A Catholic Response to "The Scandal of NFP"

[pnewton]

I think there is a dearth of Pauline theology of Christian freedom at work here. If a couple is sincerely trying to follow the Church teaching on NFP, understands the value of children, accepts a child as a gift even when unintended, then it is entirely within their own scope of authority to make the judgment of the proper use of NFP. Have I missed somewhere that all the lost sheep have come to Christ and we now have have time to look over the bedposts of other Catholics to find converts to a better hypercatholicism?

 

[TimothyH]

I think there is a dearth of Pauline theology of Christian freedom at work here. If a couple is sincerely trying to follow the Church teaching on NFP, understands the value of children, accepts a child as a gift even when unintended, then it is entirely within their own scope of authority to make the judgment of the proper use of NFP. Have I missed somewhere that all the lost sheep have come to Christ and we now have have time to look over the bedposts of other Catholics to find converts to a better hypercatholicism?

Hypercatholicism…



-Tim-

 

[fpt]

Only, for information. Good luck to the future readers.
This is the link: philotheaonphire.blogspot.fr/p/nfp-posts.html

This website gives an example of a few questions that are existing and are very debated concerning the N.F.P. and co, within the catholic marriage** (it is a sort of summary among numerous questions).**

*Of course, I do not support this author. Indeed, I am not on the same line, and even I can state that i am against the most intellectual approaches that are written. *Actually, that is one of several examples of the misunderstanding concerning the catholic teaching about the marriage. Ideologies and heresies are existing, always, always, always, and always. **A hard work should be made by thinkers in order to avoid this type of thoughts. **

How to avoid that? How to educate? How to give a just information?* How to avoid moral illiteracy about the marriage with all the corollaries?*

 

[fpt]

Good reading:

pilgrimjournal.com/organic_sex.html; Organic Sex, Organic Farming, by Christopher Killheffer - New Haven, Connecticut, USA - Lent/Easter 2011

 

[petra22]

Sorry it took me so long to respond, but what an eye-opening, thought provoking article. I will think on this for many days… I’m one of those natural types when it comes to birth control but then I use pesticides in the garden. Great article. Thank you for sharing.

 

[ahs]

Good reading:

pilgrimjournal.com/organic_sex.html; Organic Sex, Organic Farming, by Christopher Killheffer - New Haven, Connecticut, USA - Lent/Easter 2011

Sorry it took me so long to respond, but what an eye-opening, thought provoking article. I will think on this for many days… I’m one of those natural types when it comes to birth control but then I use pesticides in the garden. Great article. Thank you for sharing.

I enjoyed the article as well. I guess I am in the minority because I like the “organic” methods on both sides. In fact, several “Traditional” Catholics I know also happen to be deep into organic gardening, yet they also tend toward the provedentialist mindset.

 

[fpt]

Again, for information.

In response to Father Brian Mullady - “Contraceptive intention” and NFP
newtheologicalmovement.blogspot.fr/2013/09/in-response-to-father-brian-mullady.html

Natural Family Planning with a “contraceptive mentality”?
newtheologicalmovement.blogspot.fr/2011/09/natural-family-planning-with.html

" We must insist on this point: There is nothing at all contraceptive about natural family planning, contraception and NFP are completely different.
Some will hold that NFP, though not contraceptive, has the danger of being used with the same intention as contraception – this is philosophically unintelligible. The “end”, “goal”, or “intention” of contraception (speaking in terms of moral theory) is to render a particular sexual act infertile. The “mentality” of contraception is preventing procreation, i.e. making a procreative act to no longer be procreative."