----- Original Message ----- From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 7:11 PM Subject: Contraception and Wedding Nights Re: science Vs religion
> At 06:21 PM 11/8/2002 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote: > >> >Given that sex is a vital part of a wedding night, I think most couples > >> >will want >99.9% (rather than a mere 75%) chance of being able to have sex > >> >on their wedding night... :-) > >> > >> Is it really all that significant when the couple have been sharing board > >> and bed for the past year? > > > >But what about the cases in which they haven't? And would those be more > >likely, statistically speaking, to want to use NFP rather than other > >means of contraception anyway? > > You mean like, oh I don't know........ if the bride and groom are both > practicing Catholics??? ;-) > > And I will say that no, at least as far as I have been taught, sex on the > wedding night is not necessarily important. For one thing, both the groom > and especially the bride may be completely stressed out by the events of > the day, and it may also be already getting pretty late. I've been told > that it is not uncommon for the couple to wait until the morning of the > next day to consummate their marriage, after spending the night chastely in > each other's arms for the first time. And of course, if the couple is > Catholic and practicing NFP with intent to avoid conception, they may > choose to wait as much as a week before consummating their marriage - in > the meantime they may be exploring a few of those steps of intimacy before > intercourse that they had mutually decided to refrain from before marriage. > > Oh, and there certainly are a great many Catholic couples, especially in > this day and age of marrying in your late 20's or later, that are prefectly > happy to role the dice of contraception on their wedding night. > Of course OTOH, most catholics ignore the Pope and his edicts as a matter of course. I do not know a single Catholic who uses any form of birth control other than "The Pill". And this includes people who one would describe in all other ways as "devout". So I think you need some extra adjective in front of catholic for Johns statement to be more accurate. But what John says is true in a dogmatic sort of way. xponent Catmatic Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
