[Mortimer Snavely]

The USA is a nation designed for sane, rational people who want to live happily in this world. A satisfying sex life with one's husband or wife is necessary for that happiness. When the sole purpose of sex is procreation, love and intimacy, because they tend to culminate in sex for its own sake, become problematic, as does the happiness which results from that love and intimacy. This is not a good thing, and as it detracts from individual happiness, is morally wrong. Contraception changes that. A religious argument which posits that taking the pill is the first step on a slippery slope to abortion as contraception requires faith to convince, that is, belief in the absence of sufficient evidence, and only persuades those who belong to the particular religious sect which espouses it.

[JMJ333]

Do you even bother to read? I stated already that you can have a satisfying sex life without the use of contraception. All one has to do is understand how the female body works and be able to recognize the two days a month when she is fertile. Are you saying that one can't be sexually satisfied unless you get to have sex every day? You mean you can't abstain for two lousy days? You're a case, mortimer.

[Ronaldus Magnus]

I've never seen so many errors in such a short space here on Free Republic. Lets go through it slowly:

The USA is a nation designed for sane, rational people who want to live happily in this world (emphasis yours).

You have absolutely no concept of Christianity, do you? The vast majority of Americans believe in an afterlife better than this one.

A satisfying sex life with one's husband or wife is necessary for that happiness.

Did you actually manage to find a spouse who shares this shallow view?

When the sole purpose of sex is procreation, love and intimacy, because they tend to culminate in sex for its own sake...

So love and intimacy tend culminate from sex is only for it's own sake?

...become problematic, as does the happiness which results from that love and intimacy.

This is a view of sex as nothing more than a drug.

...and as it detracts from individual happiness, is morally wrong.

A morality of self gratification? This is called hedonism.

Contraception changes that.

So contraception makes sex morally right? Can I then assume that you believe that sex for procreation is morally wrong?

A religious argument which posits that taking the pill is the first step on a slippery slope to abortion as contraception requires faith to convince

The abortifacient aspects to hormone based and IUD type contraception has nothing too do with religion, it is a scientific fact.

This post represents a remarkably sad world view. I hope for your sake that you were just trolling.