This peculiar story was picked up by Wretched Radio earlier this week. A group calling themselves VHEM, or “The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement”, (we have no idea how large the membership is … one hand or two?), have launched a website espousing a philosophy of, yes, “Voluntary Human Extinction”. Yup, snuffing ourselves out.

You can check out their website for yourself at www.vhemt.org

What are the tenets of this philosophy? They claim to present “an encouraging alternative to the callous exploitation and wholesale destruction of Earth’s ecology.”

In their own words:

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Last week there was a huge ruckus over the news that Focus on the Family had produced a pro-life TV Commercial to air during the superbowl, featuring Pam and Tim Tebow.

While pregnant, Pam suffered a life-threatening infection with a pathogenic amoeba. Because of the drugs used to rouse her from a coma and to treat her dysentery, the fetus experienced a severe placental abruption. Doctors expected a stillbirth and recommended an abortion to protect her life.  But Pam chose instead to have her child, and put the outcome in God’s hands.  The result was that her son, Tim, was born perfect and healthy, and has grown up to be a football all-star, among other achievements winning the Heisman Trophy.

Pro-choice groups around the country were up in arms, claiming that this TV commercial was an assault on a woman’s right to choose abortion.

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