[BipolarBob]

1. The use of statuary, crucifixes and rosary beads. Most non-Cs have no problem with such but I am not a big fan of jewelry- religious or not.2. forbidding contraception methods in over-populated and impoverished places. Of course I am against abortion. I am also against starvation. 3.Seeking forgiveness from priests (confessionals) when non-Cs communicate one-on-one direct (prayer). I'll consider seeing a priest when they heal the lame, restore sight to the blind and sound to the deaf. I wish you luck in your assignment. I hope you take this in the same vein it was given. Some of my best friends are Catholic - we just believe different.

[TradicalRC]

2. forbidding contraception methods in over-populated and impoverished places. Of course I am against abortion. I am also against starvation.

I should like to point out that right up until the 1930's Every Christian denomination was against contraception. Chastity was considered a major virtue. Now most "Christians" no longer distinguish themselves from the secular world regarding contraception, abortion, premarital sex and homosexuality.

[Conservative til I die]

2. forbidding contraception methods in over-populated and impoverished places. Of course I am against abortion. I am also against starvation.

It does not logically follow that contraception leads to prosperity. Look at the world today. Contraception is accepted as normal, yet we still have the same old problems of poverty, famine, and starvation. Usually in the same old parts of the world.

This would lead me to believe that it's other things that cause these ills.

Conversely, America and much of the Western World is prosperous, with no issues of starvation or widespread poverty. This was true before and after contraception became acceptable. Again, this would lead one to believe that something else is the cause.

Let's put it this way: Give every African man and woman contraception and all other things being equal, the continent will still be a war-torn, disease-ridden cesspool just as it is today.