[muir_redwoods]

Don't misquote scripture to me. Genesis 38 is about the sin on Onan and his sin was in not following the Jewish law and taking care of his brothers wife. The spilling of the seed was not the issue, it was removing his brother's line from inheritance.

The is no biblical injunction against contraception. It's a church-made law by a (supposedly) celibate priesthood. That was my original point and it is still my point.

[Gerish]

Wow, only asked you to read it. You don't have to get so testy about it.

Your point is without merit.

[Ronaldus Magnus]

The is no biblical injunction against contraception.

Just like the prohibitions against polygamy, slavery, and abortion, the ban against contraception is based primarily upon reason and natural law.

It's a church-made law by a (supposedly) celibate priesthood.

Historically, opposition to contraception wasn't just a Catholic phenomena. Every mainstream protestant denomination prohibited contraception until 1930 when the Anglicans decreed it to be morally permissible in only the most dire circumstances. Most protestant denominations continued their prohibitions well into the 1950's and 1960's.