Are you a Catholic who uses borth control?
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Anonymous
I don't have access to parish records--so I can't answer specifically how many. I just know what I see in the pews on Sunday. |
Anonymous
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The church already said the priest was wrong-- how is that missed by the pp. Give it a rest already!
What the church said is right, these issues are private. I a sinner. I sin everyday. But I also know that God expects me to be a sin. He is forgiving and for that I am grateful. I am. It a perfect Catholic-- not even the Pope is because we are all human. I am on with that. I believe God is very ok with that so it really doesn't matter what you think or what the person next to me at Mass thinks. |
Anonymous
| Unless the Catholic church will finance raising all of the kids I would have by not using birth control, I'll stick to using it. It's common sense and I don't really care what my church believes. I believe that I am financially only capable of raising two or three children. I think it would be irresponsible to keep popping them out knowing that I can't afford them. |
Anonymous
What you see is a handful. That is not indicative of what the parish as a whole is doing. You don't need parish records to realize that every family is not the Duggars. |
Anonymous
| A lot of people seem to not count what they did before they were married. |
Anonymous
This. I just can't get worked up over the issue of birth control when the Church was so close to changing its position in the 1960s. I think the position will change eventually and that Church leaders simply do not understand the lived realities of families to think that using contraceptives is evil. It's often a smart, moral decision not to bring more children into the world than you can afford. Having seen other family members who struggled with lots of kids, no thanks! |
Anonymous
| Catholic, using birth control, refrain from communion for many reasons but birth control is not high among them. |
Anonymous
Such is the life a believer. Why do you go to the doctor or hospital? You should be healed otherwise. |
Anonymous
No, I see more than a handful. The Duggars are not Catholic. |
Anonymous
| 14:49, please clarify for me - do you think communion should only be denied when someone's sin is "obvious?" |
Anonymous
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The pope made a mistake when he condemned birth control
It is not mentioned in the bible. Jesus never said anything about it. But he did constantly warn his followers about corrupt priests Sorry, but in our time it is the right thing to do, using birth control that is. |
Anonymous
I understand it is difficult for you to believe, but many Catholics accept this teaching. At my Catholic parish (not in DC metro area) I don't know a single family who uses contraception. Yes, we talk openly about this issue and yes there are hundreds of families. Some of us have no children at all, others have just one or two, and others have many children. Those with Duggar-sized families are really quite rare (in fact, I don't know a single family that large) because the Catholic Church does not say you must have as many children as physically possible; instead it asks that you prayerfully consider your ability to be open to new life, and in those times you are not able to be, you are to use natural means to avoid pregnancy. Avoiding the use of artificial contraception is really not that complicated or difficult, and definitely does not always result in a large family - in fact, for many families it will result in 3-6 children. When I lived in DC, I knew for a fact that about half the parish agreed on this issue and did not use any contraception. Again, family sizes varied because things like infertility, getting married late in life, illness and spousal separation affect Catholics, too. Oh, the other thing I tend to see is many adopted children. Those Catholics who are respectful of the Church's teachings on contraception also tend to be respectful about the teachings on ART, so they are more likely to adopt when faced with infertility. Just my observations. |
Anonymous
| I was a Catholic using birth control until I got married...at which point I could not in good conscience continue being Catholic. I was not about to base my marriage...something I hold sacred, on a bedrock of lies about my intentions. Buy bye. Had a lovely ceremony overlooking the ocean, performed by an ex-Catholic priest. |
Anonymous
I have been Catholic all my life . I grew up in one of the most Catholic cities in America. If you that none of these families are using birth control, you are sitting too close to the votive candles. |
Anonymous
14:49 here. I don't have an opinion as to who should be denied Communion- in fact, I probably would be denied it most of the time myself. I just meant that it was a weak comparison to try to make b/c a priest doesn't know who is using birth control unless that person announces it, which most people do not, at least not at Mass, and who knows, that priest who denied the lesbian Communion very well might have denied me Communion if I told him I hadn't been to confession in a long, long time. The difference is, that priest knew the woman was a lesbian b/c she said so whereas he presumably does not know which of his parishioners uses birth control. Not an apples to apples comparison- that was my point, not debating whether the priest was wrong to deny her Communion (I already said I think he was). |