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Yes, I do think the world population would have grown much vaster and denser.
As lack of STDs would probably encourage and boost natural baby-making, in some various ways. More people would probably even marry younger, not having any fear that their chosen mate might have some nasty "social" disease.
Mmmmm, probably a lot of woman get pregnant and there would be too much people on the world.....
But for the rest a big fuckfest....
I must disagree somewhat. Yes, world population would likely be vaster and denser. Obviously, potential pregnancy often isn't enough to deter sex, as families have traditionally tended to be rather large. But more people alive, would be a good thing, not bad.
So STDs isn't about keeping human population "under control," but rather, reminding people why they should be monogamous. Especially religious people seem to understand, the need for stable families, and knowing who the daddies are. Strong families are the basic building blocks of a healthy society. So yes, let the world naturally grow vaster and denser in human population. But let's do it the right way, even if it takes a little longer to get to such population levels.
God commanded people not to abuse the power of procreation, by adultery and fornication. Marriage first, then sex and babies. But so many people seem to lack "common sense," and want to do just whatever seems to feel good, and be so selfish and hedonistic, so God must have allowed for there to be STDs, as don't "sins" perhaps require a possible penalty to deter them?
And here's a thought. What if everybody in the world, decided that monogamy really was the way to go, and in a few generations, STDs disappeared from the world? It wouldn't even take "everybody" but just enough of a "critical mass" to undercut the spread of STDs. It's not so much a hypothetical question, but a potentiality to consider. Such morals would also highly likely relate to a more natural and larger family size, as correspondingly, use of nasty contraceptive potions and poisons would also drop. I think it would be so cool, to see world population "booming" in size so "uncontrollably." Natural baby booms just persisting and persisting and overspreading the entire globe? I believe people would
adapt far more readily than the population phobics like to admit.