RE: What do the theists here think about masturbation and porn?
July 12, 2015 at 2:51 am
(This post was last modified: July 12, 2015 at 2:55 am by Catholic_Lady.)
(July 12, 2015 at 2:32 am)Minimalist Wrote: Say 3 Hail Mary's.
That's the going rate, isn't it?
I take it this means you forgive...
(July 12, 2015 at 2:37 am)robvalue Wrote: I'm afraid I'd have to conclude that using the rhythm method is just another form of birth control, although a less robust one.
If the woman is essentially infertile when the sex happens, then there is no intention to create life. I can't fathom how it's OK to get around the rule one way but not another. Sure, it may fail and you might get pregnant, but that's true of virtually all contraception.
Fertility monitoring is a form of birth control, yes.
But the thing to understand is that birth control, in and of itself, is not against church teaching. It's contraception that is against Church teaching, and we define contraception as anything that changes the nature of a sexual act in order to render it infertile.
Simply refraining from having sex on the fertile days, does not do this.^
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