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Nothing about using alternative methods means you can't still do all the abstinence stuff in addition. I was raised Catholic. The way sex is viewed, and the id

Nothing about using alternative methods means you can't still do all the abstinence stuff in addition. I was raised Catholic. The way sex is viewed, and the idea of Mary being a virgin until death (somehow ignoring Jesus having multiple brothers and sisters...) being added hundreds of years later and requiring celibacy shows a very odd obsession with sex. Not to mention the known history of purposely inventing rules to benefit the Church. Priests children before they were no longer allowed to marry and have sex became Church property.

martin1b 12y ago
Couldn't agree more with Michael. These posts are difficult to read and is the result of a sex crazed society. Regarding comments, my wife and I practice the 'alternative method' and speaking from EXPERIENCE, IT IS EFFECTIVE. In fact, if you look at the numbers, it's more effective than IVF for achieving and 99% effective in preventing. Like all things, you have to understand what you're doing. Also, it is not from the 'word of a celibate man' but is from years of medical research. Here is one (http://naprotechnology.com/ http://naprotechnology.com/). So many of us are so quick to eat genetically engineered food or take contraceptives that may increase our risk of cancer (source:http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/oral-contraceptives http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/oral-contr...) but we aren't interested in a safe approach, which also is (and more importantly) falls into God's plan. If you read Humane Vitae or other church documents on the subject, it makes perfect sense. No really, just read it. It's a short read. http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-vi_enc_25071968_humanae-vitae_en.html http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/encyclicals/docume... The church does not have an obsession with sex. Rather, mankind has the obsession with sex and the church is trying to help us understand it's proper place. Since contraception has been widely adopted in the US, divorce, STDs, rape and illegitimate children has sky rocketted. Very unfortunate, but predicted in the 1960s in Humanae Vitae.

martin1b 12y ago

Couldn't agree more with Michael. These posts are difficult to read and is the result of a sex crazed society. Regarding comments, my wife and I practice the 'alternative method' and speaking from EXPERIENCE, IT IS EFFECTIVE. In fact, if you look at the numbers, it's more effective than IVF for achieving and 99% effective in preventing. Like all things, you have to understand what you're doing. Also, it is not from the 'word of a celibate man' but is from years of medical research. Here is one (http://naprotechnology.com/ http://naprotechnology.com/). So many of us are so quick to eat genetically engineered food or take contraceptives that may increase our risk of cancer (source:http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/oral-contraceptives http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/oral-contr...) but we aren't interested in a safe approach, which also is (and more importantly) falls into God's plan. If you read Humane Vitae or other church documents on the subject, it makes perfect sense. No really, just read it. It's a short read. http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-vi_enc_25071968_humanae-vitae_en.html http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/encyclicals/docume... The church does not have an obsession with sex. Rather, mankind has the obsession with sex and the church is trying to help us understand it's proper place. Since contraception has been widely adopted in the US, divorce, STDs, rape and illegitimate children has sky rocketted. Very unfortunate, but predicted in the 1960s in Humanae Vitae.