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Four words from the Pope could have the greatest effect per effort of any act on our environmental problems: "You can use contraception." It won't solve all pr
by spodek 5y ago
Four words from the Pope could have the greatest effect per effort of any act on our environmental problems: "You can use contraception."
It won't solve all problems, but it will help a lot.
There is plenty of scripture he could call on to justify it. One, for example, is that the prophecy of having as many descendants as grains of sand on the beach couldn't have meant all at once, because we wouldn't all fit. Decreasing the chance of that many descendants undermines the prophecy.
Italy's low birth rate means Catholics are using birth control anyway, so people have figured it out.
- WC3w6pXxgGd 5y agoDo you apply this same logic to Islam or just to Catholicism?
- thinkingemote 5y agoA contrarian point of view would be that it's modern capitalism, consumerism and individualism (that supports contraception, abortion, divorce, etc) that has caused the climate emergency. Thus opposing the things that consumerism supports also helps fight for the environment. For most people doing this is harder than not and people will protect their investment.