"College students should not put off creating families until they have completed all of their studies, an LDS Church apostle said Sunday.
Elder Russell M. Nelson, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also reminded young adult members of a church's family proclamation that declares marriage to be a union of a legally wedded man and woman."
from http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,600110324,00.html
Why is the church so concerned about young couples' reproduction?
2007-07-25 14:45:17 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
They are attempting to breed all other beliefs out of existance.
2007-07-25 14:52:55 · answer #1 · answered by meissen97 6 · 4⤊ 3⤋
I think that Mormons are the only Christians who take the 1st commandment seriously. Pretty much everyone else puts off marriage until their late 20s or early 30s when they're done partying and sleeping around. Then they wait 4 or 5 years before having children. They have maybe 1 trophy child or possibly a playmate for that child as well. They tell everyone that they believe in families and family values but mostly they're self centered and feel that marriage and family would stand in the way of their career or their quest for money, power and prestige.
Mormons don't have large families to increase membership. In fact, more than half of all Mormons are converts. Meaning they were not born into LDS families, but joined the church later in life.
Mormons believe that true joy and happiness come from family relationships, not from possessions or physical pleasures.
2007-07-25 18:33:38 · answer #2 · answered by atomzer0 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Simple, there God has many wives who has spirit children, now these spirit children, need bodies and they want as many spirit children to be born to mormons. they believe there is a certain amount of kids in heaven and they want most of these kids to be born mormon.
2007-07-26 02:45:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pretty much what atomizor said.
A friend of mine once made the observation that, if you wait till you can afford to have kids, you will never have them.
2007-07-25 21:26:13 · answer #4 · answered by mormon_4_jesus 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because the LDS is evil and believe there are many Gods and that God was just a man but became Elohim and for each wife a man has they get a planet to rule as god of that planet
2007-07-25 14:50:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 4⤋
Quit picking on the LDSs... their religion is as valid, actually, as fake as yours.
Religion is a fog of the mind.
2007-07-25 14:53:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
It is easier to brainwash children than get new converts from the outside.
2007-07-25 14:55:58 · answer #7 · answered by Lionheart ® 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
More kids more followers, more followers more money for the church, more followers more power for the church.
2007-07-25 14:49:32 · answer #8 · answered by punch 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
You remember that movie Gremlins? Just like that...
2007-07-25 14:52:28 · answer #9 · answered by Desiree 4 · 5⤊ 1⤋
so you'll be too busy raising kids to realize your religions a complete sham.
2007-07-25 14:49:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 2⤋