Artificial Contraception?

Question

Did you know that up until 1930, all Protestant denominations agreed with the Catholic Church’s teaching condemning contraception as sinful?

But, at its 1930 Lambeth Conference, the Anglican church, swayed by growing social pressure, announced that contraception would be allowed in some circumstances. Soon the Anglican church completely caved in, allowing contraception across the board. Since then, all other Protestant denominations have followed suit. Today, the Catholic Church alone proclaims the historic Christian position on contraception.

Fortinately, the Pope is not swayed by the modern culture od death and irresponsibility.

Did you know that John Calvin said, "The voluntary spilling of semen outside of intercourse between man and woman is a monstrous thing. Deliberately to withdraw from coitus in order that semen may fall on the ground is doubly monstrous. For this is to extinguish the hope of the race and to kill before he is born the hoped-for offspring."

.. and Martin Luther said, "[T]he exceedingly foul deed of Onan, the basest of wretches . . . is a most disgraceful sin. It is far more atrocious than incest and adultery."

Childred - AND LIFE - is a precious gift from God. Would anyone disagree with that?

http://www.catholic.com/library/birth_control.asp

Answer 1

You are quite correct

Answer 2

Yes, I knew all of that and agree wholeheartedly with the teaching of the Church on this matter.

Contraception, although marketed as a good thing, has undermined marriage, women and the value of life. The expression of love through sexuality is fulfilling as long as both people are married and open to God's will. Once we close that door, close God out of the sexual relationship, we are doing our own will and not the will of God.

I realize that so many people do not see it that way. I was one of them for years. I was raised Methodist and understood contraception to be expected and responsible. I was also pro-choice and a feminist for years. After becoming Catholic...it still took years for me to fully understand and embrace the Church's teaching on birth control. Once I "got it" I was amazed at pure truth of it. Humane Vitae is beautiful. Once I read this, I was blown away by the love of it. I always thought it was an antiquated view of the Church. Not so!! It is the Church doing what she is supposed to do...leading us to heaven. Helping us to be in a place to receive the grace of God.

http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-vi_enc_25071968_humanae-vitae_en.html i
http://www.catholic.com/library/Birth_Control.asp
http://www.catholic.net/RCC/Periodicals/Faith/11-12-98/Morality2.html
http://www.mountainretreatorg.net/articles/birth_control.shtml
http://www.scripturecatholic.com/contraception.html

Added: Edge you are wrong. Onan's punishment for not giving his sister-in-law children, was not death. The law of the time said she should go to the elders with her complaint, if he would still not give her children, she was to remove his sandals in public and spit on his feet. This was the law. Onan was struck down by God...obviously there was more to it than what we think. Why would God see fit to kill him? Because he spilled his seed on the ground...he removed God from his sexual union with her, he put his own will over that of God. Do your research on this. Gen. 38:8-10 - Onan is killed by God for practicing contraception (in this case, withdrawal) and spilling his semen on the ground.

Gen. 38:11-26 - Judah, like Onan, also rejected God's command to keep up the family lineage, but he was not killed.

Deut. 25:7-10 - the penalty for refusing to keep up a family lineage is not death, like Onan received. Onan was killed for wasting seed.

Gen. 38:9 - also, the author's usage of the graphic word "seed," which is very uncharacteristic for Hebrew writing, further highlights the reason for Onan's death.

Also, the pill causes abortions. Often, because it has to be such a low dose in order not to cause to many ill-effects to the woman taking it, the egg does get fertilized but the uterus cannot accept the implantation. This is effectively an abortion. The fertilized egg is expelled from the woman's body and she never even knows she was pregnant. This is in the literature each woman gets with her birth control pills...find someone and read it.

To tell a priest that when he pays for the kids she'll have them...is ridiculous. Where is the trust in God? Where is the "not my will by thine" in that statement?

Answer 3

I will tell you what my mom told the priest when she got married. When he wanted to raise her children and pay for them he could decide whether she would use contraceptives or not.

Abortion is wrong. How can a pregnancy that never occurred be wrong?

Would you mind showing me chapter and verse where it says contraception is a sin? And don't quote Onan. He was killed for not doing his duty as a Jewish man to carry on his brothers line.

Answer 4

Lots of semen gets spilled under lots of varying circumstances. The world population does not appear to be suffering.

The church needs to keep its long pointy nose OUT of the bedrooms of believers.

edit -- ::faints:: I agree with Edge! I am fairly certain that is a sign of the apocalypse.

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Answer 5

I knew all but the date actually- I wonder if its nice to pick and choose what to listen to and obey. What will they change next?

Answer 6

The use of contraception is sinful....

Answer 7

Children are a result of successful copulation.

There are far too many children that are born, only to starve to death, die of painful diseases, malformations and neglect to honestly assume they are a gift from God.

If he lovingly creates children, why does he neglect them immediately after they are conceived.

Answer 8

how, exactly, does a condom kill a child?