(August 7, 2018 at 11:43 am)pocaracas Wrote:(August 7, 2018 at 11:20 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Just an FYI, the second thing you said (bolded) is not true. You can certainly have sex with your spouse without the purpose/intent of conception lol. I did it for years (though bitterly regretting it now, it wasn't immoral). That is why NFP is widely taught and advocated in Catholic circles. So that married couples can learn their infertile weeks of the month and enjoy intimacy during that time when they are trying to avoid pregnancy.
The actual philosophy behind it implies that the purpose of sex is for procreation alone, with pleasure being a means of encouraging that procreation. It is from this philosophy that church morality comes.
It is true that the Church will turn a blind eye (and even encourage) such family planning methods, for it is well known that humans mostly have sex for the pleasure it provides, not thinking so much about the procreation part.
There is no blind eye lol. The belief is that the purpose of sex is for both procreation AND unity between spouses. This means the act itself must not be artificially altered as to render it sterile, AND that it must be an act of self giving love between spouses. But couples may absolutely skip sex on their fertile days and have sex on their infertile days as to avoid pregnancy.
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