Dear Prolifeconservative,
I understand your difficulty. I admit that intellectually, it's tough for me to see the difference. I accept on faith.
However, you ask:
"A couple practicing birth control is trying to prevent a pregnancy as is a couple using NFP......someone please clarify."
Here's a helpful analogy. A dieter is someone who is trying to lose weight. So is a bulimic. One does so by abstaining from overeating, the other by eating all he cares to eat, and then purging.
Both are aiming toward the same goal, but one METHOD is legitimate, and one METHOD is not.
Hope that helps.
sitetest
Good analogy.
sitetest: "Here's a helpful analogy. A dieter is someone who is trying to lose weight. So is a bulimic. One does so by abstaining from overeating, the other by eating all he cares to eat, and then purging.
Both are aiming toward the same goal, but one METHOD is legitimate, and one METHOD is not."
Hmmm, this is quite an interesting analogy. Personally, I think you could apply both these instances to NFP. Seems the NFP advocate is actually similar to the "binge and purge" approach since they enjoy sex prolificly, without care until they reach a certain cycle. It is then that they "purge" (quit cold turkey).