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Is Contraception Destructive?

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Hi Ar Cosc!

then why do men [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse] seed, biologically?




you could say that but then you would have to say that a couple should have sex every minute of the day, since you say that abstinence is immoral

that might sound good, but would do a lot of harm

Peace of Jesus Christ to You!,

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What does biological function have to do with morality?
 
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You heard it here first folks; BOTH contraception and a really wild day do "a lot of harm."

Seeing demons behind every bush?
It's almost like taking an extreme position on something is not very good. I wonder...
 
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You're making a baseless assertion here. I could say that abstinence is immoral because a fundamental purpose of sex is to form a closer bond between two lovers. ?

Hi Ar Cosc!,

You could say that but then couples would have to be having sex all the time or they would be sinning.

Peace of Jesus Christ!,

pat
 
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Hi Ar Cosc!,

You could say that but then couples would have to be having sex all the time or they would be sinning.

Peace of Jesus Christ!,

pat
Why? In the hypothetical, sex is there to form close bonds between people, but that doesn't mean you have to have it all the time, and you certainly wouldn't be sinning if you chose abstinence.
 
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Hi Ar Cosc!,

You could say that but then couples would have to be having sex all the time or they would be sinning.

Peace of Jesus Christ!,

pat

Exactly, sex forms a bond between two people as well as possible conception. It's no more immoral to practise abstinence and forgo the bonding part of sex than to use contraception to stop the conceptive part.

Hi Ar Cosc!

then why do men [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse] seed, biologically?

As Belk has said, biology has nothing to do with morality. The biological purpose of eating is to gain nutrients and energy to run out bodies. That doesn't mean it's immoral to enjoy a bag of chips, or a chocolate bar just for the taste of it every once in a while.
 
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1. Play all the semantics you want. Both practices try to control reproduction. In that sense you can absolutely lump them together.

Hi BleedingHeart!

tthen one could lump fornication together with marital sex since they are both sex, and both involve desire, and can both involve the desire to be with the person forever

peace of Jesus Christ to You,

pat
 
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tthen one could lump fornication together with marital sex since they are both sex, and both involve desire, and can both involve the desire to be with the person forever
Fornication rarely involves the desire to be with one person forever. Apart from that, there really isn't any real difference between extra-martial, pre-marital, and post-marital sex.
 
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Contraception lets you decide when life begins and the truth is that only God should make that decision, not a pill or a patch.

Once again, if God Plan is being restrained by a simple contraceptive then he isn't all powerful.

If God's Plan is never thwarted and always carried out, then everything that has happened and will happened will be according to His Plan. So the couple down the street that just bought a Trojan box? All according to God's Plan.


End thread.
 
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Once again, if God Plan is being restrained by a simple contraceptive then he isn't all powerful.

If God's Plan is never thwarted and always carried out, then everything that has happened and will happened will be according to His Plan. So the couple down the street that just bought a Trojan box? All according to God's Plan.


End thread.

One must admit, given that contraceptive measures still fail no matter what we try to do to make them better...I fail to see how God is supposedly lessened or "challenged" by them. I mean, assuming the all-powerful and ever present busybody God a lot of people seem to suggest, wouldn't he just say "I can do it even with contraception"?

And maybe (in the metaphorical and tongue-in-cheek/skeptical sense) God gave us the option of contraception? You know, an "are you smart enough to actually think first?" kind of thing.

Just a thought I had...
 
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Contraception lets you decide when life begins and the truth is that only God should make that decision, not a pill or a patch.


Why should I not make the decision that I do not want to have children?
 
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One must admit, given that contraceptive measures still fail no matter what we try to do to make them better...I fail to see how God is supposedly lessened or "challenged" by them. I mean, assuming the all-powerful and ever present busybody God a lot of people seem to suggest, wouldn't he just say "I can do it even with contraception"?

And maybe (in the metaphorical and tongue-in-cheek/skeptical sense) God gave us the option of contraception? You know, an "are you smart enough to actually think first?" kind of thing.

Just a thought I had...

They fail the way a chair fails. In that they generally don't. The challenge would come for the reduced chance of pregnancy. Pregnancy that God apparently wanted in the first place according to Mandy.
 
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Why should I not make the decision that I do not want to have children?

Because then you aren't following God, He wants us to multiply. There aren't nearly enough starving children in the world as it is, nor are we already overpopulating. We need more!

[Pass a crowbar, please. I seem to be unable to remove my tongue from my cheek tonight. It does bother me so.]
 
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