[OldPossum]

I just skimmed this but came away with the understanding that the author feels that Christians should not practice contraception.

I beg to differ. If one has decided that parenthood is not for him or her, what sin is it to make sure that doesn’t happen?

[org.whodat]

You are correct, but that halts the breeding of more people to place money in the collection plate.

[Grunthor]

“If one has decided that parenthood is not for him or her, what sin is it to make sure that doesn’t happen?”

Where in the world did you ever get the idea that you had the right to decide how many children to have?

(sarcasm)

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

If one has decided that parenthood is not for him or her, what sin is it to make sure that doesn’t happen?

Until the 1930s, every Christian denomination opposed means of induced sterility.

Why?

Because "artificial contraception" is really chemically induced sterility, analogous to "binging and purging." Both acts represent a perversion of a natural act, because in both cases, the pleasurable aspect of the act was designed by God as an integral aspect of the act, designed to bring about the object of the act (nutrition or reproduction in the two cases). Simply stated, no one would engage in intercourse if it wasn't pleasurable. To accept the pleasure of the act while rejecting its overarching purpose is to reject the ordaining will of God.

This is the reason why God severely punished Onan in the Bible.