Odd that you would say that:
From the Orthodox Presbyterian Church's website:
Before You Use Birth Control, Consider ...
God has been teaching his church down through the ages. He has endued generation after generation of his people with wisdom. We should therefore respect the long-standing wisdom of our Christian heritage. We should depart from it only if Scripture truly forces us to do so.It is therefore highly significant that the church down through the centuriesOrthodox, Catholic, and Protestant alikeheld one view on contraception with remarkable unanimity until just recently. It was condemned in strong terms, and contraception was often made a criminal act.
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This historical context alone does not prove that contraception is wrong. However, should we expect an immoral and hedonistic society to come up with genuine moral insight, contrary to nearly two millennia of consistent Christian teaching?
You May Use Birth Control, If ...
In the end, God doesn't give a pat answer about contraception. But he does provide a framework within which believers are responsible and free to make godly decisions. In fact, this framework does condemn most of the world's approach to contraceptionbut not because it's contraception. Rather, it condemns its fundamental self-centeredness (Ps. 10:4). Believing couples should soberly examine themselves as to whether they conform to this worldly selfishness and, if so, repent. Still, the biblical principles which we've considered seem to imply thatgiven right motivesGod does permit contraception.
So is contraception just some sort of "holdover" of Catholicism? Did Protestants ALWAY think that teachings against contraception were just "loony restrictions"? If this is the case, why did they wait so long to clarify things?
There are many methods of birth control and some are, indeed, offensive to God. Some are even detrimental to women's health.
Many of the usual ones are neither, however.
As I said, keep pushing this restriction. Protestant churches are growing while the RCC is contracting.