You've read
on our INFO
page
about how NFP is better than
contraception for your body. In the long run (eternity, that is), the
effect on your soul and marriage is more important. God
invented
sex and He
wants us to use it chastely and responsibly, and stop imitating the
pagans (Rom. 12:1-2). And, the effects of the sexual revolution
(powered by contraception) have been significant on
marriages, families and society. We were warned, as you'll
read below. And the warnings were right...
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General
moral, Non-Denominational, and miscellaneous religious stuff
on the subject of NFP and contraception
Contraception
and YOU
 Birth Control and
God's Will For Our
Lives
Larry
Bush tells it like it is. Short,
non-nagging, and uplifting.
The Guy Page "Gimme one good reason to
do this NFP
stuff." OK, here it is, fellas. No sports metaphors, just plain talk
about sex and love.
Contraceptive Emotional and Personality
Damage
in Women. A look at true feminism and society, and what
contraception has done to it. And who is this Edith Stein
anyhow?
Man to Man:
Johnathan Harris looks you in the eye and tells you what NFP, love, and
life is all about. Ignore the "Christian man" salutation, this is for
everybody.
Contraception
and society
Mother
Theresa,
who
ran an effective NFP program in India, dissed Bill and Hillary Clinton
in this speech about life, love, and NFP at the National Prayer
Breakfast. " We cannot
solve all the problems in the world, but let us never bring in the
worst problems of all, and that is to
destroy love. And this is what happens when we tell people to practice
contraception and abortion."
Don
DeMarco's
Contraception and Being A Person
is philosopy "for dummies" that has a fascinating recounting
of
Richard Strauss' opera, The Woman Without a Shadow
, about
trashing the gift of fertility. Life
Issues,
which has the article, is a pro-life site
that covers more
than anti-abortion with much thoughtfulness and no ranting.
Prophecy Fulfilled
Back in 1962, one of the experts warned us about what's
going to
happen in the brave new world if contraception is accepted.
First Things Contraception Symposium
on the 30th anniversary of Humanae Vitae. Nine Protestant,
Catholic, and Jewish thinkers were asked if Pope Paul VI was right.
Long, heavy; but good.
The
Abortion Connection
Does
The
Pill Cause Abortions?
from Randy Alcorn
Ministries. A PDF
file that looks nice printed. Very thorough, scientific, and long (now
115 pages, yikes).
Sometimes people don't believe until they see tons of footnotes, so
here they are.
Contraception and Abortion by Janet
Smith. Why you can't be pro-life and think contraception is OK.
The Sin of
Onan turns out to be contraception, when you think about it. (Yeah,
we know what the nuns in grade school told
you.) This is from the Homiletic & Pastoral Review. Pretty
heavy,
but should satisfy the theologians among you. Good for a sermon, too.
Other
Religions
LDS (Mormon) teaching:
"....it is contrary to the teaching of the Church
artificially
to curtail or prevent the birth of their children...."
Dr. Joseph Stanford has shaken things up (again) with an article in
Times and Seasons called "Are Sex and
Procreation Connected?".
He also writes in First
Things about Sex, Naturally.
Here's more on the
LDS teaching from First Presidents, Prophets and Apostles.
Islam and
Family Planning
They pretty much agree with us, as
far as we can tell.
This is all we've been able to find so far.
MISCELLANY
The
"So
You
Think You Know Everything About Sex" Test in
a 2 page printable format so you can pass it out in your
Confirmation class, bible study, confessional or health fair. Or, try
it yourself.
A Chastity
Manifesto The Couple
to Couple League's 7 step plan for world domination. Planned
Parenthood messed up their turn (two generations), now it's
ours.
Theological Miscellany
where we keep our short clippings, sound bites, news
flashes, and flashes of inspiration.
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Contraception
in the Bible
The Bible and
Birth Control
: two good essays from scripture. See why dozens of Protestant
theologians were against it,
and passed laws against it in the USA.
Holy Scripture: What Does it teach
us About Contraception Listen to a short talk by Steve
Habison of the GIFT Foundation. (RealAudio or WMA)
Contraception
in the
Bible
quotes chapter and verse for you.
Here's a good article on the
early Christians (latest date, 417AD) whose advice is still
up to
date.
Contemporary Christian
Thoughts
"Preconceived Notions"
is a short challenge to the contraceptive ideas of
our society. An excerpt from
"Open Embrace" published in Christianity
Today.
Woman
to Woman: Living NFP will give the ladies much food for
thought.
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We've
segregated out
the following Catholic sites although NFP doesn't mean "Not For
Protestants". Catholic teaching is that contraception
violates
natural law, which
applies to everybody. So, have a look unless you have a real problem
with Catholicism.
The Early Church
warned against the kind of stuff that went on in the Roman
Empire. Kind of like what goes on today.
The Church
teaching on contraception is pretty well summed up here, all two
millennia of it.
Catholic
Mind has
"Contraception is Creeping Death" and a bunch of other articles on NFP,
marriage, population, and such.
...then it
continued with the encyclical Casti Connubii (On Chaste Marriage),
which in 1930 addressed "modern" sexual abuses: abortion,
contraception, eugenics, and the crazy idea that abstinence was
"holier"than sex. A short version which sums it up
pretty well is here. And the
whole 9 yards is here.
(The background on the Vatican site is hard to read.)
Humanae Vitae Encyclical
of Pope
Paul VI, and the short summary with historical
background.
Hey, you've heard about it, why don't you read it?
Humanae
Vitae: A Generation Later
Dr. Janet Smith discusses
the results of contraception and dissent from the Church's teaching.
The Truth of Humanae Vitae by Karol
Wojtyla. Name sound familiar? He went on to write the "Theology of the
Body".
Deus Caritas Est
What's
the German Shepherd writing about lately? God is "passionate" about
us?? Whoa.
Catechism
of the Catholic Church in case
you'd like to search
for "contraception"
Heavier
stuff for the theologians and preachers
Catholic
Mind has
"Contraception is Creeping Death" and a bunch of other articles on NFP,
marriage, population, and such.
Contraception
and Catholicism by Charles
E. Rice. OK, you want a really
long one? Here it is.
Contraception and
NFP: Explaining the Difference
Another HPR article. Have a hard time explaining this to your flock?
Yourself? Patrick Norris can help.
For medical professionals
Catholic
Doctors and Contraception
Practical advice on how a GP should deal with the tough
issues
of conscience vs. the contracepting world
A
Doctor Rejects Contraception
EWTN has this anti-abortifacient article in its
pro-life
collection. Hippocrates would be proud.
Miscellany
One More Soul
has articles and info on everything.
But if you've gotten this far, you've probably read most of
'em.
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