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I am lost on this - I know what the Catholic Church says 'about it' - but that doesn't explain *what* is actually wrong with using birth control to not get pregnant until you're ready when married.
Explain - in ways the Church hasn't tried to.
Do Catholics all agree with the Church's view are are there those who are Catholics who still use birth control eventhough they're told not to?
How does the Catholic Church view these parisioners who go against their 'authority' on the matter?
I am lost on this - I know what the Catholic Church says 'about it' - but that doesn't explain *what* is actually wrong with using birth control to not get pregnant until you're ready when married.
Explain - in ways the Church hasn't tried to.
Do Catholics all agree with the Church's view are are there those who are Catholics who still use birth control eventhough they're told not to?
How does the Catholic Church view these parisioners who go against their 'authority' on the matter?
First, birth control isn't perfect.
Second, even if it was perfect, people's memories to use it aren't perfect either.
Third, publicly distributing birth control encourages promiscuity between those who use birth control and those who don't.
For example, among kids in the same school (where attendance is mandatory), it would be wrong for some to have sex while using birth control because that alters the school's environment for social competition. In turn, it influences other kids to have sex so they can be optimally socially competitive.
If you want, think of it like how a trade union works. A trade union is established so nobody has to take health risks when they're on the job site.
If we tolerate encouraged promiscuity, health risks will be encouraged too.
I am lost on this - I know what the Catholic Church says 'about it' - but that doesn't explain *what* is actually wrong with using birth control to not get pregnant until you're ready when married.
Explain - in ways the Church hasn't tried to.
Do Catholics all agree with the Church's view are are there those who are Catholics who still use birth control eventhough they're told not to?
How does the Catholic Church view these parisioners who go against their 'authority' on the matter?
n 1968, Pope Paul VI issued his landmark encyclical letter Humanae Vitae (Latin, "Human Life"), which reemphasized the Church’s constant teaching that it is always intrinsically wrong to use contraception to prevent new human beings from coming into existence.
If we tolerate encouraged promiscuity, health risks will be encouraged too.
There is nothing wrong with birth control. There is something very wrong about the government mandating that a church pay for something that is against its belief system, however.
This pretty much sums it up. The Catholic Church believes using birth control is a mortal sin. If one dies in mortal sin, one is damned to hell. Just one more way the Catholic Church is becoming irrelevant.
Birth Control | Catholic Answers
So? Seatbelts aren't 100% effective either. Think it's a good idea to drive around without one?
Not even one word of this is true. There is no "encouraged promiscuity", and certainly not one caused by birth control. People have sex. People have a lot of sex. This has been a fact of life for as long as there have been people. I'm also not sure what kind of "social competition" you're referring to, either. Nobody got called a slut when you were in high school? We are all socially competitive.
This is like saying "health insurance can cause people to take risks with their health"
First, birth control isn't perfect.
Second, even if it was perfect, people's memories to use it aren't perfect either.
Third, publicly distributing birth control encourages promiscuity between those who use birth control and those who don't.
For example, among kids in the same school (where attendance is mandatory), it would be wrong for some to have sex while using birth control because that alters the school's environment for social competition. In turn, it influences other kids to have sex so they can be optimally socially competitive.
If you want, think of it like how a trade union works. A trade union is established so nobody has to take health risks when they're on the job site.
If we tolerate encouraged promiscuity, health risks will be encouraged too.
Well - if it was about promiscuity: their stance against control doesn't alter when you marry - it stays the same: you're not suppose to avoid it by 'unnatural means' - which means doing rhythm which is just as reliable as a good ole condom :shrug: . . .but when you marry it's ok to have sex all you want - it's not ok, bc or no bc, when you're not married. . . so that's not it.
Since it's been a church mandate for centuries - the old world belief that 'more babies = more catholics' seems to fit.
But with knowledge about the human body changing - don't they see it as somewhat acceptable to change too? They even said there's a possibility that there's other life in the universe - but still 'no bc' ?
This pretty much sums it up. The Catholic Church believes using birth control is a mortal sin. If one dies in mortal sin, one is damned to hell. Just one more way the Catholic Church is becoming irrelevant.
Birth Control | Catholic Answers
I am lost on this - I know what the Catholic Church says 'about it' - but that doesn't explain *what* is actually wrong with using birth control to not get pregnant until you're ready when married.
Explain - in ways the Church hasn't tried to.
Do Catholics all agree with the Church's view are are there those who are Catholics who still use birth control eventhough they're told not to?
How does the Catholic Church view these parisioners who go against their 'authority' on the matter?
Are all Catholics married?
The original question, in post number 1, was about the use of birth control among married catholic couples.
So in the context of the original question - yes.
I am lost on this - I know what the Catholic Church says 'about it' - but that doesn't explain *what* is actually wrong with using birth control to not get pregnant until you're ready when married.
There is nothing wrong with birth control. There is something very wrong about the government mandating that a church pay for something that is against its belief system, however.
This proposal is modeled on the most common exemption available in the 28 states that already require insurance companies to cover contraception.
That's true, but right now, Obama is considering mandating Catholic institutions to provide birth control among married and unmarried.
Considering the amount of topic drift levied against me, it's only fair to point this out.
Are all Catholics married?
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