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  • Mormons are faithful Christians whose beliefs may differ in certain respects from orthodox Christianity, but many tents remain identical such as the command to "Go forth and multpily". I am ashamed to admit that I do not know the verse or speaker, but I believe that it was God's command to Moses or Abraham in the Old Testament. The New Testament is also full of procreative symbology: seeds, plants, fruit and growth. God calls on the faithful to grow and spread the Word throughout the world, "the land of milk and honey" that is God's gift to the faithful. Furthermore, fundamental Christianity beleives that birth control precisely violates this instruction by interrupting or neutralizing the gift of life that is God's provenance, not ours. Birth control is then mankind interfering with the will of God. So, not only should you try to have lots of kids you should not attempt to impede fertility.
  • Hm... not sure I entirely agree with Muaddib. As a Mormon, I'd put it like this. We don't have any problems with birth control. People should have as big a family as they're comfortable with. Of course, the LDS church places a huge focus on families. This permeates everything within the religion. Once each week most LDS families have "family home evening", which is an organized time that the family spends time together. We also believe that it's possible for the family unit to be together forever - even after death. So, the focus is on having families not necessarily BIG familes. Some people just can't get enough of a good thing :) I'm in my mid 30's and have 3 awesome kids. The youngest is 5, and we're DONE. It's kinda' nice knowing we're young enough to have the energy to keep up with our kids as they go through their teen-aged years. For us, 5 is a perfect family size. Oh, and the scriptural reference you're looking for was actually God speaking with Adam and Eve as they left the garden of Eden. He told them to go forth; to multiply and replentish the earth. I hope that helps. ---- Addendum/Clarification ---- I've had a lot of feedback from people asking "what does this have to do with birth control?" This answer was written in response to Muaddib's answer where he claimed that Mormons have a problem with birth control. What does this have to do with birth control? "We don't have any problems with birth control." (quote from my answer). That's what it has to do with it. I just wanted to point out that Muaddib's answer is incorrect in that area. He may be talking about Christianity in general (and Mormons are Christians), but he's wrong about this Mormon belief. There is no doctrine in the Mormon religion that prohibits birth control.
  • A scripture that I really like concerning this matter is Psalms 127:4-5, "Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them..."
  • Family is a central part of the LDS religion. Thus, many couples want to increase the joy that comes with each child. There is not a doctrine set by the church that dictates how many children a couple should have and birth control is an individual decision. Some couples decide for it and others decide against it.
  • I heard something about "spirit babies" ? Like LDS have a lot of kids so they can give bodies to more spirits in heaven to help progress things along faster, or something like this. Is that right?
  • god told us to make children. lots of them. thats all
  • Actually I have a folder full of comments by church leaders stating that if the wife is in good health, there are no serious genetic risks and as long as the parents are able to provide the necessities of life, then the birth of children should not be prevented. The current comments/policy by current church leaders regarding birth control, is that it should be made a matter of earnest prayer between the couple and the Lord. That comment is then followed by the reminder that we have been commanded to multiply and replenish the earth. And yes, a major reason for having children is to help provide bodies for Heavenly Father's spirit children. LDS believe in a pre-existence where we all dwelt as spirits before coming to this earth. God provides physical bodies for these spirits through birth to an earthly Father and Mother.
  • Yep! Part of following that proclamation from got to "be fruitful and multiply." In the case of Mormons it will elevate heavenly status. For the rest of Christianity as well as Judaism, it was a way of increasing the numbers of the religion as well as inundating enemies by sheer numbers. Are you saying Mormons are doing something wrong or different than any other Christian religion? I am not Mormon. But my observation has been practicing Mormons are among the finest people I have ever met. Find a "Jack Mormon" that claims to be but has dropped out of the church, I find those almost without equal at being vial, dishonest and criminal.
  • While I agree with the answer by ARENA-ThumP, I'd like to add a bit. We have been told that we should have as many children as we can support (financially, emotionally, spiritually, physically). It ties into the belief that there are still spirits waiting for their time for a mortal experience. The Church does not publish a formula to determine how many kids a couple should have - that's between the couple and the Lord. Also, LdS couples are counseled to follow the law of the land in those places which place a limit to how many children each couple are allowed.
  • the more kids the more morons all the religions say the same on that
  • Thay are trying to overpopulate the religious America. To become the rule instead of the exception. Trying to get someone to join this looney bin cult is harder than just being born into it.
  • Most Mormons don't, though I suppose it depends on how you define "lots". LDS households are larger than the national average, but by less than you might think. Families with truly lots of children (my wife is one of ten children, which most people would agree counts as large) are increasingly rare, esp. outside the western United States.
  • What sane woman would want to spend her youth pushing out kids to the determent of her health and body? One needs time to enjoy life and be able to run and play so to speak. I've known Mormon men who have had themselves 'snipped' and admired them for it. Other Mormons, like Catholics run their women into the ground (sometime literally) having kids. I don't understand how women buy into this. No wonder Marie Osmond had a psychotic breakdown with 7 kids.
  • BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD, AND WHAT BETTER WAY THAN TO POPULATE IT WITH AS MANY OF YOUR OWN KIND AS POSSIBLE. ALSO, SINCE THE WELFARE SYSTEM SUPPORTS SOME OF THESE 30 AND 50 CHILDREN FAMILIES- WHAT BETTER WAY TO ACCOMPLISH THEIR GOALS. WEAKEN THE GENTILE BASE FINANCIALLY BY MAKING THEM "PAY" TO SUPPORT THE TAKEOVER. INGENIOUS. WOULDN'T YOU SAY????

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