominent Catholic priest wants European Christians to fight off Islam with a unique weapon: babies. 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