Do Catholics promote contraception?

[Flail]

I am told that the Catholic church teaches against contraception yet promotes abstinence in fertile periods for the female...isn't that contraception?

Personally I favor abortion as a women's choice and think it would be acceptable behavior to God under the right circumstances....an unwanted child...single parent...rape....young parent without parenting skills....child with deformity or other problems who would have a life of suffering.....It is a tough subject however, and should be left to the parents and not a group of men in funny clothes.

[micatala]

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This is not only an unproductive one-liner, but most people would consider it inflammatory. There is really no need for a comment like this.

There are two, and only two, methods of birth control acceptable to the Catholic Church: (1) Periodic abstinence when the woman is capable of conception, and (2) total celibacy.

Or, as a musician friend of mine put it, "rhythm and blues."

The idea that sex is only for procreation in humans is provably false. Other mammals are only interested in sex when the female is fertile; at other times, they exhibit no interest. Humans, not so. We like sex ANYTIME. If one believes that God designed this arrangement, it should be obvious that sex is intended for pleasure as well as making babies.

Christianity has always had a bit of a bee in its bonnet about sex, as if sexual sins were somehow more heinous than other sins and as if sexual desire and sexuality itself were somehow evil. Weird.

Judaism regards sexuality as a blessing, not a curse - and celibacy as not exactly a sin, but pretty damn stupid. There is no such thing as a Jewish monk or nun.

For the record, many Orthodox Jews have the same attitude toward contraception as Catholics. They tend to have huge families, too.

Also, sex is proven to have medical benefits

Apart from the possibility of its resulting in successful pregnancy and childbirth, sex has a wide range of health benefits including relief from stress, more immunity through increased immunoglobulin A, reduced risk of heart attack and of prostate cancer, and sounder sleep.

(Source: Wiki)

And I don't have any facts on this, but I'm still willing to bet that people who have a healthy and active sex life are happier

Having anal sex with children controls birth and is obviously a method approved by the Church.

[Flail]

Moderator Warning

This is not only an unproductive one-liner, but most people would consider it inflammatory. There is really no need for a comment like this.

There are two, and only two, methods of birth control acceptable to the Catholic Church: (1) Periodic abstinence when the woman is capable of conception, and (2) total celibacy.

Or, as a musician friend of mine put it, "rhythm and blues."

The idea that sex is only for procreation in humans is provably false. Other mammals are only interested in sex when the female is fertile; at other times, they exhibit no interest. Humans, not so. We like sex ANYTIME. If one believes that God designed this arrangement, it should be obvious that sex is intended for pleasure as well as making babies.

Christianity has always had a bit of a bee in its bonnet about sex, as if sexual sins were somehow more heinous than other sins and as if sexual desire and sexuality itself were somehow evil. Weird.

Judaism regards sexuality as a blessing, not a curse - and celibacy as not exactly a sin, but pretty damn stupid. There is no such thing as a Jewish monk or nun.

For the record, many Orthodox Jews have the same attitude toward contraception as Catholics. They tend to have huge families, too.

Also, sex is proven to have medical benefits

Apart from the possibility of its resulting in successful pregnancy and childbirth, sex has a wide range of health benefits including relief from stress, more immunity through increased immunoglobulin A, reduced risk of heart attack and of prostate cancer, and sounder sleep.

(Source: Wiki)

And I don't have any facts on this, but I'm still willing to bet that people who have a healthy and active sex life are happier

Having anal sex with children controls birth and is obviously a method approved by the Church.

very, very inflamatory...

[WinePusher]

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This is not only an unproductive one-liner, but most people would consider it inflammatory. There is really no need for a comment like this.

There are two, and only two, methods of birth control acceptable to the Catholic Church: (1) Periodic abstinence when the woman is capable of conception, and (2) total celibacy.

Or, as a musician friend of mine put it, "rhythm and blues."

The idea that sex is only for procreation in humans is provably false. Other mammals are only interested in sex when the female is fertile; at other times, they exhibit no interest. Humans, not so. We like sex ANYTIME. If one believes that God designed this arrangement, it should be obvious that sex is intended for pleasure as well as making babies.

Christianity has always had a bit of a bee in its bonnet about sex, as if sexual sins were somehow more heinous than other sins and as if sexual desire and sexuality itself were somehow evil. Weird.

Judaism regards sexuality as a blessing, not a curse - and celibacy as not exactly a sin, but pretty damn stupid. There is no such thing as a Jewish monk or nun.

For the record, many Orthodox Jews have the same attitude toward contraception as Catholics. They tend to have huge families, too.

Also, sex is proven to have medical benefits

Apart from the possibility of its resulting in successful pregnancy and childbirth, sex has a wide range of health benefits including relief from stress, more immunity through increased immunoglobulin A, reduced risk of heart attack and of prostate cancer, and sounder sleep.

(Source: Wiki)

And I don't have any facts on this, but I'm still willing to bet that people who have a healthy and active sex life are happier

Having anal sex with children controls birth and is obviously a method approved by the Church.

very, very inflamatory...

typical slander from people like you.....

[McCulloch]

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[Flail]

Moderator Warning

This is not only an unproductive one-liner, but most people would consider it inflammatory. There is really no need for a comment like this.

There are two, and only two, methods of birth control acceptable to the Catholic Church: (1) Periodic abstinence when the woman is capable of conception, and (2) total celibacy.

Or, as a musician friend of mine put it, "rhythm and blues."

The idea that sex is only for procreation in humans is provably false. Other mammals are only interested in sex when the female is fertile; at other times, they exhibit no interest. Humans, not so. We like sex ANYTIME. If one believes that God designed this arrangement, it should be obvious that sex is intended for pleasure as well as making babies.

Christianity has always had a bit of a bee in its bonnet about sex, as if sexual sins were somehow more heinous than other sins and as if sexual desire and sexuality itself were somehow evil. Weird.

Judaism regards sexuality as a blessing, not a curse - and celibacy as not exactly a sin, but pretty damn stupid. There is no such thing as a Jewish monk or nun.

For the record, many Orthodox Jews have the same attitude toward contraception as Catholics. They tend to have huge families, too.

Also, sex is proven to have medical benefits

Apart from the possibility of its resulting in successful pregnancy and childbirth, sex has a wide range of health benefits including relief from stress, more immunity through increased immunoglobulin A, reduced risk of heart attack and of prostate cancer, and sounder sleep.

(Source: Wiki)

And I don't have any facts on this, but I'm still willing to bet that people who have a healthy and active sex life are happier

Having anal sex with children controls birth and is obviously a method approved by the Church.

very, very inflamatory...

typical slander from people like you.....

Truth is a defense to slander...and I don't believe we've met.