The document ‘
Humanae Vitae’ seems to have been a starting point for his eventual entry in the Catholic Church. Said document seems to be quite beneficial to those who have ears to hear.
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" A huge turning point came just before my wife and I got married. I knew that I’d have to agree that our children, if any, would be raised in the Catholic faith: which meant I had to start a sort of crash course of study, to learn just what I was agreeing to.
One of the items was the Church’s stand on artificial contraceptives. I really, really, didn’t want the Catholic Church to be right about that. Remember, I’d been raised as a nice, normal American.
The key document for that issue was Humanae Vitae. I got the official English translation and studied it. I’m fairly sharp, and my experience with other Christian denominations suggested that I’d find gaps in the Vatican’s logic I could drive a truck through.
I failed. I didn’t find a gap in the document’s reasoning. So, I went through it again. I
must have missed something, I figured. Second time, same result.
I could reject the conclusions of Humanae Vitae, but to do so I’d have to reject ideas like God being real and having created the world. I was not willing to do that: hormonally-addled or not.
So, grumbling all the way, I acquiesced to the Church’s position on artificial contraceptives. Decades later, I’m glad I did — for aesthetic as well as ‘spiritual’ reasons. But that’s another topic.
That experience taught me a respect for the Catholic Church that no other outfit had earned. Eventually, it was a case of 'if you can’t beat 'em, join ‘em.’ "
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Oh yes, ‘
Humanae Vitae’ seems to be
quite the eye-opener for many folks. :harp:
