Frighteningly fruitful

It's 2006, and the Catholic Church still opposes contraception. Just because of god's commission in Genesis to "be fruitful and multiply".

According to the Bible, god gave that command when there were two (2) people living. Now there are more than two. In fact, more than six billion people now populate the Earth. Haven't we been "fruitful" enough? Or will god just blow a whistle when we reach our quota?

That's the problem with categorically following the teachings of a book whose pages have gathered thousands of years of dust. Might not some of the content have an expiration date?

It's especially disheartening that all those unthinking idiots who eschew contraception in obedience to Church doctrine end up breeding more unthinking idiots as a direct result. This is not a desirable eugenic trend. It is, however, an easy way for the Church to ensure a perpetual supply of blinkered morons to fill its pews, generation by fruitful generation.