Moral Dilemma - Contracepting

[CoffeeCatholic]

??? Who said it WAS news? LOL. Just a comment in the conversation.

 

[Mrchatsworth]

Do you think artificial birth control for contraception is Holy and in accordance with God’s Will?

 

[Annie]

Yes, sometimes people ask a question that is for the reader to ponder, not necessarily to answer online. I assumed you had set up an appointment to discuss your use of ABC, so I asked the question to get you to think more about the [apparent] context.

 

[CoffeeCatholic]

Hmm… your assumption was wrong then!

(Perhaps worded differently I would have realized you putting something out there that wasn’t actually meant to be answered.) We probably shouldn’t assume anything online (or texting!). Thus, the use of emoji’s help a bit in that department!

 

[CoffeeCatholic]

I’m really not even sure your comment deserves my time… it’s coming off as a bit rude and presumptuous.

I simply stated that when I was having a discussion with a priest about contraception once, I brought up a situation that made him pause, ponder, nod a couple times and then we went on to discuss something else. I was pondering it as well.

Anything people want to assume from that is really more based on their (your) own personal experiences and what you are reading into it… even though it’s not there.

Your comment -

Do you think artificial birth control for contraception is Holy and in accordance with God’s Will?

This comment and assumption is a bit over the top.

 

[Annie]

Yeah, sometimes it’s hard to figure out which one to use Esp. when they give it a name that doesn’t match what I thought it was

 

[Mrchatsworth]

It wasn’t a comment, it was a question. Can you answer it? What is your position on artificial birth control?

 

[Anicette]

If you’re done having children, contraception is your only option. I think the Church needs to open up more involving this.

Certainely not!

And it is a problem. We can feel strongly that we don’t want children anymore, and try to achieve this desire, but in a catholic marriage we are never “done” having children until the fertile years are over.

PS. Do i think contraception is moral? In many situations, absolutely.

So you are not the right person to advise someone on a Catholic forum for a catholic answers.

 

[Annie]

for women it isn’t just about contraception: it can be about issues with heavy menstrual cycles, fibroids, mood swings, etc.

When taken for medical reasons, medicines which are also contraceptive are used morally.

It is when they are taken for contraceptive reasons that they are immoral.

 

[Busyfather]

[Mrchatsworth]

“It isn’t a balancing act. There is no balancing act with sin. None.”

I can fully accept that only from someone who has never sinned, ever!

 

[JMMJ]

with driving a wedge between you and your wife and not concerned with driving a wedge between you and your Creator?

Probably because he has four kids he is responsible for and he is afraid of his marriage breaking up.

 

[Busyfather]

Rigidity is not the problem. The rules that God gives us are not just dry prohibitions, they are meant to teach us about Him and about what He intends for us.

I sounds like rigidity is the problem. It leads to penetration, reciprocation, ejaculation, insemination, procreation, gestation, contraction, expulsion & finally jubilation and celebration.

The procreation part is the pricey one and to be objectively avoided when a family is complete. I’m suffering the same conflict now.