(August 5, 2015 at 3:41 pm)Javaman Wrote: On a side note, my wife and I are an infertile couple (well actually it's just me) and both of our children were conceived through IVF.
The teachings with regards to IVF of your beloved Church piss me off. If a Catholic ever suggests to me that my beautiful, amazing boys are the sinful byproduct of immoral and illicit acts, or that we are somehow a lesser family, I will punch them square in the nose.
This is just one of the many things about the Catholic Church that make me greatly appreciate Minimalist's sig.
*technically 4.92 yrs old, but we're already planning the birthday party, so I'm calling him 5.
Yeah, I don't think too many Catholics really give two shits what the church may say on the subject. My wife is a Catholic, albeit extremely lukewarm, and we went through IVF twice.
Catholics can be strangely defiant about church doctrine yet still stubbornly refuse to part from the church.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
