> From: JDG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 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!
Don't forget figs. Dog hates figs. > >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. Children are parasites. Some species eat their own 'children'. > >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. Proving yet again that science always trumps religion. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
