Posted on 12/16/2009 7:03:22 AM PST by Patrick Madrid
The incoming Archbishop of Milwaukee, Jerome Listecki, for example, has just come out publicly with a ringing affirmation of the truth of Catholic teaching about contraception — i.e., that it's a serious sin and no Catholic in good conscience can willfully contracept— this in response to yet another goofball pro-abortion front group which styles itself "Young Catholics for Choice" . . .
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Does anyone know, roughly, what percentage of practising Catholics use contraceptives? Also, what is the stand on contraception that other Christians have?
If the church says "timing" is okay....that too is a form of contraception. They can't have it both ways.
Be that as it may I’ll say this as a Catholic. My son is at university. I went to the same university. I know what goes down there. I’ve told him to always use protection because I have absolutely no intent of him paying for a kid and I don’t want him to ruin his life at such a young age.
And they are wrong on things like condoms and the pill. A cell is simply a cell. It is not a baby until fertilization and things like the pill and condoms simply work to prevent fertilization.
I believe for most part (at least all the ones whose doctrine with which I am familiar) that the use of contraceptives is left up to the conscience of the individual.
I suppose you could say that. However, "timing" is an exercise in self-control, not a chemical way to indulge the flesh without consequences.
By the way, I am not Catholic and am not against all forms of birth control. But I admire the RC's position that God is the one who should determine if a child is conceived during the sex act, and that all human life is precious.
Actually, the pill is also designed to prevent implantation of a fertilized ovum should that occur.
Well, obviously, he’s right. We can either choose to believe what the Church teaches, or not.
If we choose not to believe, we can hardly be considered Catholic, can we?
Even from a purely naturalistic viewpoint, contraception is anti-human, as it interferes with the biological “prime directive.”
no one can know the numbers because obviously Catholic couples are not going to come right out and discuss it since the Church is officially opposed. From third-hand circumstantial evidence though I would not be surprised if the number were more than half.
Hmmm...where I have I heard this term before in this context?
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Have you ever heard the term “abortifacient”? Is the pill an abortifacient? If so, how can the pill be OK if it sometimes causes an abortion?
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I’d bet much more than half....like 90%.
I ask you to reconsider, as you misunderstand the Church's position. To use or to advocate the use of Contraception in any form is a grave sin.
The Church's prohibits contraception not because either the sperm or the egg is a person (neither is, as you noted, until fertilization).
The Church's prohibition stems from the fact that any type of contraception - condoms, the pill, &c. separates the unitive portion of the marital act from the procreative portion of the act. Either spouse choosing to contracept (with or without the other's knowledge or consent) is a violation of the other's dignity - the contracepting spouse is not giving him/herself fully to the other spouse. Likewise, this closes God out of the sexual act by deliberately rejecting their role in the Creative act of a new human being. (Similar reasoning is used as part of the argument against masturbation and homosexuality as well)
Natural Family Planning (which is not simply 'timing' or the 'Rhythm Method' of old) is not the same as contraception because it does not separate the unitive and procreative aspects of the sexual act. It allows families to PLAN the spacing of their children in a manner that is prudent given the number of other children, financial constraints, &c. Couples who have difficulty conceiving can use it to determine when they are most fertile.
Sacajaweau: It's not about big families = big coffers. In fact, most big families would have less to give (though my suspicion is that they would be more willing to give what they can).
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Obviously, the percentage among Catholics who attend Mass weekly would be far less.
Almost a quarter of Americans who want to work can’t find it. I’d qualify that as an employment crisis. If my kid, who is not even legally old enough to drink, got a girl pregnant his life would become very very bleak indeed.
It looks bleak even if he finishes the degree because the economy won’t be getting better anytime soon but at least with that degree he’ll have a fighting chance.
Make no mistake. America is now at a point that if you screw up at any point along your professional development path there may be no bounceback. Especially for those born between 1986-1995 who will come into the workforce in the midst of this Depression
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