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I don't see how bringing new souls (whatever those are) into existence should naturally qualify as a good thing?

Perhaps you're arguing as an illustration of the way this group of people think, in which case I understand your point.



You can make arguments for it starting with "killing billions of people would definitely be bad" or "some fraction of those people will likely share my genes, which I have a biological drive to pass on".

It encodes a slight bias towards human existence being a positive thing for us humans, but I don't think it's the shakiest part of that reasoning.




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