see my response to Champion...talk is cheap....reading and falling back on someone elses logic is easy. Go roll your sleeves up and work with the poor....then get back to me as you help them bury the children who die of starvation.
If talk is so cheap, why do you bother here? Aren’t you wasting your time here, according to your own logic?
We cannot eradicate poverty, especially by going against God’s word. Jesus never asked anyone to rid the world of poverty or any suffering. He asked us to help whom ever, where ever and when ever we can.
It is natural to feel compassion for the poor, the ill, the disabled and all who suffer and to want to alleviate it. But, the very people who condemn the Church for this position, ridicule and condemn the Church for its position on things that would reduce some of the sad situations of the poor, i.e. reserving sex for marriage.
It is an age old lament that though God is good and loving, there still exists in this life strife, hardship and enormous suffering. We who do not have the mind of God, nor can we see the whole picture, start to finish, that He sees.
Rather than pridefully thinking we can do anything on our own, we should always remember the words of St. Paul, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
Those words apply to trusting in God and in His word. “Go forth and multiply.” Read Mt 6:25-34 which ends with, “But strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. So, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today.”
It is good that you have given of yourself to help, that you have felt sadness for those in such pain and I commend you for it. You have done as Jesus asked and offered to the least among us food, clothing, drink, solace, love. If only everyone did as much, the problems would be lessened, but through love of God and neighbor not through rejection of His will. God does not will suffering, He wills that we help our brothers and sisters because He knows that suffering is something we cannot avoid, but a loving hand is something we can all extend.
As a Christian I believe in certain forms of birth control
In Jewish Law:
The first mitzvah (commandment from God) in the Torah states: “And God blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it’” (Genesis 1:28). The Talmud interprets this to mean that every Jewish man should father at least one boy and one girl (Yevamot 61b).
Still, Jewish Law, Halacha in Hebrew, does permit certain methods of birth control in appropriate circumstances.
“Go roll your sleeves up and work with the poor....then get back to me as you help them bury the children who die of starvation.”
It’s not that simple. In every human society until recently, having lots of kids was what they did instead of social security.
A big family pitching in together can do a lot.