Posted on 06/09/2010 6:00:15 AM PDT by NYer
Evangelical leaders are overwhelmingly open to artificial methods of contraception, according to the April Evangelical Leaders Survey. Nearly 90 percent said they approved of artificial methods of contraception. In a separate poll conducted by the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) in partnership with Gallup, Inc., 90/91 percent of evangelicals find hormonal/barrier methods of contraception to be morally acceptable for adults.1
“Most associate evangelicals with Catholics in their steady leadership in pro-life advocacy, and rightly so,” said Leith Anderson, president of the NAE. “But it may come as a surprise that unlike the Catholic church, we are open to contraception.”
Indicative of their commitment to honoring the sanctity of human life, several leaders included caveats in their affirmative answers saying while they approve of contraception, they would strongly object to drugs or procedures that terminate a pregnancy once conception has taken place. George Brushaber, president emeritus of Bethel University, said that contraception should be used “with proper biblical and medical guidance.”
“Personally, I don’t believe there are any Scriptural prohibitions to most common methods of contraception,” said Randy Bell of the Association for Biblical Higher Education. “I can say from personal experience that God can defeat such methods if he chooses to do so.”
Many noted that biblical sexuality is not limited to procreation, but that its purpose extends to the consummation and expression of love within marriage. “Our leaders indicate that contraception can be utilized if all biblical purposes of sex are upheld and that it may actually aid in keeping the balance,” Anderson said.
Greg Johnson, president of Standing Together, approves of artificial methods of contraception, but added, “I believe the church does have a responsibility to communicate and preach the importance of family and that couples should not carelessly allow themselves to use contraception as a way to avoid having children and a growing family altogether.”
Two leaders said they would not approve or disapprove, but would leave it to married couples to decide based on the ethical and biblical criteria of a given situation.
The NAE Generation Forum’s publication, “Theology of Sex,” is a resource to help ministers and church leaders create healthy dialogue about God’s intentions for sex. For more information on the Generation Forum or the “Theology of Sex” publication, visit www.naegeneration.com.
The Evangelical Leaders Survey is a monthly poll of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Evangelicals. They include the CEOs of denominations and representatives of a broad array of evangelical organizations including missions, universities, publishers and churches.
What a vile comparison. When RCs' arguments fail, they just sling mud.
Abortion is a sin. Barrier contraception is part of married life, "Doctor."
And my momma is very proud of me, as I am of my children. God has been gracious to my family.
Don’t be stupid.
Who supports them? Their family, just as always for centuries.
But you think its OK to mention the sins of a few homosexuals who infiltrated the priesthood in your posts to denigrate the Catholic and historical Christian position on contraception.
Mote and beam, mate.
Human sexuality is not something Rome gets right.
At least Rome still condemns homosexuality, and is actively rooting out the offenders.
Meanwhile, your sect accepts that which Luther rightly called "marital sodomy."
Very good. So many families are split.
My Presbyterian church does not accept, advocate (nor hide among its pastors) homosexuality and pederasty.
The mothers would disagree.
On the other hand, some homosexuals who infiltrated the priesthood, including even some bishops and cardinals, did indeed do these things.
We're getting rid of them, one by one. Of course, Satan knows the right address. He knows his primary enemy on this earth is the Roman Catholic Church. So he put a lot of effort into infiltrating and subverting the priesthood.
He already had your sect when you caved on contraception, so it wasn't necessary to expend that much effort with your little flock.
INDEED.
THX.
Name that tune. I doubt you can name even one credible source to corroborate your confabulations. However, here is another nugget for you to choke on:
ROME (RNS/ENI) The world’s Catholic population grew 11.55 percent between 2000 and 2008, from 1.045 billion 1.166 billion, which was slightly faster than the world’s overall population growth of 10.77 percent, according to new statistics published by the Vatican.
The 2010 edition of the Vatican’s statistical yearbook shows that while the number of Catholics in Europe grew by 1.17 percent, in Africa growth was 33.02 percent, 15.6 percent in Asia and 10.9 percent in the Americas.
lol. I've given you a "credible source" and you dismissed it. So what else is new? I could cite a dozen sources and they'd all be ignored.
And let's not forget Rome, like the democrats, counts dead people and all those, such as my husband, who were baptized RC but who later left Roman Catholicism.
...according to new statistics published by the Vatican.
But you said you were looking for "credible sources."
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No you can't or you would have. Your crass misrepresentation of the Pew study's statistics cites those who have left the Church but omits those who have converted to or returned to Catholicism. It is a very transparent and pitiful attempt to deceive.
Can't keep the dissembling straight, eh?
It's typical of the RC's lack of anything resembling a sound defense of their faith that they 1) make things up and 2) ignore what is right before their eyes.
The credibility gap lies exclusively with your representation of the Pew study. It's typical of OPCers lack of any objective standards for continuity or factuality in attacking the Catholic Church.
Now where are those "dozens" or was it "countless" studies you claimed?
"Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly." -- Proverbs 13:16
Hide it.
No matter how you try to repackage, spin or hide it, you wrote a promissory note you just couldn't cash. Just admit what we all see and move on. Next time try to be be a little more measured in hyperbole and a little more contrite when exposed.
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