[Antoninus]

And in all absolute seriousness, refusal to allow contraception would surely create more problems than it may solve if Catholic priests marry. It would cause a complete change and then the recognition of the church would be gone.

For the record, I'm a relatively young Catholic. My wife and I have never practiced contraception and we have our 6th child on the way.

Rejecting the contraceptive mentality has been such a great blessing. Contraception is linked directly to divorce, STDs, sodomy, out-of wedlock-pregnancy, and ultimately abortion. It all stems from the false mindset that the sex act can be de-coupled from procreation without debasing the relationship between husband and wife. It can't.

Are you contracepting? If so, I would ask you, in absolute seriousness, to look into the Church's teachings on this issue very carefully and understand that every single dire prediction made when the idea of artificial contraception was first made widespread has come to pass in spades.

[Mad Dawg]

My wife and I have never practiced contraception and we have our 6th child on the way.

Wow! Congratulations! May your children be like olive shoots (except for the bickering and food fight parts, which I think are unavoidable) around your table!