Catholic- Is it a sin to use a condom or birth control?

Question

Question for Catholics: Is it a sin to use a condom or birth control during sex? I heard from someone that it is just as bad as having an abortion...is this true?

thanks.

Answer 1

Yes. It violates the Faith in Jesus Christ in all things. Biblical reasoning for the ban include the Gen 1:27-28 Gen 9:1, and Gen 35:11 Be fruitful and mutiply.

Ps 127:3-5 Children area gift from God, blessed is a full quiver.

1 Chr 25:5 God gave 14 sons and 3 duaghters to exhalt him

Hos 9:10-19 Israel is punished with childlessness

Lv 20:13 if man lies with man, put to death (wasting seed)
No similar penalty for lesbian actions or relations between single man and a single woman Dt 22:28-29
Lv 20:15 if man lies with animal put to death (sterile sex)
Lv 21:17-20 crushed testicles is called a defect and blemish

Rom 1:25-27 natural function of women = childbearing
1 Tim 2:11-15 women saved through the bearing of children
Act 5:1-11 Ananias/Saphira slain for witholding part of gift
Gal 6:7 God is not mocked accepting pleasure, denying fruit
Mt 21:19, Mk 11:14 Jesus cursed fruitless fig tree
Gal 5:20, Rev 9:21, Rev 21:8 Abortifacient process
1 Cor 6:19-20 body is temply of Holy Spirit, glorify God in body
Gen 1 :27 complementarity of sexes reflects God's inner unity
Gen 2:21-24 transmission of life thru total self donation = 1 flesh.

Answer 2

It's not as bad as having an abortion, which is a mortal sin that can only be absolved by a bishop, but it is a sin to use a condom or any other form of artificial birth control during sex.

Answer 3

+ Birth Control +

The Catholic Church allows natural forms of birth control.

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.

Here is the United States Conference of Catholic Bishop's website on Natural Family Planning: http://www.usccb.org/prolife/issues/nfp/

+ Contraceptives vs Abortifacients +

Catholic teaching condemns the intentional killing of the unborn at any time from conception on, defining conception as taking place when “the ovum is fertilized.”

There is a sharp moral distinction between contraceptives, which prevent conception, and abortifacients, which destroy the fertilized egg.

Intrauterine devices and so-called “morning-after” pills are abortifacients because they destroy a fertilized egg.

For more information, see Catechism of the Catholic Church, sections 1934 and following: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt3sect1chpt2art3.htm#1934

With love in Christ.

Answer 4

the sin is not the condom, the sin is you are making love to a woman without legalality, mean to be married in good term.

why paper and a pen was created so a guy like you wont do a batard (son without father). so the woman will have right.

if you girl do an abortion, you are the only one responsable, only you mostly is. do you think you will live forever and come back to life, when you smoke a cigarette can you make it back as was never smoked. its the same with you life.

you are responsable of your action when you ll die, you ll bring nothing with (gold, girls, tv, xbox none of that) only your sins and actions. do u know why we dont know enought because we will trespas the reason, many become crazy, why i had a friend who is like you tried later to understand the meaning of \all this life, untill now, he dont know who he is, he died forgeting how to eat.

a woman is not a sex object, even if she wants it, you are responable of your action, you say no. the kids who is aborted, do you think he will let you live peacefully

Answer 5

I am pretty sure that you are correct. I am not catholic but that is what I have heard from a prof when we were having a debate on Abortion. I am thinking however that the abortion would be a bigger sin!

Answer 6

It's a sin to bring a child into this world and not have the resources to care for and the desire to raise this child in a loving environment where he/she feels safe.

Answer 7

Abortion isn't bad. How is something with out a conscienous going to feel pain? You kill millions of bacteria and small forms of life all the time. Things die get used to it. and on the catholic thing EVERYTHING is a sin. I MEAN EVERYTHING

Answer 8

Yes, we are not supposed to use any type of birth control. Personally I think thats wrong because of STDs and having un wanted children you cant take care of.

Answer 9

Not a catholic, but the pill ABORTS fertilized cells by starving them of food and oxygen

That's a medical FACT

Answer 10

Depends upon who you talk to. The church doctrines say it is, but then the catholic church owned the largest condom factory in Europe. Go figure.