Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
I speak with Kirk Lougheed, author of a recent book on Christian antinatalism.
Christian Antinatalism – Reconsidering the Theology of Procreation: amazon.co.uk/Christian-Anti-Natalism-Reconsidering-Procreation-Philosophy/dp/3032039010
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~INFO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
📧 | Contact Me: lawrenceant@protonmail.com
🔥 | Support my work with a one-off donation or monthly support for added perks: ko-fi.com/lawrenceanton
My projects:
🗯️ | Antinatalist Handbook –rebutting common natalist arguments: antinatalisthandbook.org
✅ | Antinatalist Advocacy – increasing your impact as an antinatalist: antinatalistadvocacy.org
Get your favourite antinatalist merch:
👕 | Get your favourite antinatalist merch: voidmerchandise.myshopify.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~TIMESTAMPS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
00:00 – Intro
00:42 – Kirk
02:33 – Antinatalism & Theology
04:00 – Christian Antinatalism
34:48 – Objections
40:08 – Other Religions
43:54 – Christian Scripture
53:51 – Gnostics
56:01 – Christian Antinatalism Today
59:55 – Further Research
01:02:01 – Cosmic Meaning (Benatar vs. Metz)
01:05:07 – Future Plans
01:06:09 – Outro
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~LINKS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Better Never to Have Been (David Benatar): amazon.co.uk/Better-Never-Have-Been-Existence/dp/0199549265
The Misanthropic Argument for Antinatalism (David Benatar): academic.oup.com/book/26703/chapter-abstract/195504756?redirectedFrom=fulltext
Cited Bible passages (more in Kirk's book):
• Ecclesiastes 4 : 1–3
• Ecclesiastes 7 : 1
• Matthew 19 : 11–12
• Genesis 1 : 28
All can be found here: biblegateway.com
The Childfree Christ – Antinatalism in Early Christianity (Theophile de Giraud): amazon.co.uk/Childfree-Christ-Antinatalism-early-Christianity/dp/2960273702
No Baby, No Cry (Martin Smith): theselfishparent.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/nbnc4_4.pdf
Outro Music // The Last Time - Kayou. // Provided by @LofiGirl
I speak with Kirk Lougheed, author of a recent book on Christian antinatalism.
Christian Antinatalism – Reconsidering the Theology of Procreation: amazon.co.uk/Christian-Anti-Natalism-Reconsidering-Procreation-Philosophy/dp/3032039010
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~INFO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
📧 | Contact Me: lawrenceant@protonmail.com
🔥 | Support my work with a one-off donation or monthly support for added perks: ko-fi.com/lawrenceanton
My projects:
🗯️ | Antinatalist Handbook –rebutting common natalist arguments: antinatalisthandbook.org
✅ | Antinatalist Advocacy – increasing your impact as an antinatalist: antinatalistadvocacy.org
Get your favourite antinatalist merch:
👕 | Get your favourite antinatalist merch: voidmerchandise.myshopify.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~TIMESTAMPS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
00:00 – Intro
00:42 – Kirk
02:33 – Antinatalism & Theology
04:00 – Christian Antinatalism
34:48 – Objections
40:08 – Other Religions
43:54 – Christian Scripture
53:51 – Gnostics
56:01 – Christian Antinatalism Today
59:55 – Further Research
01:02:01 – Cosmic Meaning (Benatar vs. Metz)
01:05:07 – Future Plans
01:06:09 – Outro
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~LINKS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Better Never to Have Been (David Benatar): amazon.co.uk/Better-Never-Have-Been-Existence/dp/0199549265
The Misanthropic Argument for Antinatalism (David Benatar): academic.oup.com/book/26703/chapter-abstract/195504756?redirectedFrom=fulltext
Cited Bible passages (more in Kirk's book):
• Ecclesiastes 4 : 1–3
• Ecclesiastes 7 : 1
• Matthew 19 : 11–12
• Genesis 1 : 28
All can be found here: biblegateway.com
The Childfree Christ – Antinatalism in Early Christianity (Theophile de Giraud): amazon.co.uk/Childfree-Christ-Antinatalism-early-Christianity/dp/2960273702
No Baby, No Cry (Martin Smith): theselfishparent.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/nbnc4_4.pdf
Outro Music // The Last Time - Kayou. // Provided by @LofiGirl
