From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!uwvax!reid
Newsgroups: net.singles
Title: BirthControl & Catholicism
Article-I.D.: uwvax.829
Posted: Sun Apr 17 02:48:43 1983
Received: Wed Apr 20 04:34:29 1983


A point made to me once was that birth control customs stem from population
concerns.  Cultures which are in an area where a high population cannot be 
supported (primitive tribes) the custom of murdering female babies is not
uncommon, and in cultures where high population is wanted for some reason,
customs are different.  In fact, when a culture which has had a problem with
overcrowding (short food supply, etc.) is displaced to a better environment,
such customs change within one generation, usually.

Catholicism, like many religions, originated such "laws" to ensure lots of
followers....

Glenn Reid
..seismo!uwvax!reid