Comments and Abstract on “Population”
The world is quick to conclude that increasing the human population does nothing but bad for the Earth. Is “population” a bad thing? When we reach into the many billions, is that destructive or unsustainable? If it is destructive, isn’t that a function of our telestial in-fighting and selfishness more than the number of mouths to feed? How many children would a faithful, enlightened Latter-Day Saint family have? Is there a responsible stopping point? In light of the millions of children without loving homes, is it better to adopt than to have your own?
How many of us wish we’d never been born? Isn’t being born into a war-torn, torturous, starving hell-on-earth dominated by hatred and lies still not better than not being born at all? Is our Father so unmerciful as to deny even the slightest hope or joy to people in such circumstances?
Other topics in this series that don’t lend themselves to much comment include two miracles that happened in my life leading me to this subject. Also, how many people have ever lived? And how many “Mormons” are there in the world? (Trick question). What does it mean to be “a Saint”? Can you have heard the gospel, remained faithful and committed to something else, and still end up a Saint in the same sense as Paul and Joseph Smith?
If you’ve read some of the series, please feel free to post snippets and comment on them, or just post your own original thoughts.
