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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The #1 tenet of Catholicism is life, so anything that prevents that is against Catholic teaching essentially. That's also why they have been against barrier birth control (prevents creation of life) like condoms, but rhythm method is OK since it's not stopping life creation.

Where things get dicey I think is the stance on gay marriage. The purpose of marriage is to create life, so that's been the reasons against gay marriage as I understand it. But if that's the reason, shouldn't they also prevent marriage between people too old to conceive? Or infertile people?[/quote]

Considering how much death God is responsible for, the obsession with "life" just seems nonsensical if not hypocritical. But sense and religion are different circles with little overlap. [/quote]
You’re missing the “why”. Life is so important to the church because they want to create as many followers as possible.[/quote]

That is no different from any other religion.[/quote]

Other religions have a lot more wiggle room regarding abortion and aren't so black or white. In Islam, God breaths life into a fetus at 120 days. Yes some people still say you shouldn't abortion before then, but it's more "ok" since a fetus does not have a soul before 16 weeks, Islamically speaking.

Fairly certain there are veins of Judaism that are similar. [/quote]

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