menageriekeeper
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You have some references for me Paul, or am I going to have to google?
But my point stands, they may have had such things, but they didn't work consistantly or effectively or in such as way as to not cause an abortion. (with perhaps the exception of the condom, I understand those have been around longer than just the last century but I can't prove it)
Oh, and not all Christian's think that way. I know of several who just take whatever comes their way and if that is how they want it and they can support them all, I certainly don't have a problem with it.
But, to say that I've bought into some philosphy that I've never really heard of, is pushing things a bit. What I've bought into is the history of no birth control in my own family and the terrible consequences upon the children (14) that my grandparents brought into the world with few means to support. Perhaps a few of my mother's stories about eating nothing but turnips for weeks on end and going to school in the winter barefoot or with shoes that the holes had been patched with cardboard, might give you a little perspective. Or how about you just take a trip south of the border and take a look at all those babies living literally in the dumps because their parents have been told that BC is a mortal sin.
Personally, I believe that God gave the technology for BC at just the time that man needed to use such. One thing man has absolutely is multiply and fill the earth. What do you suppose will happen when the population of man outgrows the earth's ability to provide sustenance? Which is the worse sin: to stop conception before it happens or allow the child to be born only to suffer from starvation and disease and die before it is 5 years old?
But my point stands, they may have had such things, but they didn't work consistantly or effectively or in such as way as to not cause an abortion. (with perhaps the exception of the condom, I understand those have been around longer than just the last century but I can't prove it)
Oh, and not all Christian's think that way. I know of several who just take whatever comes their way and if that is how they want it and they can support them all, I certainly don't have a problem with it.
But, to say that I've bought into some philosphy that I've never really heard of, is pushing things a bit. What I've bought into is the history of no birth control in my own family and the terrible consequences upon the children (14) that my grandparents brought into the world with few means to support. Perhaps a few of my mother's stories about eating nothing but turnips for weeks on end and going to school in the winter barefoot or with shoes that the holes had been patched with cardboard, might give you a little perspective. Or how about you just take a trip south of the border and take a look at all those babies living literally in the dumps because their parents have been told that BC is a mortal sin.
Personally, I believe that God gave the technology for BC at just the time that man needed to use such. One thing man has absolutely is multiply and fill the earth. What do you suppose will happen when the population of man outgrows the earth's ability to provide sustenance? Which is the worse sin: to stop conception before it happens or allow the child to be born only to suffer from starvation and disease and die before it is 5 years old?