What is the CHurch's Standpoint and View On: Population COntrol?
"The greatest acts of the mighty men have been to depopulate nations and to overthrow kingdoms; and whilst they have exalted themselves and become glorious, it has been at the expense of the lives of the innocent, the blood of the oppressed, the moans of the widow, and the tears of the orphan."
-Joseph Smith, Teachings of the Prophet Joseph, Section Five 1842-43, p.248
"The precepts of men would have you believe that by limiting the population of the world, we can have peace and plenty. That is the doctrine of the devil…And so far as limiting the population in order to provide plenty is concerned, the Lord answered that falsehood [D&C 104:17 quoted]…True to form, many of the people who desire to frustrate God's purposes of giving mortal tabernacles to his spirit children through worldwide birth control are the very same people who support the kinds of government that perpetuate famine. They advocate an evil to cure the results of the wickedness they support."
-Ezra Taft Benson, Conference April 1969
-Joseph Smith, Teachings of the Prophet Joseph, Section Five 1842-43, p.248
"The precepts of men would have you believe that by limiting the population of the world, we can have peace and plenty. That is the doctrine of the devil…And so far as limiting the population in order to provide plenty is concerned, the Lord answered that falsehood [D&C 104:17 quoted]…True to form, many of the people who desire to frustrate God's purposes of giving mortal tabernacles to his spirit children through worldwide birth control are the very same people who support the kinds of government that perpetuate famine. They advocate an evil to cure the results of the wickedness they support."
-Ezra Taft Benson, Conference April 1969
