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The Catholic Church has become the center of aggression in the global discussion of, not just abortion, but birth control. To stand against birth control isn’t just unpopular in the secular world but also amongst modern day Christians and even many Catholics themselves. Considering the arguably more urgent concerns such as abortion, genetic engineering, and embryonic stem cells, birth control seems trivial by comparison. The stance against birth control seems futile, not because it is a petty concern, but because we have already lost so much. As the other boundaries of the sacred womb fall, what we are really loosing is our own humanity.
Our unchecked consumerism has led mankind to a place where we have to choose between our standard of living, and our families. In America, it is almost impossible for new families to live on one person’s income alone. The now old-fashioned idea of the stay-at-home mom is becoming nothing more than a fantasy or relic. We don’t raise our children ourselves anymore, the government does. Even in independent organizations like day-care, strict government regulation determines what we can or cannot teach children.
I think our point-of-no-return as a society was when children changed from being blessings, the center of joy in the family, to burdens and inconveniences. If you are well-off or middle class, children simply interrupt our careers and materialistic lifestyles. If you are poor, children are a source of desperation and panic (part of why most abortions are amongst the poor). We send our kids to day-care, school, sports, camp, and maybe, if we are lucky, see them a couple hours a day.
The most popular argument people have against the Catholic Church’s teaching on birth control is that it is “unrealistic”. And you know what… they are right. Not using birth control in today’s world is unrealistic, but the not because it is naturally so, it is because we have made it so. Large families are a burden to our modern society. A woman can’t pursue a career if she is constantly pregnant or nursing. Plus, the financial strain of the medical industry’s cost of giving birth is nearly impossible for anyone without great insurance coverage to afford.
We have traded the natural blessings given to us by God for artificial ones. The joy of the family has been replaced by the stress of the commercialism. Birth control is our way of forcing our way of life to change in the way we think is best. We have told God that we prefer money and luxury to family. The problem is that it doesn’t stop there. We are now fighting against abortion, genetic engineering, and the harvesting of the unborn for stems cells.
Children are humanity’s constant chance for renewal. It has always been the role of the younger generation to take the reigns, and try in improve upon the generation before. However, instead of seeing our responsibility to the younger generation, the world is promoting a new mindset where the younger generation exclusively serves the older generation.
Right now, in our culture, this generational selfishness has already manifested itself in drastic ways. When a child comes along who interrupts a would-be parent’s plans for life, we kill it. When a child doesn’t learn the way we think they should, we medicate them. Now certain organizations are trying to make it legal to grow fetuses like crops to harvest for stems cells for our own use. This is only what is going on now too, I haven’t even gone into what some foresee in the future.
I say all this because birth control, not just contraception but all attempts to dominate the womb, is not an issue of theology, or even just morality, we are talking about losing our own dignity and freedom. To assume control over the womb is to assume control over, and potentially wipe-out, all God-given chances for renewal. Our children are here to fix our mistakes, improve on our successes, and challenge our ways. When the next generation has lost all power to change us, when we enslave our own children from birth for our own selfish wants, what hope is left for humanity.
This article has a much darker tone that I usually post, but I can’t of anything funny about this. What I can say to end this on a lighter note, is that there are still many who have the faith to follow God at His word. I am proud of every family I meet that has chosen to live as God commanded. I experience great joy when I meet a family who still feels that every child is a blessing. Not only that, but the blessing of God are made obvious through their families. In today’s world, I believe those who leave the womb in God’s control are living saints.
Original Article - Contraception of Our Own Humanity
Our unchecked consumerism has led mankind to a place where we have to choose between our standard of living, and our families. In America, it is almost impossible for new families to live on one person’s income alone. The now old-fashioned idea of the stay-at-home mom is becoming nothing more than a fantasy or relic. We don’t raise our children ourselves anymore, the government does. Even in independent organizations like day-care, strict government regulation determines what we can or cannot teach children.
I think our point-of-no-return as a society was when children changed from being blessings, the center of joy in the family, to burdens and inconveniences. If you are well-off or middle class, children simply interrupt our careers and materialistic lifestyles. If you are poor, children are a source of desperation and panic (part of why most abortions are amongst the poor). We send our kids to day-care, school, sports, camp, and maybe, if we are lucky, see them a couple hours a day.
The most popular argument people have against the Catholic Church’s teaching on birth control is that it is “unrealistic”. And you know what… they are right. Not using birth control in today’s world is unrealistic, but the not because it is naturally so, it is because we have made it so. Large families are a burden to our modern society. A woman can’t pursue a career if she is constantly pregnant or nursing. Plus, the financial strain of the medical industry’s cost of giving birth is nearly impossible for anyone without great insurance coverage to afford.
We have traded the natural blessings given to us by God for artificial ones. The joy of the family has been replaced by the stress of the commercialism. Birth control is our way of forcing our way of life to change in the way we think is best. We have told God that we prefer money and luxury to family. The problem is that it doesn’t stop there. We are now fighting against abortion, genetic engineering, and the harvesting of the unborn for stems cells.
Children are humanity’s constant chance for renewal. It has always been the role of the younger generation to take the reigns, and try in improve upon the generation before. However, instead of seeing our responsibility to the younger generation, the world is promoting a new mindset where the younger generation exclusively serves the older generation.
Right now, in our culture, this generational selfishness has already manifested itself in drastic ways. When a child comes along who interrupts a would-be parent’s plans for life, we kill it. When a child doesn’t learn the way we think they should, we medicate them. Now certain organizations are trying to make it legal to grow fetuses like crops to harvest for stems cells for our own use. This is only what is going on now too, I haven’t even gone into what some foresee in the future.
I say all this because birth control, not just contraception but all attempts to dominate the womb, is not an issue of theology, or even just morality, we are talking about losing our own dignity and freedom. To assume control over the womb is to assume control over, and potentially wipe-out, all God-given chances for renewal. Our children are here to fix our mistakes, improve on our successes, and challenge our ways. When the next generation has lost all power to change us, when we enslave our own children from birth for our own selfish wants, what hope is left for humanity.
This article has a much darker tone that I usually post, but I can’t of anything funny about this. What I can say to end this on a lighter note, is that there are still many who have the faith to follow God at His word. I am proud of every family I meet that has chosen to live as God commanded. I experience great joy when I meet a family who still feels that every child is a blessing. Not only that, but the blessing of God are made obvious through their families. In today’s world, I believe those who leave the womb in God’s control are living saints.
Original Article - Contraception of Our Own Humanity