I'm just on my way back down to London on from Hull on "Hull Trains". Last night I spoke to the Hull Faith Forum about why the Church's teaching on contraception is right.
Internet access was not been good on the train on the way up so this is just a short "proof of life" post. When I get back to London, I'm off over to Clapham Park to talk to a group of priests about the apostolate of Catholic blogging. In the late afternoon, I'll be attending the launch of "Worship as a Revelation" by Laurence Hemming.
Vodafone modem just changed from blue (3G) to green (2G) so I'll just get this posted if I can and be back online later.
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I know Hull has a bad reputation, but I think people can safely assume you are still alive without you having to prove it!
Hope to see you later - Happy Birthday
Could you please clarify and say the Roman Catholic church's teaching on contraception as opposed to the Church's? Happy Birthday!
Until the early 20th century, it was not only the teaching of the Catholic Church but of all the Christian Churches. That began to change with the decision of the Lambeth Conference in 1930 to which Pope Pius XI responded with Casti Connubii.
Fr. Tim, the Lambeth Conference and Pope Pius XI have nothing to do with the Orthodox church. This issue really bothers me, again, the vast majority of men (and women) should not be procreating. They lack the education, and economic stability, and emotional and mental stability to be doing so, and they use sex as a drug. They should most definitely be using contraception. And many of these people were raised in the Catholic church and somehow unprotected fornication seems appropriate to them. To me it seems to be the most idiotic thing in the world one can do with their life.
As far as I am aware, the Orthodox Church considers contraception to be immoral.
Fornication - whether "protected" or not is immoral. One of the reasons that people have learned to use sex as a "drug" much more widely than before is the promotion of contraception and the contraceptive mentality that makes sex something purely recreational and nothing to do with procreation.
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