It doesn’t require a lot of theological exposition or scientific evidence. America is at its most emotionally unhealthy and unsexy state in ages. More people are into opioids and pornography than they are in meaningful, anxiety-free, and artificial device free sex. It’s not just sexual intimacy that has suffered, but all kinds of relationships. As someone suggested above, more people are into their smartphones than say...going fishing with their grandparents.
The Catholic Church is not saying have a school full of kids. It is saying put God and the natural rhythms of our bodies (that He created!) first. Not romance-killing economics and other preferences shaped by the soul-numbing culture. Put God first and let the economics fall into place. Rather than put economy before God and play constant catch up with the culture...which is more driven but Satan than we would care to admit.
+1.
But we all better start having a house full of children if we want our values, religion, Country, families, etc. To carry on.
And this has been known for a very long time.
“It is saying put God and the natural rhythms of our bodies (that He created!) first.”
It sounds good and logical, and would be wonderful if true (and maybe it is; I don’t know). But too many families have given in to their natural (horny) rhythms of their bodies. The result is a passel of urchins that they can’t feed, clothe, or care for medically.
Dad was a minister and I can’t even count the (Christian) families who we became involved with who were absolutely, positively, guilty of child neglect. They put their “natural rhythms” before the economy and their kids suffered.
I think it is sad that financially healthy Christians and conservatives are having so few children. I am one of them, and am guilty. But in “those” years, we had no idea where our finances would take us. The thought of me raising kids the way I was raised terrified me. Turns out, we’d have done OK. But who knew?
God created everything, including sexuality. However, He gave Satan free rein to walk the earth, and power, to influence and control us. Always the spiritual warfare happening all around us.