[Raycpa]

God’s will is not restrained by contraception.

[Salvation]

The contraception keeps the egg from being fertilized. Isn’t that restraining God, as you say?

[Christian_Capitalist]

God’s will is not restrained by contraception.

Undoubtedly. A condom may well be 98% effective -- except when God wills otherwise.

But I think that the question the good pastor is asking, is whether or not contraception is (or is supposed to be) restrained by God's Word.

It's a legitimate question, and Protestants should not be shy about examining Roman Catholic canon law on the subject to see how well it accords with the Bible. Heck, the 18th-Century Presbyterian Church went back to Old Testament Jewish canon law in its ruling that Presbyterian women have the right to expect marital intercourse from their husbands no less than twice a week (yes, for married Presbyterians -- sex is not only not forbidden, it's mandatory... albeit not that very many of us resent the obligation). So I don't think it's inappropriate for Presbyterians to study the Bible, as well as Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon law, to inform our thinking on this subject as well.

[freedomfiter2]

God’s will is not restrained by contraception.

Neither is God’s will restrained by lack of contraception.

[goat granny]

Since no contraceptive is 100% you are right. Onan is the only reference to contraception that I was ever taught by in the Catholic church. It doesn't hold water for me...It wasn't his seed that got spilled it was his refusal to have intercourse with the woman since no man can actually expel 100% of his semen with masturbation...there are always drips. If God of creation wanted a child conceived it would be conceived no matter what was used....Jesus was conceived with any sperm..