Contraception

About a week ago, Prester Scott wrote about the morality, or lack thereof, of contraception in a Christian context. In response, I posited that, historically, Christianity condemned contraception because, for a variety of reasons, uncontrolled population growth was a positive good. Given that the situation between today and Biblical times -- or even a hundred years ago -- has changed radically on this front, one can argue that the moral ruling on this subject could change accordingly.

This morning, I was thinking about it from the other end: let's say contraception is immoral -- the termination of a potential human life -- regardless of circumstances. G-d wants us "to be fruitful and multiply" and this axiom applies without limitation. It follows that contraception isn't just wrong for me, but wrong for anyone, anywhere. Immorality is bad; the world would be better off if no one committed any immoral acts.

Following this, I'm trying to imagine what the world would be like if no one used birth control. Since I'm imagining a perfectly moral world (by Christian standards), I can further posit that sex only occurs between married couples
( Watch me play fast and loose with statistics! )

Contraception 2: response to Prester Scott

There's a world of middle ground between "zero population growth" and "no population control whatsoever."
( This was too long for a note so I made it an entry )