I’m treading in dangerous waters for a protestant, but I think the original decision to oppose contraception demonstrated piercing foresight and was right on the money.
Believing it’s ok to block existence leads to the belief that all decisions about existence belong to humans and are able adequately to be handled by humans.
That is a destructive slippery slope.
Correct. I was a young woman and a nominal Protestant when that encyclical was written, and I can remember scoffing at the predictions Pope Paul made about how made it would be for society and marriage, as well as for women.
Years of deterioration in our culture point to how wise Pope Paul was, and now that I am a Catholic and actually understand the position of the Church on birth control and the role of marital love, I have a great appreciation for these words.
I repent of my early disdain for what turned out to be very wise words.