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First of all, a common fallacy that is spread is that Catholics are taught not to enjoy sex.
In 1960, the FDA approved The Pill. By 1968, the use of The Pill had spread to the point where Pope Paul VI issued Humanae Vitae on the regulation of births. The other fallacy is that the Church’s celibate leadership has no, or little, concept of human sexuality.
Human sexuality must – must – be used responsibly. It is designed to produce children. It is not meant to be used as a plaything. In the 1950s, the Playboy Philosophy encouraged casual and frequent sex acts and these articles were surrounded by other articles that identified the magazine as high brow, although its primary selling point was pictures of naked people.
Today, casual sex is common. Love is divorced from the act. Should the act produce a child accidentally, the man disappears as a contributing factor and the woman becomes a free agent who is able to decide to get rid of her problem. Problem is, she did not get pregnant by herself.
Pope Paul VI told men that they would be tempted by ABC, that if they did not restrain themselves they would regard the love of their life less, and there would be more promiscuity. All this has come to pass.
Treating sex irresponsibly, and devoid of love, leads to options that include death for the unborn child. The reason given for most abortions is contraceptive failure. Sometimes, the man tells the woman he will leave her if she doesn’t abort. This is not just a case of choice, coercion can enter into it.
Add to that, easy divorce, and we now have a hook-up culture. Movies that once showed love and romance, now show the man and woman hopping into the sack and becoming a couple, only to find out later that they are with the biggest jerk/loser on the planet.
Dating used to be about looking around, then courtship, followed by engagement, and then, if all parties were still agreeable, marriage. Now, it’s “just sex” - a meaningless act like going to the bathroom.
I was there to watch as people traded true freedom for the freedom to do whatever they wanted. They would bed as many as possible. Today, one in five people in the United States are walking around with an STD. This is better?
We need a return to commitment and responsibility, and a rejection of the idea that you can’t live without a lot of sexual encounters and that your partner of the moment is not deserving of true love since that would take all the “fun” out of it.
A man and woman should grow in trust and love and self-control. It’s not easy but everything in life that is worthwhile rarely is.
God bless,
Ed
In 1960, the FDA approved The Pill. By 1968, the use of The Pill had spread to the point where Pope Paul VI issued Humanae Vitae on the regulation of births. The other fallacy is that the Church’s celibate leadership has no, or little, concept of human sexuality.
Human sexuality must – must – be used responsibly. It is designed to produce children. It is not meant to be used as a plaything. In the 1950s, the Playboy Philosophy encouraged casual and frequent sex acts and these articles were surrounded by other articles that identified the magazine as high brow, although its primary selling point was pictures of naked people.
Today, casual sex is common. Love is divorced from the act. Should the act produce a child accidentally, the man disappears as a contributing factor and the woman becomes a free agent who is able to decide to get rid of her problem. Problem is, she did not get pregnant by herself.
Pope Paul VI told men that they would be tempted by ABC, that if they did not restrain themselves they would regard the love of their life less, and there would be more promiscuity. All this has come to pass.
Treating sex irresponsibly, and devoid of love, leads to options that include death for the unborn child. The reason given for most abortions is contraceptive failure. Sometimes, the man tells the woman he will leave her if she doesn’t abort. This is not just a case of choice, coercion can enter into it.
Add to that, easy divorce, and we now have a hook-up culture. Movies that once showed love and romance, now show the man and woman hopping into the sack and becoming a couple, only to find out later that they are with the biggest jerk/loser on the planet.
Dating used to be about looking around, then courtship, followed by engagement, and then, if all parties were still agreeable, marriage. Now, it’s “just sex” - a meaningless act like going to the bathroom.
I was there to watch as people traded true freedom for the freedom to do whatever they wanted. They would bed as many as possible. Today, one in five people in the United States are walking around with an STD. This is better?
We need a return to commitment and responsibility, and a rejection of the idea that you can’t live without a lot of sexual encounters and that your partner of the moment is not deserving of true love since that would take all the “fun” out of it.
A man and woman should grow in trust and love and self-control. It’s not easy but everything in life that is worthwhile rarely is.
God bless,
Ed
most catholic Churches are open in the day time… If you go There & spend … say something like…more than 40 minutes in total silence with the Lord… you will see things in your life differently… dont have to be Cath You will see things things There you wont see or expeirence anywhere else on the planet…
