[CobaltBlue]

There is a perfectly acceptable form of birth control which is approved of by the Catholic Church.

It's called natural family planning (NFP), aka Billings Method. Which requires keeping track of the woman's ovulatory periods and avoiding sex before and during ovulation. I would not call it abstinence, per se.

BTW, NFP allows intercourse during menstruation, which is contrary to the Old Testament. Yet, masturbation is prohibited, because it is contrary to the Old Testament. One more example of Christian picking and choosing that is completely illogical.

Oh, you can't be a homosexual but you can wear clothes blended of two different fibers and eat cheeseburgers. Go figure.

[Antoninus]

It's called natural family planning (NFP), aka Billings Method. I would not call it abstinence, per se.

Fine, but I was talking about abstinence, not NFP.

BTW, NFP allows intercourse during menstruation, which is contrary to the Old Testament.

Once again, as a Catholic, you are aware that doctrine is not based solely on Scripture.

[BlackElk]

Acting as Catholic theologian is quite obviously beyond your pay grade. The Catholic Church is not McDonald's and, no, you cannot have it your way. Since you have such contempt for the Truth and teachings of the Church, whyever do you stay?

Do you also have a problem intellectually with the prohibition of homosexual behavior? What makes you imagine yourself a Catholic? What you find flabbergasting is that your opinion does not count in the formulation of Church policy. You are obviously a chronic malcontent. You ought to find one of the many spinoff churches that will cater to your idiosyncracies but stop sullying the good name of Catholicism by calling yourself Catholic.