I'm troubled by this statement, but I'd have to do some more research and thinking before I could respond. Instinctively, however, my reaction is negative. It seems to me that information is rarely neutral.
The information is "what was your wife's body temperature this morning when she woke up." If you think this information contains some type of bias, I can't imagine what it might be.
If we are of a duty to create children, then I would think that all Cahtolics should learn how to determine the best times for such a thing.
Once again, my instinctive reaction is negative, although I would need to do some thinking and reading before I could respond intelligently. But this sounds wrong. If our goal is total reliance on divine providence, then this seems like an attitude that is just as far away as is the opposite one.
We have other Christian duties besides populating God's Kingdom, right? We should do good works and help the poor, etc. Do you think collecting information and trying to make intelligent decisions on how to help the poor is somehow taking away from our reliance on God's providence?
Should we just flail away blindfolded at whatever we are called to do, because gathering information and making use of it is somehow contrary to God's wishes?
Why is the subject of being open to children different? If we want children why shouldn't we know when would be the best time to attempt to conceive? Why is ignorance a better position?
SD