Genesis 38:8-10
8And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother. 9And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother. 10And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.
I do not feel like getting in a Catholic-Protestant argument, but now I see by original post there was no where else this would go.
I don’t see the example of Onan as God forcing married couples to have children.
I see the story of Onan in Genesis 38 as NOT a general prohibition against contraception, but rather a SPECIFIC judgment against Onan’s actions for disobeying God’s command to produce an heir for his brother.
I don’t see the Bible explicitly condemning the use of contraceptives ( as in THOU SHALT NOT), and therefore, their use is not inherently sinful.
Couples should be responsible for deciding when to have children and how many children to have.
And I repeat — CHILDREN are a blessing from God and I do see encouragement to have children for loving couples. But I do not see the Onan example as applicable to everyone but ONLY to Onan.