Even many Christian theologians have put their stamp of approval on birth control. Thus far such extreme measures of population control, as abortion, have escaped general theological approval. Unfortunately, once a pill is perfected which will permit the aborting of early pregnancies, we can even expect some theological approval for this act.

It is rather easy to see unsaved man's acceptance and promotion of these concepts. He is deeply concerned with this earth and its ability to provide everything that is desirable for man. Because he has no regard for God or His providential care of the universe, he is convinced that he alone is the master of his fate, the captain of his soul. He is, therefore, even willing to commit mass murder (abortion) to realize what he believes are legitimate goals.

He argues that the earth is rapidly becoming over-populated. While one can see the reason for the fright that is producing this idea, the error of this concept can be shown very easily by a very simple computation.

The state of Texas contains 263,513 square miles of land area. This is equal to 7,300 billion square feet. The population of the world is approximately 3.5 billion. If this population was divided into families averaging four people (parents plus two children), there would be about 875 million families.

If each family was given a plot of ground 6,000 square feet in area, which is the size of many of our suburban lots, a total of 5,250 million square feet would be required. Since the state of Texas contains 2,050 billion square feet more that this, there would be sufficient area in this one state for all the families of the earth today, with land the size of the state of Iowa left over for streets and parks.

The rest of North America, Central and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia would be available for factories, food production and recreation. Truly man has only begun to fill the earth. Those who advocate population control really do make completely unrealistic claims.

The Christian, on the other hand, realizes that the Bible has something to say about this question of population control. God told Adam to be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth...(Gen. 1:28). This command was repeated to Noah after all mankind was destroyed by the flood of his day (Gen. 9:1). And it has never been abrogated.

It is still a command that must be obeyed if we wish to be pleasing to God. For it is a part of the Word of God and, thus, it becomes one of the rules for God's people to follow.