People have always maintained that sex was necessary to propagate the species.
There may have been a time when that was true. Now, not so much.
Consider the following. In 2007, on a total global stock of approximately 6.5 billion people, about 140 million babies were born. Now let's assume only a quarter of that 6.5 billion population is sexually active (likely a conservative estimate.) That gives us 1.65 billion sexually active people. Assuming that most sex occurs with two partners, that gives us roughly 800 million active sex partners globally (this analysis is agnostic as to whether the sex occurs within a traditional marriage arrangement.)
Now, let's assume that those 800 million sex partners have sex an average of twice a week (again, probably a conservative assumption.) This means, there are approximately 33.8 billion human sexual acts per year.
Now let's do the comparison: 140 million babies born in one year, versus 33.8 billion sex acts. This means that when a human engages in sex, the sex results in conception of a child less than one percent of the time (about .4%.) And this doesn't even take into account the farce of abortion. If the manufacture of babies via sex were a business, that factory would have been boarded up a long time ago.
Next time someone tries to argue that he/she should not be banned from having sex because it's necessary for human procreation, you should laugh in his/her face.
There may have been a time when that was true. Now, not so much.
Consider the following. In 2007, on a total global stock of approximately 6.5 billion people, about 140 million babies were born. Now let's assume only a quarter of that 6.5 billion population is sexually active (likely a conservative estimate.) That gives us 1.65 billion sexually active people. Assuming that most sex occurs with two partners, that gives us roughly 800 million active sex partners globally (this analysis is agnostic as to whether the sex occurs within a traditional marriage arrangement.)
Now, let's assume that those 800 million sex partners have sex an average of twice a week (again, probably a conservative assumption.) This means, there are approximately 33.8 billion human sexual acts per year.
Now let's do the comparison: 140 million babies born in one year, versus 33.8 billion sex acts. This means that when a human engages in sex, the sex results in conception of a child less than one percent of the time (about .4%.) And this doesn't even take into account the farce of abortion. If the manufacture of babies via sex were a business, that factory would have been boarded up a long time ago.
Next time someone tries to argue that he/she should not be banned from having sex because it's necessary for human procreation, you should laugh in his/her face.