Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:Ailiailia wrote:
I suggest you take the word "pro-life" out of the OP.
Nanatsu I think was raised Catholic, but there's lots of atheists and also lots of pro-choice folks on NSG. For many of us, the thoughts that come to mind when hearing the word "catholic" is 1. Rapist priests, 2. Opposition to abortion and contraception, 3. The Pope has a Twitter account.
Indeed, I was raised Catholic and as a former Catholic I do see the Church's policies on contraception and abortion to be, well, prehistoric. I can understand the whole stance on abortion (it's a religion thing), but contraception? Not at all.
There's nothing wrong with being a responsible adult. If you're not ready to be a parent, contraception is the wise choice.
Its like the Catholic Church hates stress relief (no masturbation or premarital sex, along with a really negative attitude towards abortion and items that would effectively prevent the need for abortions in the first place). Or non-violence. Doesn't lack of sexual release correlate with an increase in violent activity?
Its a fucking conspiracy. [/sarcasm]
But seriously. I'm fairly sure that its been shown that a lack of sexual release causes a rise in violent tendencies...
Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:The Free and Just Republic of Freedomol wrote:I don't believe you uderstand the point of relogion. if you believe that going against your religion will result in eternal suffering, you're going to be prepared to do neaely anything to avoid that.
I fail to comprehend how, a God that is describe as a god of love, would condemn his creation to eternal suffering for being responsible or for disagreeing with the edicts of men.
This is part of why I can't see any logical reason to believe that there is an eternal Hell.
Nightkill the Emperor wrote:Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
I still fail to understand how a god of love can, in the same breath, condemn the very creation Christians claim he loves, to eternal suffering. He's either a god of love or not.
Why would he punish a married couple that uses contraception? Is there a fair reason for said punishment?
As I believe Stephen Colbert said,
"You see to Catholics, sex isn’t two drunk strangers getting their freak on at closing time,” he said. “It is the mystical union of two people inspired to create new physical life while God adds a soul in a divine and ineffably beautiful three way. So when you use contraception, you are not only sinning, you are cock blocking the Almighty."
This is soo getting sigged.