Zero Population

One of Satan's biggest lies is the notion that zero population is the answer my friend.  Many people fall for this lie and believe that the world is overpopulated and people should limit the number of children they have, if any.

This philosophy is flawed on several accounts.  First, the world is not overpopulated.  I read a statistic that all of the people on Earth could live in a house with a yard and we would all fit in Texas. Doing the math it equals out to a 33' x 33' piece of land per person.  And that's if everybody on Earth lived in Texas.  So there is plenty of room on earth for more people.  And plenty of land to grow crops to feed everybody.

Second, for society to function properly, the population must remain stable or increase.  There must be enough young people of working age to be able to pay taxes and care for the older population. With declining populations economies shrink, stresses on society increase such as increased health care demand and decreased supply of available health care workers, and social programs become unsustainable.

"As author Jonathan Last wrote for the Weekly Standard several years ago, the world lost population between A.D. 200 and 600, and again between 1340 and 1400. Neither is remembered as a pleasant period.

“It is impossible to predict with certainty the side effects of population decline,” Last wrote. “But there is good reason to believe it will be bad for us. Innovation will suffer as the demand for nearly everything (save health care) slackens. The welfare state is unsustainable in a contracting, top-heavy population. And instead of producing windfalls of excess supply, economies will probably contract.”" (Deseret News, Why a Dropping Fertility Rate Is Bad News, June 14, 2018)

Third, since the time of Adam we have been commanded to multiply and replenish the earth. In a General Conference address given in October 2011, Elder Neil L. Andersen said:

"When a child is born to a husband and wife, they are fulfilling part of our Heavenly Father’s plan to bring children to earth. The Lord said, “This is my work and my glory—to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.”  Before immortality, there must be mortality.

"The family is ordained of God. Families are central to our Heavenly Father’s plan here on earth and through the eternities. After Adam and Eve were joined in marriage, the scripture reads, “And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.”  In our day prophets and apostles have declared, “The first commandment that God gave to Adam and Eve pertained to their potential for parenthood as husband and wife. We declare that God’s commandment for His children to multiply and replenish the earth remains in force.”" 

The commandment to multiply and replenish the earth remains in force.  As stated by the family proclamation.  We know that there are spirits in the pre-mortal existence who are waiting to come to earth to experience mortality.  They still need to be born.

God would not give us a commandment without the means to obey it.  Therefore, we need not worry about the earth being able to sustain all of the children who still need to be born to gain a body and experience mortality.

Unfortunately, too many people are subscribing to Satan's philosophy and lie that "zero population is the answer my friend, without it the rest of us are doomed".

Birth rates have been declining in the United States for decades and are now at an all-time low.  Replacement level is 2.1 children per woman.  We are now at 1.8 in the United States.  Below replacement level for the first time.  This is troubling news.

Zero population is yet another of Satan's lies aimed at destroying families.  He wants everyone to be as miserable as him and the best way to do that is to destroy the family. Zero population doesn't even make sense and is against God's laws.

Zero population is not the answer my friend. 

That's my two cents.