Says who, and why? Seriously all you did was express an opinion with no justification or basis in fact.
Do you REALLY want to ride this horse?
BTW, if birth control is wrong, then *natural* birth control is just as much a sin as *artificial* birth control, no matter how the church wants to approve of it and relabel it.
Says who, and why? Seriously all you did was express an opinion with no justification or basis in fact.
True, metmom’s statement is an expression of opinion, but whether one agrees with it or not is based on one’s values.
For anyone who is interested in learning more about the Catholic teaching, it is addressed in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, CCC 2360-2379, The Love of Husband and Wife. CCC 2368 states:
“A particular aspect of this responsibility concerns the regulation of procreation. For just reasons, spouses may wish to space the births of their children. It is their duty to make certain that their desire is not motivated by selfishness but is in conformity with the generosity appropriate to responsible parenthood. Moreover, they should conform their behavior to the objective criteria of morality:
“When it is a question of harmonizing married love with the responsible transmission of life, the morality of the behavior does not depend on sincere intention and evaluation of motives alone; but it must be determined by objective criteria, criteria drawn from the nature of the person and his acts, criteria that respect the total meaning of mutual self-giving and human procreation in the context of true love; this is possible only if the virtue of married chastity is practiced with sincerity of heart.”
A more detailed explanation of this teaching can be found in “Humanae vitae.”
Peace,
Rich