[boatbums]

Especially when surveys consistently show that 85%-95% of Roman Catholics USE contraception even when their church's rules don't approve of it. Could this disconnect possibly be related to the contradiction we are trying to point out here - one that keeps on being sidetracked?

[xzins]

There is no contradiction with NFP. The procreative potential remains.

And lest you miss the point about NFP: it is about not using artificial means; it is not about preventing the procreative urge if it strikes. That remains within the realm of what moves that married couple.

[CynicalBear]

I think Catholicism makes a mockery out of Christianity. Unbelievers don’t have to look through scriptures much at all to understand that what Catholics do and say is counter to each other. Then when they read scripture they know that what Catholics teach isn’t in there. Many unbelievers and especially atheists are very familiar with paganism and where many of the beliefs and rituals of Catholicism come from.