[Conservative til I die]

And there are reasons why we make exceptions to them. Adherence to a rule for the sake of the rule is the way of the Pharisee.

Zzzzz... let's give the Pharisee label a rest. It's a t-shirt slogan way of evading the issue at hand.

Anyway, the Catholic Church's opposition to artificial birth control is not making rules for the sake of making them. The Catholic Church says it is a violation of God's law to use them. You may disagree. That's fine.

But for me, looking at the issue from a distinctly Catholic POV, can never reconcile myself to the Orthodox or the Protestant teachings on the subject.

But to shrug it off as Pharisaical just because you might personally disagree with it is silly.

[kosta50]

The Catholic Church says it is a violation of God's law to use them

Which God's law?