WHY IS THE CATHOLIC CHURCH OPPOSED TO UNNATURAL BIRTH CONTROL?

The basic reason for the Church's opposition to any sort of sinful action
is that such actions are contrary to the nature God has given us. Jesus
said about marriage, "Let no one take apart what God has put together" (Mk
10:9). This can also be applied to the act of sexual intercourse which has
been called "the marriage act" for centuries of Christian history.

In the natural act of completed marital sexual intercourse, there is a
symbolic bodily unity of man and wife. However, in every form of unnatural
birth control, there is a positive effort to destroy the procreative
potential of an act that God has given us as a unique sign of married
love.

Looked at in another way, the sex act is meant by God to be a symbolic way
in which a couple are called to renew, at least implicitly, their marriage
covenant. In this bodily union, they are called to affirm anew their
original promises of married love, to take each other for better or for
worse, to be as one until death.

Unnatural birth control contradicts the symbolic renewal of the marriage
covenant. Instead, it says, "I take you for better but not for the
imagined worse of parenthood."

IS THERE A BIBLICAL BASIS FOR THE CHURCH'S TEACHING AGAINST CONTRACEPTION?

Yes. The 38th chapter of Genesis tells the story of Judah, his sons, and
Tamar. One of the sons, Onan, practiced the sin of
contraception--withdrawal in this case--with Tamar, and the Bible tells us
that God slew him because he had done an abominable thing (Gen. 38:10).

It is recognized today that Judah, Onan, and another brother were all
guilty of violating an ancient Eastern brotherhood law called the law of
the Levirate. However, the punishment for violating that law was very mild
and is spelled out in Deuteronomy 25:5- 10. Judah himself admitted his
guilt (Gen. 38:26). It is therefore clear that the special punishment
meted out to Onan was not just for the violation of the Levirate but
rather for the way in which only he had sinned--his contraceptive behavior
of going through the motions of the covenantal act and then "spilling his
seed" (Gen. 38:9).

This interpretation is backed up by the only incident in the New Testament
where immediate death is the punishment for sin--the deaths of Ananias and
Saphira who went through the motions of a giving act but defrauded it of
its meaning (Acts 5:1-11).

www.ewtn.com/library/marriage/cclbc.txt

The above is in the bible?? DAMN!

......Then why did Paul advice Christian singles to get married if they can't control their urges in Corinthians??

Shollypopz: The above is in the bible?? DAMN!

......Then why did Paul advice Christian singles to get married if they can't control their urges in Corinthians??

What verse?

maxwello.yg:

What verse?

1 Cor. 7 vs 7-9

Shollypopz:
1 Cor. 7 vs 7-9

nice Sholly....

Mynd_44:
nice Sholly....

Lol, nice?? You know they do have a huge point right?

Shollypopz:
Lol, nice?? You know they do have a huge point right?

They do? The bible did not say sex is strictly for procreation.

In the case of genesis 38:9, God did not kill the dude cos he spilled his fluid, he was killed cos of his disobedience and selfishness. Read the whole chapter

^^Wow, you are actually right
This is a perfect example of quoting the bible out of context.

Shollypopz: ^^Wow, you are actually right
This is a perfect example of quoting the bible out of context.

People who quote this verse always forget to mention that God gave the dude a job to do accordint to tradition but he chose not to cos he was selfish and he thought he could play smart.

We should also remember that the Bible says that "any man who cannot provide for his family is worse than an infidel"
so how will a man be able to provide for his family is they keep increasing in population and not wealth?


Someone mentioned "un-natural contraceptives" that is just like talking about the antibiotic they use to treat Typhoid(I forgot the name) and bitter leaf. Bitter leaf has been known to be an antibiotic (strong one at that) so if you take that, it is natural right but if you take the tablet it is un-natural.

Everything un-natural is made from natural things so that argument does not hold.

Mynd_44:
They do? The bible did not say sex is strictly for procreation.

In the case of genesis 38:9, God did not kill the dude cos he spilled his fluid, he was killed cos of his disobedience and selfishness. Read the whole chapter

Yep people actually always misquote that out of context , if it were a sin, am sure we'd dead by now

pc guru:

Yep people actually always misquote that out of context , if it were a sin, am sure we'd dead by now

And no one should tell me that no one else in the bible tried birth control as it will be unbelievable

pc guru:

Yep people actually always misquote that out of context , if it were a sin, am sure we'd dead by now

Haba! This is not the old testament era

To say sex is solely for procreation is ridiculous and unscriptural. The bible say a husband is to be satisfied and intoxicated by his wife love at all time, render their due to each other unless by mutual consent. Deprivation leaves room for the Devil to tempt.(Prov. 5:18, 19, 1Cor 7:3-5)

What happens if a married couples decides not to have kids (temporarily or permanently) for whatever reason, they can't have sex?
If sex is for procreation than older people don't have sex, right?

I'm just saying, it just not logical.

Birth control can be used by Christians it allows a person to calculate the cost to see if he can build a family that he will be to support.

YES....its a personal decision based on Biblical principles not laws afterall couples need to decide if dey will hv kids or nt n d numba of kids dey'll bear

Mynd_44: **Grabs a seat before the Catholics come**

lolz