Authoritarian religions reduce population through killing and starvation, but there are nicer alternatives.

Several years ago, I wrote that a worldwide turn toward authoritarian religious values could lead to a higher deathrate and possibly a large reduction in human population. A way to reduce overpopulation. This due, not to birth control or alternative lifestyles, but more wars and famine; an irony to the concept of valuing life.

It does seem like we are on the road toward that, but I still hold the hope that opinions can change and the world can change course. This "mass die-off" scenario can still be only one of many possible futures. We could still have a brighter future, depending on how things are managed. Even religious values don't have to be authoritarian. They can embrace innovation, open mindedness and diversity.