Any Catholics who are actually against condoms?

Question

I was born and raise catholic (now I'm not) in a country whose population is 90% catholic (colombia) and I never met somebody who was against the use of condoms or contraconceptives. I studied in a catholic school and I never heard a priest or a sister telling me that condoms were bad so, is there actually normal catholics that are against such items? I'm not BTW.

Answer 1

not Catholic sorry

Answer 2

Well my family is Roman Catholic. My parents tell me they have never used contraception. (I'm not sure whether or not to believe them though). The sex education I've had at my (RC) school taught us to be very careful and use contraception. they have to say this because it's in the government's curriculum for all schools. But my parents told me that I shouldn't have sex until I'm married, and that even then it should be a "very special thing" and about making children, not the enjoyment part.
Some of my friends have been taught similar things, but then some have been told that safety should come first and it;s better to use a condom than to end up getting an abortion (Which is seen as REALLY bad). So I guess it just varies from person to person.

Answer 3

I'm very Catholic, but not "Roman Catholic". Personally, I think it's silly, but - according to the strictest interpretation of Roman Catholic doctrine (sex being ONLY for procreation) - condoms are forbidden. I know several Roman Catholics who hold the traditional line. One couple I know even teaches Roman Catholic natural family planning classes.

Answer 4

I am Roman Catholic, but I use my religion as a support system to help me live a better life. Depending on which priest you talk to, candoms are "forbidden" but I, personally am not against them. I don't believe that a person has to believe every tiny rule that religion supports in order to be a member of that religion.

Answer 5

Yes, I am agaisnt the use of all artificial contraception.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches:

2399 The regulation of births represents one of the aspects of responsible fatherhood and motherhood. Legitimate intentions on the part of the spouses do not justify recourse to morally unacceptable means (for example, direct sterilization or contraception).

2370 Periodic continence, that is, the methods of birth regulation based on self-observation and the use of infertile periods, is in conformity with the objective criteria of morality. These methods respect the bodies of the spouses, encourage tenderness between them, and favor the education of an authentic freedom. In contrast, "every action which, whether in anticipation of the conjugal act, or in its accomplishment, or in the development of its natural consequences, proposes, whether as an end or as a means, to render procreation impossible" is intrinsically evil:

Thus the innate language that expresses the total reciprocal self-giving of husband and wife is overlaid, through contraception, by an objectively contradictory language, namely, that of not giving oneself totally to the other. This leads not only to a positive refusal to be open to life but also to a falsification of the inner truth of conjugal love, which is called upon to give itself in personal totality. . . . The difference, both anthropological and moral, between contraception and recourse to the rhythm of the cycle . . . involves in the final analysis two irreconcilable concepts of the human person and of human sexuality.

Answer 6

Yes, I am against condom use.

Condoms prevent pregnancy which goes against Gods plan for childbirth.

Since sex is to be only with your spouse, you should ALWAYS be open to the possibility of having a child.

And for those that will say condoms help stop the spread of STD's, this may be true - but only 75% - 80%, but so does abstinence and that method is 100%.

Answer 7

<> sure. Use of man made birth control as a mindset to that is meant end is immoral. <> sure. Catholic Doctrine on man made birth control received't replace because of that.

Answer 8

I'm sure there are practicing catholics, and people of other faiths that are against the use of condoms, or any other type of birth control.

Personally i don't like to use condoms, and it isn't because of any religious precept. I don't use them because i lower's the amount of physical pleasure i receive. simple as that for me.

Answer 9

>>is there actually normal catholics that are against such items?<<

Yes, right here.

Answer 10

Any preventative measures to prohibit the open transmission of new life is intrinsically evil. It promotes infidelity which leads to the breakdown of marriages, it leads to the breakdown of families and eventually it leads to the breakdown of the whole world. I wonder if we are living in that time.

Answer 11

The pope....... I think that's about as catholic as you get