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"Birth Control Is Selfish" ... The Message Society Doesn't Want To Hear
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Posted on 05/25/2006 9:14:50 PM PDT by nrfcmedia

"Birth Control Is Selfish" ... The Message Society Doesn't Want To Hear

This past weekend graduates of Saint Thomas University were treated to a surprising speech by 21-year-old graduating student Ben Kessler. Some graduates walked out, many jeered, and others spewed profanities in response to his speech.

Just what did he speak of which caused such an outcry? The War in Iraq? Border control? NSA spying? None of the above.

So, what exactly did Mr. Kessler do wrong? He touched society's third rail: contraception. Mr. Kessler had the audacity to call the use of birth control "an act of selfishness."

One would have expected some encouraging applause from the audience, after all St. Thomas is a Catholic institution. The reality is that many of these Catholic students and family members are themselves using contraception, and Mr. Kessler confronted their lifestyle and the use of contraception.

Mr. Kessler dared to speak about this issue and people didn't want to hear his message. What happened to the exchange of ideas universities are famous for? Where were all of the supposed "open minds" at during this speech? Instead of listening to his speech with an open mind, it seems that they were too busy keeping themselves ignorant by jeering and ridiculing him.

Society has a lust affair with birth control to the point of not being able to think outside of the box. We live in a contraception "matrix" where it's impossible to believe that there are any harmful effects on marriage, society, and the health of women.

This "contraception deception" is the primary force behind the attacks against the contra-contraception message.

For the most part, society doesn't want to hear the message. This message is that, in our culture, contraception leads to increases in abortion, teenage sex, affairs (and subsequent divorce), health problems, and statutory rape. These facts are apparent by simply comparing statistics.

Why are people willfully preserving their ignorance? For the past century, people have lived in a society that endorses the practice of a contraceptive lifestyle of easy, commitment free, and on-demand sex without challenging them to question possible adverse effects.

Mr. Kessler could have spoke about the start of a career, the discernment of a vocation, the undertaking of new responsibilities, or many other subjects related to graduation. But hopefully his bold message will help to his classmates to question the force-fed information they have heard all their lives concerning human sexuality and contraception and arrive at a more natural, healthier view of human sexuality.

The contraception debate is long overdue, and it is people like Mr. Kessler who are breaking down the walls of ignorance, selfishness, and deception. Society may be resistant to this message, but over time the truth will prevail.


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To: Antoninus

"You'll notice that I didn't address you directly in my statement, but refered to "many". That was not done accidentally"

I see. So the fact the post was addressed to me does not mean you were including me in this "many"


201 posted on 05/26/2006 7:14:51 AM PDT by Scotswife
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To: SoothingDave
You are, perhaps, confusing libertine-ism with conservatism.

If you ask me, there's a conscious movement going on whereby the word 'conservative' is being hijacked to mean 'libertarian'. And as anyone who is in any way familiar with libertarian thinking, they are often a half-step away from radical individualist libertinism. Such should never, ever be confused with conservatism.
202 posted on 05/26/2006 7:16:10 AM PDT by Antoninus (Ginty for US Senate -- NJ's primary day is June 6 -- www.gintyforsenate.org)
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To: Scotswife
And if an example like this had been given during the speech, it probably would have been better received.

I haven't read the transcript, so I can't say if this was covered or not.

SD

203 posted on 05/26/2006 7:19:09 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: Scotswife
And if an example like this had been given during the speech, it probably would have been better received.

Has the whole speech been posted anywhere? How do you know he didn't?
204 posted on 05/26/2006 7:19:19 AM PDT by Antoninus (Ginty for US Senate -- NJ's primary day is June 6 -- www.gintyforsenate.org)
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To: avg_freeper
Of course, the Church takes no responsibility for financially supporting those families who have too many bills.

That's an amusing criticism of the largest charitable organization in the history of humanity. Can you name a larger one?
205 posted on 05/26/2006 7:20:33 AM PDT by Antoninus (Ginty for US Senate -- NJ's primary day is June 6 -- www.gintyforsenate.org)
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To: sinkspur

>>>Maybe you're right. Jesus would have thundered at a bunch of college kids about the evils of contraception, especially since He never had a single word to say on the subject in His actual public life.<<<

"But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, Weep not for Me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. For behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck."


206 posted on 05/26/2006 7:21:04 AM PDT by Nihil Obstat
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To: Scotswife
I see. So the fact the post was addressed to me does not mean you were including me in this "many"

It was meant as it was written. If you're reading more into it than intended, that's on you.
207 posted on 05/26/2006 7:21:31 AM PDT by Antoninus (Ginty for US Senate -- NJ's primary day is June 6 -- www.gintyforsenate.org)
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To: Antoninus
If you ask me, there's a conscious movement going on whereby the word 'conservative' is being hijacked to mean 'libertarian'.

Conscious or not, many seem to think this way.

Embracing an idea held by all Christian churches and governments until the mid 20th Century is hardly a novel introduction to "conservatism."

SD

208 posted on 05/26/2006 7:22:18 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: peyton randolph
on the other hand....look at western societies, and see that our birth rate is below replacement, and to such a degree, that we are in danger of becoming racially extinct....women today are selfish and narcissistic....and men that covet their company are no better....remember: the tribe with the most babies wins, and feminism plus abortion equals genocide....
209 posted on 05/26/2006 7:22:56 AM PDT by thinking
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To: Nihil Obstat
"But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, Weep not for Me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. For behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck."

That is simply an awesome riposte.
210 posted on 05/26/2006 7:23:51 AM PDT by Antoninus (Ginty for US Senate -- NJ's primary day is June 6 -- www.gintyforsenate.org)
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To: thinking

"women today are selfish and narcissistic....and men that covet their company are no better"

Ummmm....so exactly WHO are these men going to have babies with if they aren't to covet the company of today's selfish and narcissistic women?


211 posted on 05/26/2006 7:25:15 AM PDT by Scotswife
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To: Antoninus
Are you positing that the Church's position on birth control doesn't reflect the teachings of Christ on the subject?

Christ never taught on the subject of birth control. The Church does, and the Church's teaching on the subject has changed.

The Church's current position, that a couple may, with good reason, choose to space births is a departure from the previous teaching that couples are bound to accept children as they come. In fact, the notion that a couple may express physical love for one another for purposes other than procreation was anathema not all that many years ago.

212 posted on 05/26/2006 7:25:55 AM PDT by sinkspur ( Don Cheech. Vito Corleone would like to meet you......Vito Corleone.....)
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To: Antoninus

"It was meant as it was written. If you're reading more into it than intended, that's on you."

Of course it is.


213 posted on 05/26/2006 7:27:20 AM PDT by Scotswife
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To: sinkspur
The guy was a Defensive Tackle It would be amusing to see you collar him :)

"tell him he'd better get off his high horse."

*And then you'd ride off into the sunset on a kitten

214 posted on 05/26/2006 7:28:21 AM PDT by bornacatholic (Pope Paul VI. "Use of the old Ordo Missae is in no way left to the choice of priests or people.")
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To: Antoninus
"That's an amusing criticism of the largest charitable organization in the history of humanity. Can you name a larger one?"

My statement was, of course, utter rubbish. It was meant to point out the foolishness of the post I was responding to. I am in fact blessed to be a member of the St. Vincent de Paul Society.

215 posted on 05/26/2006 7:28:24 AM PDT by avg_freeper (Gunga galunga. Gunga, gunga galunga)
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To: Antoninus
If you ask me, there's a conscious movement going on whereby the word 'conservative' is being hijacked to mean 'libertarian'.

I think that there are two types of 'Conservative' running around. For sake of discussion, I call them 'Social' conservatives and 'Political' conservatives.

To a 'political' conservative, conservative is meant as in "conservative estimates" or "conservatvie with your money".

A political conservative believes in being careful with our money, careful with proposed solutions to problems, careful with our defense (careful meaning 'stay strong, just in case'), and on and on.

A social conservative, as I understand it, wants to "conserve" older ways of doing things.

In my silly opinion, of course!

216 posted on 05/26/2006 7:28:50 AM PDT by Dominic Harr (Conservative = Careful, as in 'Conservative with money')
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To: little jeremiah

What's more shocking is the people who claim to be Catholic and have decided which teachings of the Church are wrong or out dated. People just want their ears tickled these days.

Kessler's speech covered more that using artificial contraception.


217 posted on 05/26/2006 7:29:09 AM PDT by Jaded (does it really need a sarcasm tag?)
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To: sinkspur

"The Church's current position, that a couple may, with good reason, choose to space births is a departure from the previous teaching that couples are bound to accept children as they come. In fact, the notion that a couple may express physical love for one another for purposes other than procreation was anathema not all that many years ago."

This makes me wonder. Did this boy use the term "birth control is selfish" or did he say "artificial contraception is selfish"

Because the Church is not against birth control when it is done using natural methods.


218 posted on 05/26/2006 7:29:37 AM PDT by Scotswife
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To: avg_freeper
My statement was, of course, utter rubbish. It was meant to point out the foolishness of the post I was responding to. I am in fact blessed to be a member of the St. Vincent de Paul Society.

Sorry, missed the sarcasm. My mistake. God bless you!
219 posted on 05/26/2006 7:30:22 AM PDT by Antoninus (Ginty for US Senate -- NJ's primary day is June 6 -- www.gintyforsenate.org)
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To: sinkspur
Christ never taught on the subject of birth control.

*He also didn't say anything about cannibalism

What's for dinner, deac?

BTW, you are full of it when it comes to your false charge the Church changed doctrine

220 posted on 05/26/2006 7:31:27 AM PDT by bornacatholic (Pope Paul VI. "Use of the old Ordo Missae is in no way left to the choice of priests or people.")
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