Posted on 06/09/2010 7:23:27 PM PDT by Brian Kopp DPM
Ping.
Rome's long-established habit is to declare as fact what is not in evidence.
You are apparently on a one man quest this evening to convince the readers of FreeRepublic that contraception is evil.
Have you ever been a woman with a medical condition that meant pregnancy was very dangerous for you, yet you wanted to enjoy sex with your husband?
No, I didn’t think so.
If you see in the above quotations any defense of the unChristian and anti-Scriptural practice known as contraception, then you can see literally anything at all in them.
"The Conference records with alarm the growing practice of the artificial restriction of the family and earnestly calls upon all Christian people to discountenance the use of all artificial means of restriction as demoralising to character and hostile to national welfare."
Are we to take this as an endorsement of contraception?
To call this a condemnation of contraception is a misrepresentation?
Really?
Begone troll.
How about you answer her question first?
This article has already been posted. So please continue to post it so that people can read the message.
What is the reasoning behind this statement?
Are we to understand that risking one's life to give another life is somehow not a Christian way of thinking?
Are we to understand that enjoying sexual pleasure is more important than doing what God wants?
Sometimes life requires us to choose between doing what we feel like doing and doing what is right. In fact, this is a constant fact of life.
This man isn’t on a ‘one man crusade’.
Two, if you have a medical condition which precludes pregnancy, then don’t get married, or have sex during the times which you aren’t fertile, and maintain this throughout your marriage.
Those are your two options.
I'm not trying to be provocative (I actually agree with the article) but asking an honest question.
No, same with having sex during your wife during her non-fertile periods.
Provided that the times when you do have sex are ‘open’ to children, that’s the only part that matters.
The question is an interesting one.
It implies that one cannot have an opinion unless one is a woman for whom pregnancy is life-threatening.
Leaving aside the question of whether such incredibly rare cases should dictate everyone else's behavior, it is ridiculous to claim that the only people who can have an opinion on a matter are people who have lived an extremely rarified form of experience.
Not only is the question nonsensical, the presuppositions behind it are nonsensical.
Most likely it is, because we study God's creation by way of science, but that is left entirely up to God, our creator, in whom we are to put our trust.
One note, intercourse with one's wife who is pregnant when she is about due can induce labor naturally.
Condoms have a real world failure rate of 7-15%. Other barrier methods are similar.
The pill (and all other hormonal contraceptives) is about 95 to 98% effective, but it is very dangerous, with risks including blood clots, strokes, heart attacks, and breast cancer. Plus it is abortifacient, so its not permissible for any Christian who takes their faith seriously.
So what options are available for committed Christians who need effective options, i.e., facing a medical condition that meant pregnancy was very dangerous for you?
“Is having sex with your already-pregnant wife “non-creative” sex?”
As I understand it, any sex just for the fun of it (even in marriage) is a sin punishable by eternity in purgatory....or narnia or some other made up fairy tale land. The only sex that is allowable is sex for procreation, and even then, you better not enjoy it!
(sarc)
No one is prying. He is making a moral argument, not conducting surveillance.
How is your life effected if a responsible, married couple decides to use preventative contraception?
One of the points at issue is what constitutes "responsible" in the first place, so you're begging the question.
A culture that encourages and reinforces an attitude that is hostile to life and hostile to God's will is no good for everyone.
The point is that this "responsible" couple is first and foremost hurting themselves.
Sex is a very powerful and important thing.
Viewing it as simply a form of recreation is, first of all, denying reality. Secondly, it's not very smart.
Question asked, question answered.
How is my life affected by contraception? I’d love to be able to find a faithful Catholic to marry. It would make a huge difference. If you use contraception you aren’t going to have kids, and that affects who I employ, who employs me, my classmates, friends, wife, everything.
My entire life is shaped by this contraceptive environment.
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