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Sunnybeach7 - that's the real kicker for me
There is no excuse other than self serving interests for any religious institution to prohibit all forms of birth control. Ultimately the catholic church will never have to directly deal with any of the consequences of adhering to a completely outdated belief. They took care of ever having to do so when they instituted celibacy centuries ago. The saddest part about the entire issue is that the catholic mission services are a huge contributor to aid in third world nations. One that many regions could not live without but as they are providing this aid they are spreading the most insane of messages in regards to using condoms or other birth control methods. This is the last thing these portions of the world need.
posted by
gomedome
on September 28, 2006 at 8:43 PM
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gome
In todays day and age, with all of our current knowledge, all I can say is that it is "Hogwash".
Being that God gives, um...free will and all, people not only have the right, but the responsibility to use birth-control and protection. For many more than just the reasons you cited.
I don't know, maybe it would be different if the church with all it's money agreed to support all these children. After all....God is the father of them, right? Because the seed is so sacred. Maybe God would feel a little differently if he was made to pay child support like the rest.
posted by
Afzal_Sunny7
on September 28, 2006 at 7:34 PM
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actually, in saving sperm, they're killing living people.
central and south america, where the church dominates. girls start having babies around age 13, at the rate of about one a year -- around 90% of the babies born die before a year old, and the women grow old and die in their 30's and 40's
tell me that the preventing conception and birth is taking lives in this case. not yet a human life versus born -- which should take precedence if we have a choice. no real doubt.
posted by
Xeno-x
on September 28, 2006 at 2:15 PM
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I agree, it's past time.
Around here, the dominant church is Catholic and second is Mormon. The Catholics start having children at the age of 15 and many Mormons believe in having large families. Both do so without considering whether or not they can provide for the children.
posted by
SuccessWarrior
on September 28, 2006 at 1:58 PM
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Time?
It's past time. Your blog reminded me of a documentary I saw recently about a man somewhere in South America who the church refused to marry because he was a parapalegic and could not engage in sexual activity resulting in ejaculation and the creation of a child. This man who had found his soul mate and she hers, were denied a Catholic marriage. Thank goodness they had enough self-esteem to say screw the church and got married anyway. It's past time for a review of a lot of the church's policies.
posted by
TVBlogger
on September 28, 2006 at 1:16 PM
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