pregnancy/birth control

A reader (thank you Beth) sent me a link to the article “Two Children Should Be Limit” which made me nauseated to read it, and then angry to ponder. It’s difficult to “rope my thoughts together” cohesively because there is so much foolishness in this way of thinking, and so many ways to refute it.

This man suggests it is better to kill people (either by abortion or less medical treatment) than to damage trees. And the worst part is, his perception of the problem isn’t even real! The world is not dying because of people in it. By the way, there is no stopping this tide of destruction once we hop on that train. If abortion is considered “better” for the environment, then any life killed is better. It is nothing short of madness.

I also noticed a commenter brought up the fact that the author doesn’t acknowledge the UK’s biggest population problem–immigration.

Frankly, I need no scientific evidence to convince me that the overpopulation scare is a complete myth.

Why? Because the Creator, One who knows a lot more about carbon footprints than we do, said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth”…and He didn’t give us a number limit on that “filling”. Then He laid out simple instructions about how to best provide for ourselves and promised that He would supply every need to those who love Him and call upon Him. End of story.

If you want to get upset about real problems with the economy or food supply or other threats you feel are imminent, blame what is to blame. The presence of people on earth is not the problem; the forsaking of basic common sense in our daily lives and the rejection of the principles of God is a much bigger threat.

However, if you need the evidence, there is plenty. The article below, written in 2003, is just one source I found of documented studies that provide compelling evidence against this insane idea. Do we just believe everything that the media spits out?

I keep wondering, what is the underlying force of this theory? There is something else, deeper and more evil propelling the idea that humans are a threat to the very place created for them. Isn’t it interesting how everything in Scripture points to life, while the world’s “wisdom” is full of death?

And one more time, I beg the Christian body to think carefully about the issue of life. In the article above, the author holds birth control and abortion in the same hand for the same purpose. We must approach it as a very slippery slope.

How sad and scary it must be to live a life without the knowledge of God and His supreme control over the universe!

“The Overpopulation Myth“

Starkly contrasted against the backdrop of our culture of death, is a remarkable, unbelievable story–a breath of fresh air.

I saw the movie years ago, and yesterday, we started reading the book May’s Boy again. If you’ve not read it, DO. It is hands-down the most inspiring and miraculous story I’ve ever heard.

May received a call in 1952 about a boy given up for adoption because of his severe defects, and no one would take him. He was already sentenced to death with severe glaucoma, mental retardation and cerebral palsy (later he would be diagnosed with autism as well). The doctors had to remove his eyes and he was given the prognosis of a “vegetable” if he did miraculously survive.

May named him Leslie. She said every child was a gift and deserved someone to love him. She poured her life into him. And what’s more, she never gave up despite virtually no sign of hope for the first seven years. He lay lifeless with only a heart beat for those years.

Once she saw him move, she decided to strap him to her back and drag him around so he could feel her walk. She never thought he actually would learn. He stood for the first time at age fifteen, and soon began walking.

Then one night she woke to hear what she thought was the tv left on with a piano concerto being played. It was Leslie. Not only was he playing concert-level pieces perfectly, but also singing in the most beautiful baritone voice. He had never yet spoken a word, and could barely hold his cup.

May had prayed one simple prayer for Leslie all his life: “Lord, remember to do something for Leslie.” More than what He did for Leslie was what he did for thousands who still see Leslie and know that God is God.

Her amazing love for “the least of these” laughs in the face of “intelligent reasons for abortion”. Every time I hear someone sing a sad song about babies who are better off aborted, I think of Leslie, and others like him.

There was one woman who loved God more than her own life, lost her life to save it, never gave up, and who saw even a lifeless human form as a gift from God.

(BTW, if “defects” were an appropriate gauge of who should live or die, Beethoven would have been aborted, along with a list a half mile long. God doesn’t make mistakes, and His purposes often blow our theories out of the water. We sorely miss the mark when we assert our “reasoning” over the divine sacredness of life. There is never a reason to kill an innocent human.)

Here’s May and Leslie: