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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ilaine who wrote (2607)	10/25/2000 5:55:45 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

Why isn't taking an antibiotic "against nature"? Or forecasting weather using satellite imagery? Or launching a probe into space? Aren't we thwarting God's will in the same way? If God wanted you to get pregnant, does the Pope think that a silly little thing like contraceptive devices will get in His way? C'mon.

To: Ilaine who wrote (2607)	10/25/2000 6:17:13 PM
From: TigerPaw	Respond to of 28931

the laity most ignore the teachings of the Church This is the topic where it is most apparent that the church uses dogma to rationalize a secular goal, the increase in the number of little church members. To indicate that it is alright to use a supposidly foolproof rythem method which avoids conception but it's not alright to use a barrier is an obvious case of talking throught both sides of his holiness' mouth. TP

To: Ilaine who wrote (2607)	10/25/2000 6:37:41 PM
From: donjuan_demarco	Respond to of 28931

"It's also supposed to keep women from being exploited as sex objects. I think this is the topic where the laity most ignore the teachings of the Church." Yes, the church is very good at keeping girls from being exploited as sex objects. Now, with respect to boys, it is another story ....

To: Ilaine who wrote (2607)	10/25/2000 8:12:55 PM
From: E	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

Only a nutcase would ask of themselves and their mate that they engage in sex for the "purpose of procreation" but not for the simple, straightforward and natural purpose of achieving sexual bliss together. It is a sick, controlling, benighted idea. It's like something out of the Dark Ages. "Allow for the possibility of conception"? Rhythm is to trick God by eliminating the possibility, then? If Rhythm is more reliable at preventing conception than other methods, isn't it allowing LESS for the possibility of conception? More obscenity, in my view. Thermometers. Charts. Mucous. And then if you lapse, or Rhythm fails, no RU486 to keep the fertilized egg from attaching to the uterine wall. Bizarre and scary and sad, to me.