At 04:51 PM 8/9/2004 +1000 Russell Chapman wrote: >JDG wrote: >> Is it so inconceivable that maybe - just maybe - they sincerely believe >> that God does not want us to engage in contraception? > >Well, yes - if there's no basis for it. >No scriptures, no tablets handed down from on high.
Come on, surely if God can regulate the eating of crustaceans and hoofed animals, surely he can regulate contraception! >Do they sincerely believe we shouldn't take vitamins? That we shouldn't >have remedial surgery. Why is some meddling with the body to improve >quality of life OK but other meddling not OK? The Catholic Church objects to calling children an impediment to the quality of life. >I was seriously asking how priests got involved in contraception. You >have proven so knowledgeable about the Catholic religion, and been able >to explain much that seemed a mystery to me in the past - I figured >there was a good chance you knew the answer... Basically, since the time of Moses, the clerical class has regulated all sorts of aspects of Judaeo-Christian life. Heck, opposition to abortion goes as far back as Hippocrates, so it is unsurprising that Jews and Christians would adopt it.... and until the scientific discovery of ovum and sperm, there probably wasn't much theological difference between abortion and contraception. JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
