So, thanks to work, I'm stuck in a hotel abroad watching BBC World. We're in Manila talking about large family sizes and how this is preventing people escaping from the slums, with many even ignoring feeding some of their children to feed the most important ones.
Of course, the Catholic Church is at the heart of this.
Interviewing the local Archbishop, he says:
You need to find a natural way of not having loads of babies e.g. abstinence. So have sex with your wife twice in your life, and that's fine?
Any government that offers free contraception to the poor is a "dictatorship".
If Catholics do use contraception, then it might be ok, depending on what God they believe in. It just depends on their relationship with their God. WTF?
It just seems to be a tacit admission that the teachings are wrong, but they're not going to say it in case they get in trouble with those above them. Office politics on a grand scale. What is worse is that most richer Catholics just ignore these rules because they realise they are stupid and having ten children might not enable them to have a decent life.
I'm sure they'd change their tune if you could get a ten year old choirboy pregnant.
Of course, the Catholic Church is at the heart of this.
Interviewing the local Archbishop, he says:
You need to find a natural way of not having loads of babies e.g. abstinence. So have sex with your wife twice in your life, and that's fine?
Any government that offers free contraception to the poor is a "dictatorship".
If Catholics do use contraception, then it might be ok, depending on what God they believe in. It just depends on their relationship with their God. WTF?
It just seems to be a tacit admission that the teachings are wrong, but they're not going to say it in case they get in trouble with those above them. Office politics on a grand scale. What is worse is that most richer Catholics just ignore these rules because they realise they are stupid and having ten children might not enable them to have a decent life.
I'm sure they'd change their tune if you could get a ten year old choirboy pregnant.
