“You probably don’t actually attemtpt to do most of the so-called “commands” you have read in the Scriptures.”
The problem with your argument is that Jesus does go back and refer to “be fruitful and multiply” in the same way that he does the decalogue.
So we are still bound to this command given to Adam today, just as we are bound to the commands given to Moses.
Jesus talks about how “the two become one flesh, such that they are neither two, but one.” Contraception impairs this bond, because you are trying to get the sex without the true union. You are holding back.
The result of contraception has been very obvious. If sex is for fun, and pleasure only, then there is nothing wrong with other forms of sex that are not restricted to man and woman. See, this is the point. Men and women are made for each other. This is why sex works the way that they do. To argue that sex should be between a man and a woman, is to argue for their fruitfulness.
You cannot tear the two apart. When you do, you get homosexuality.
Blessings,
Okay, no one that I am aware of here advocated homosexuality. Least of all me. I said that the Presbyterian cult that honored these folks was off the reservation by a mile. If you are implying, however, that anyone who thought sex between a husband and wife could be for enjoyment was headed for the same homosexual-loving place as this screwy organization, I take exception.
Paul clearly advocated that husbands of Corinth stop denying their wives the enjoyment of their bodies and "...fulfill his marital duty to his wife" and ditto. And, this should be a regular experience except for a short time by mutual consent,. But, then be back, "...together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control." I Cor. 7:1ff. I find nothing here with regard to conceiving children each time, nor that the pure pleasure of it would lead to homosexuality.
Separating sex from procreation has led to great evils. Exaclty correct - if the genital pleasure is the only thing that matters, then ultimately it matters not how that pleasure is obtained. Animal, vegetable, mineral.