Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Artificial Contraception - Why Is It Wrong?
THE CATHOLIC KNIGHT: It's one of the more 'inconvenient' teachings of the Catholic Church, but all Christians would be wise to remember that prior to 1930, every single Christian denomination in the world taught that artificial contraception was immoral and a sin. It just so happens that the Catholic Church is the only one that didn't change. One by one, all the Protestant denominations caved in, and here are the results...
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The best way to cut off the head is to break up the United States so that it can't project its culture of death around the world. The United States is the heart and soul of the satanic NWO.
Agreed and agreed.
The New World Order is the pipe dream of high-ranking American and European Freemasons. It is opposed by Russia, China and Iran. While these opponents are unsavoury to say the least, one can at least understand why they would oppose a worldwide Euro-American hegemony.
The heart of the New World Order is in Washington DC and New York City. In fact, these two metropolitans are one in the same, as they are joined at the hip. Their power originated in the American Civil War, and it was their victory in that war, that allows them to plunder the world's resources while exporting every sort of vile perversion imaginable, starting with artificial birth control, which is their staple for corrupting other societies.
What keeps Washington and New York in power is their continual domination of the Christian South (Dixie). Their greatest resource of military manpower comes from the South, as Dixie continues to sacrifice her sons an daughters in a never ending bloodbath of Yankee imperialism. Break Washington and New York's hold on Dixie, and you shatter the American Empire, along with all the wicked immorality it exports to the world.
The best piece I have ever read on this subject is called "In 1968 something terrible happened in the Church" by By Cardinal James Francis Stafford
This is long but it is a must-read if you have not done so already:
http://tinyurl.com/59bqkj
Luciana
"NWO" - most people don't know that Planned Parenthood was the "baby" of Margaret Sanger, an early 20th century woman who pushed birth control, eugenics, etc. One of her things was to "eliminate" Catholics, "Negros", Jews....HITLER was a BIG FAN and used her theories/ideas for his Nazi campaign!!!! PEOPLE NEED TO WAKE UP TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD'S PAST!!!!!!!!! Sanger must be having a good 'ol laugh from the grave over OBAMA, A MINORITY - PUSHING HER "BABY"!!!!
I agree Sir Knight, Catholics and Protestants didn't have a contraceptive mentality in the early 20th century. My father's Catholic parents, aunts and uncles had large families as did my mother's Protestant parents, aunts and uncles. Large families were the norm then but now contraception is the norm and abortion considered acceptable. I have even seen a bumper sticker that read: "Children are an STD".
I hope The Vortex program you linked enjoys a wide audience because most young parents today don't seem aware that the use of chemical preparations and other man-made devices to prevent conception are wrong and damage the family. I remember when the contraceptive mentality entered my extended family. It was in the 1960s when my shocked grandparents related to my father that one of his recently married cousins was taking the pill. I heard of it when my father came home and told my mother. They couldn't understand her making such a decision.
My father's young cousin did know Church teaching and chose to ignore it but I very much doubt her children (now in their 40s) and grandchildren know what the Church teaches in this regard. I have only heard one homily where a priest (a foreigner) taught that using artificial means to prevent the conception of children was wrong.
This was almost 20 years ago and there was evident unease among the congregation (shifting on seats etc) and sadly the topic was not repeated or expanded upon in later homilies.
It seems that many church going Catholics don't mind hearing that murder (but not abortion) and theft is wrong because they are not murderers (as commonly defined) and thieves but they don't want to hear that taking the pill and procuring an abortion is wrong, presumably because they have themselves indulged and/or supported their children in these behaviors. If only priests would stop catering to feelings and teach the whole truth to their parishioners as they are meant to, and then relieve them of their sad burdens in the confessional.
Luciana, thank you for that link to “In 1968, something terrible happened in the Church”. I hadn't read it before and found it very interesting. It is a long read when comments are included but reading it all is very worthwhile - a valuable piece of Church History, providing a window into what happened when truth was stood on its head and how it happened. I hope many read it.
Clarification: My comment before last was based upon my experience in Australia and may not be applicable to US Catholics. I have just read that: "Seven states sued the Obama administration Thursday over its requirement that employers cover contraception in workers' health plans". http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203960804577241880603975016.html
That so many are standing against the HHS mandate there means that US Catholics can be in no doubt that the Church opposes artificial contraception, although not necessarily knowing why. What a great opportunity your bishops now have to unpack Humane Vitae for their people. I hope they do for your sake and for ours since the western world follows the US.
Ah, Humanae Vitae. The bane of pro-contraceptives groups. As Blessed John Paul II said, "The right to life is the first of all rights. It is the foundation of all other rights."
If prior to 1930, all denominations opposed contraception, what happened in 1930 that left the Church almost alone in opposition?
Anonymous,
You asked, "If prior to 1930, all denominations opposed contraception, what happened in 1930 that left the Church almost alone in opposition?"
Nothing happened in 1930.The period 1930 to 1960 was one generation. It was the children born around 1930 that would in the 1960s find themselves in a very different world to their parents and many subsequently embraced the pill and the contraceptive mentality.
The parents of the 1960s had been born during the Great Depression or at the beginning of WWII. They weren't spoiled by luxuries in their childhoods but when they reached young adulthood, new and growing prosperity promised their heart's desire. Self-sacrifice waned and correspondingly fewer children were desired. The pill was invented and the rest is history.
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