Rome was Pro-Choice

This week I heard a fascinating interview on Relevant Radio with a historian of early Christianity. Unfortunately I didn't catch his name. The subject was how Christmas was celebrated in the first centuries, but somehow the topic turned to a comparison of ancient Rome with modern society. There are some eerie parallels. How, with all the power of the Roman Empire, did Christianity survive and ultimately triumph?

This historian said that the Romans actually destroyed themselves. Abortion, infanticide and euthanasia were common. Excavations of Roman cities have turned up mass graves of infants and fetal remains have been found in sewers. The birth rate among privileged Rome was apparently very low. Meanwhile Christians were breeding rapidly. This led, over time, to a population imbalance that made Christians the majority.

Sound familiar? It's exactly what is happening to the West right now. Europeans, especially, are not replacing themselves, but Americans are not far behind. Will we go the way of Ancient Rome? That's what it looks like.