My intent with recsept to the "disciplinary action" comment was to illustrate why the birth control teachings fall under a "standards" banner (which guides the behavior of individuals) rather than a "policy" banner (which guides the behavior of the institution). Worded more broadly, there was never a mandate for the church as an institution to treat people practicing birth control differently from those not practicing birth control. Of course representatives of the institution occasionally did so anyway, but that has been addressed by two distinct changes: a change in standards regarding the use of birth control, and change in policy along the lines of training leaders not to freelance in general.As for the earth supporting the unchecked growth of large families, of course the earth cannot support it. But unchecked growth is not the doctrine. Families are (also according to doctrine) expected to provide for themselves, which acts as a natural check on their growth. Then tension at the margin comes from deciding whether "providing" for them means keeping them from starving, supplying each child with a car on his or her 16th birthday, or something in between.Furthermore, most projections of the world's population now have it leveling off at less than 10 billion. This is a manageable level. The question is who are those 10 billion people going to be? Will they be Mormons intent on establishing Zion? Not if Mormons stop having kids.

by Wes 03:28:10 PM 2013.10.24

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by Parthena 02:52:36 AM 2014.03.07