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Re: Can Christians Use Birth Control by italo: 10:25pm On Jul 27, 2013 |
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 |
Re: Can Christians Use Birth Control by Nobody: 11:07pm On Jul 27, 2013 |
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?? 1 Like |
Re: Can Christians Use Birth Control by Nobody: 11:11pm On Jul 27, 2013 |
Shollypopz: The above is in the bible?? DAMN!What verse? |
Re: Can Christians Use Birth Control by Nobody: 11:24pm On Jul 27, 2013 |
maxwello.yg:1 Cor. 7 vs 7-9 |
Re: Can Christians Use Birth Control by Mynd44: 11:30pm On Jul 27, 2013 |
Shollypopz:nice Sholly.... |
Re: Can Christians Use Birth Control by Nobody: 11:37pm On Jul 27, 2013 |
Mynd_44:Lol, nice?? You know they do have a huge point right? |
Re: Can Christians Use Birth Control by Mynd44: 11:43pm On Jul 27, 2013 |
Shollypopz: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 |
Re: Can Christians Use Birth Control by Nobody: 11:54pm On Jul 27, 2013 |
^^Wow, you are actually right This is a perfect example of quoting the bible out of context. |
Re: Can Christians Use Birth Control by Mynd44: 12:10am On Jul 28, 2013 |
Shollypopz: ^^Wow, you are actually rightPeople 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. 1 Like |
Re: Can Christians Use Birth Control by Nobody: 12:14am On Jul 28, 2013 |
Mynd_44: Yep people actually always misquote that out of context , if it were a sin, am sure we'd dead by now |
Re: Can Christians Use Birth Control by Mynd44: 12:15am On Jul 28, 2013 |
pc guru:And no one should tell me that no one else in the bible tried birth control as it will be unbelievable |
Re: Can Christians Use Birth Control by Nobody: 12:21am On Jul 28, 2013 |
pc guru:Haba! This is not the old testament era 1 Like |
Re: Can Christians Use Birth Control by kieryn(f): 1:48am On Jul 28, 2013 |
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. |
Re: Can Christians Use Birth Control by kieryn(f): 2:10am On Jul 28, 2013 |
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. |
Re: Can Christians Use Birth Control by Joycelyntee366(f): 9:35am On Jul 28, 2013 |
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 |
Re: Can Christians Use Birth Control by Brennie001: 12:31am On Sep 12, 2013 |
Mynd_44: **Grabs a seat before the Catholics come**lolz |
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