Why does the catholic church oppose the use of condoms?

Question

This makes no sense to me whatsoever. Condoms prevent the spread of disease and unwanted pregnancies. I understand that he says that people just shouldnt be having sex except to reproduce but sex is a natural human behaviour. I think we all know its fun and why not prevent the spread of disease while partaking? It just seems a little "back in the stone age" to me. If there is something im missing here please let me know because i really dont understand this policy...

it doesnt matter if im catholic or not...i could reword the question to "why do some people not support the use of condoms" and the discussion would still go straight to the catholic church. The question was about the policy, not the group.

"cuts down on their potential customers"

that gave me a genuine 20 second laugh

thank you for that

Answer 1

I agree that it makes no sense, but the Catholic Church is run by MEN and they don't have to give birth to, feed, clothe or pay for unwanted children. so they can shut themselves in a time capsule and live in the past and force gullible people to conform to their beliefs by preaching Hell and damnation. Things would change if they had a few women running the show, which is why it's virtually a MENS club.

Answer 2

In the logical sense, I think that most would agree with you.

But in speaking about the hard line Catholics, they follow the bible the way they have interpreted it. And according to the bible, the only reason for a man and a woman to have sex is for reproduction. If a condom is involved, this would stop any sort of reproduction, thus making it an act of pleasure.

To really understand the stance, they also think masturbation is a sin. No one is getting pregnant or spreading disease there. . .

Answer 3

Add few corrections and you'll have it right. Sex is perfectly natural human behavior meant for married people. If you're not married, you should not be having sex. Does this mean completely showing no affection? No. There are countless ways to show affection and love without humping between the sheets.

Did you know the AIDS virus is 25 times smaller than the sperm cell? Did you know this means that condoms do not always stop disease?

Answer 4

>>>Okay so if the catholic church is against condoms and birth control how do people have sex?!>>> You're making it seem as if human beings are physically incapable of having sex if they're not using condoms. >>>If I'm married and don't want kids, what are we supposed to do? <<< If you and your husband were married in a Catholic church, one of the promises you made before God was to be open to the possibility of having children. It doesn't mean you have to have many children -- or even any children -- but you do have to at least be open to the possibility. Condom use is an attempt to cut off that possibility, which is why the Church teaches against it. >>>Not have sex or have 18 kids in my lifetime anyway? What the heck! That is so unrealistic.>>> There's nothing in Catholic teaching that says Catholics have to have 18 kids. All that a true Catholic marriage requires is that the couple be open to the possibility of having children. If they remain open to that possibility but, for some natural reason, never conceive children, then that's okay. What's not okay, though, according to Catholic teaching, is to take steps to deliberately try to divorce the sex act from procreation. Condom use is one way of doing that. >>>I think with the new generation abstinence is not realistic! >>> Why do you think the "new generation" is incapable of practicing abstinence? "Unwilling," perhaps -- but just because someone is unwilling to do something, that doesn't mean it's automatically unrealistic. "Unwilling to do something" and "unable to do something" are not the same thing. Yet, for some reason, when it comes to sexual behavior, our modern oversexed culture seems to think they are the same thing. It's a horrible mistake. >>>And, I'm sure that God never made up a rule to not use condoms. So what the heck?>>> Well, He never specifically made up a rule against peeing on your neighbor's kitchen floor either. No such specific prohibition appears anywhere in the Bible or in any Church teaching. But that doesn't mean it's OK to do it! .

Answer 5

It is universally recognized as an indisputable truth that all mammals naturally interrupt the birth process depending upon their living conditions and ability to support a new young.

If mammals did not act to deliberately disrupt both the conception process as well as the birth process then many animal species would suffer the misery, pain and death associated with overcrowding, disease and potentially extinction in extreme times of famine and drought.

Therefore any policy that advocates abandonment of birth control and pro-choice by women is both insane and goes completely against all known laws of nature.

Nor can such an argument be legitimately claimed as "God's will" when all evidence of all life, including human life up until the last thousand years of Vatican moral domination is to the contrary.

So some other agenda must be a driving force for such evil policies?

The Almanac of Evil gives some clues. It lists 20 centuries of unbroken evil and crimes against humanity by the Popes and the Catholic Church
http://one-faith-of-god.org/final_testament/end_of_darkness/evil/evil_0200.htm

Even today, that evil continues in the churches approach to contraception and the spread of AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases.

Even today, there remain people quite prepared to excuse, explain away and justify such morally reprehensible policies.

Answer 6

Judeo-Christian tradition has taught for thousands of years:
1. Single people should be celibate.
2. Married people should be faithful to each other (adultery is wrong).
3. Married couples should welcome God's gift of children and, therefore, artificial birth control is against the will of God.

If the world is going to ignore teachings about chastity (1 & 2), then why is the world so upset about teaching artificial birth control (3)?

People who are already ignoring the more important teachings about chastity (1 and 2) should have no problem ignoring the less important teaching of artificial birth control (3).

Even if a person infected with AIDS was to use a condom to help protect his or her spouse, condoms are not 100% effective (read the box) and the spouse may be infected and die anyway. A person who truly loves their spouse would not endanger them in this way.

In regards to sex outside of marriage, the Church makes it a practice not to tell people how to sin. Fornication with or without a condom is still fornication. Adultery with or without a condom is still adultery.

With love in Christ.

Answer 7

It is stoneage in a sense, although that's how it used to be. The catholic church has changed alot, since society has. So things like not eating meat on fridays during lent are not written in stone as well as condoms. A catholic priest is not going to condone sex to anyone who is not married, nor is he going to condone unsafe sex. You ultimately will be the one carrying the sin.

Answer 8

This goes back to Paul, and was perptuated by Augustine. The idea is that lust is a sin, but that as human beings, we are unable to reproduce without lust. So, you have sex when you must (with the only goal being procreation). This ties into the idea of original sin and the immaculate conception. Original sin supposedly comes about because babies are conceived through a sinful act and this sin is pass on to the child. The immaculate conception refers to Mary (not Jesus as I thought for most of my life). Mary was conceived without lust making her pure enough to be worthy of carrying the son of God.

Answer 9

It's not that we shouldn't have sex as to reproduce, but I also think that the use of condoms might encourage younger people, especially teenagers, to engage in premartial sexual relations, which the Catholic church most likely frowns upon, especially when the parties are still of the minority

Answer 10

We do?

I'm Catholic and I've never heard of this, must just be the conservative branches. There are many different levels of all religions, remember this when trying to generalize a topic. I, myself, believe that the church cannot dictate on such matters - they [the church] reside mostly in free countries and with freedom comes freedom of religion, freedom of choices, and tolerance. I've been told by the church to accept all people no matter what their beliefs so I see no reason to denounce or restrict personal choice.