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To: CondoleezzaProtege; ClearCase_guy
As I have often said in this Religion Forum, I have a high respect for Dr. Albert Mohler. I think he's an incisive thinker, and ---even if we were to dispute a point --- a fair arguer.

Where he falters, here, as I see it, is that while he accepts the overall Biblical/theological argument against the rejection/disabling of natural fertility, he can't quite see how this could apply to "every" act of sexual union.

Bu that's the standard that applies to all other moral choices: they are judged on an "each act" and not an "overall" basis.

I would not bank with a financial institution that said they can't vouch for every transaction being free of intentional fraud, only that their "overall" approach was "in general, honest."

I would not go to a doctor who said that he does not renounce the killing of patients precisely every time, though he is against killing "as a general rule."

I would not support a judge who said he would abide by the Constitution as written "for the most part," but he doesn't feel obliged to follow the Constitution in "each and every case."

I would say that the connection of normal, natural sexual intercourse with the normal, natural pattern of fertility is part of God's design, our "Constitution." And (to borrow a familiar phrase) what God has joined together --- sex and fertility ---- no man should put asunder.

10 posted on 09/09/2019 12:00:06 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (If God is not the Intellient Designer, tell me who is the source of this evident, beautiful design?)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

But I do give him CREDIT because he knows the Holy Bible.


27 posted on 09/09/2019 2:23:12 PM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

And what about those married who cannot have children or who are beyond childbearing?


29 posted on 09/09/2019 3:03:25 PM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: Mrs. Don-o
...Where he falters, here, as I see it, is that while he accepts the overall Biblical/theological argument against the rejection/disabling of natural fertility, he can't quite see how this could apply to "every" act of sexual union. Bu that's the standard that applies to all other moral choices: they are judged on an "each act" and not an "overall" basis...
I would say that the connection of normal, natural sexual intercourse with the normal, natural pattern of fertility is part of God's design, our "Constitution." And (to borrow a familiar phrase) what God has joined together --- sex and fertility ---- no man should put asunder.

I'm curious, how does Catholic-approved NFP (natural family planning) fit into that over-all standard of yours?

77 posted on 09/10/2019 2:49:50 PM PDT by boatbums (semper reformanda secundum verbum dei)
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