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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]More sophistry and evasion.  I'll answer your question after you answer mine.  It's a yes or no question: do you have any support for your apparent certainty that you know God's intentions, other than other people's certainty that THEY know God's intentions?  
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Yes.  I already gave my support:  my will, my intellect, and authority.  These are the same supports you have for your position, because you are a human being, as I am.

Now, if you believe there is no such thing as absolute truth regarding human sexuality, then the fact that the conclusions you draw from your personal will, intellect, and authority are different from mine should not trouble you at all.  We all get to write our own rules.

But I bet you DO believe there is absolute right and wrong human sexual behavior.  You are probably not a fan of Sandusky, or molesting priests, or statutory rapists, or cheaters.  You don't give them a pass because they fervently believe they are fulfilling their sexual desires.  And you use your will, your intellect, and an appeal to SOME authority to say those sexual behaviors are just plain wrong.

So in regards to separating the unitive and procreative aspects of sex:  either it is right or it is wrong to do so.  If you were to take a poll of all of humanity who has ever lived, the position that it's A-OK would be in the vast minority.  But the truth is the truth even if no one believes it, and a lie is a lie even if everyone believes it.  The truth transcends a vote.

So why, then, am I sure that my position is correct?  First, because it is logically consistent and coherent.  Second, because the evidence supports it.  And third, because I accept the authority of the Church, because I believe in the Incarnation.

Now, you can use your free will to reject my supports.  You can disagree with the logic, reject the evidence, and deny the authority of the Church.  You are free to do so.

But the fact that one of us is right and one of us is wrong still stands.  Assuming there is right and wrong regarding the nature of sex.

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So by the same "logic" and "evidence" do you refuse to ingest artificial sweeteners, because it's morally wrong to separate the gustatory and nutritive aspects of eating?

And if it was really morally wrong to separate the "unitive and procreative aspects of sex" then why would it be morally ok to use the rhythm method?  Rates of unanticipated pregnancy while using condoms properly aren't really all that different from the rates using rhythm method properly, so why is one method of trying to avoid pregnancy better than another? [/quote]

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