----- Original Message ----- From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 2:06 PM Subject: Re: Contraception and Wedding Nights Re: science Vs religion
> At 10:03 PM 11/8/2002 -0800 Doug wrote: > >o cite just two examples: A 1992 Gallup poll showed that 80 > >percent of U.S. Catholics disagreed with the statement "Using artificial > >means of birth control is wrong." And a 1996 study conducted by Father > >Thomas Sweetser for the Parish Evaluation Project found only 9 percent > >of Catholics who consider birth control to be wrong." > > Of course, there are difficulties with simplifying the issue to a poll > question. > > For example, my answer to the question: > "Do you belive that using artifical means of birth control is wrong for > Catholics" [Yes] > > is different from my answer to this question: > "Do you believe that using artificial means of birth control is > intrinsically evil?" [No.] > > and additionally, I wonder how people who would answer "yes' to the second > quesiton would answer this question: > "Given that the Catholic Church has said that couples may regulate birth by > taking advantage of the female's cycle of infertility and fertility, do you > believe that altering this cycle is intrinsically evil?" > So whats worse? Taking the pill against the Popes will? Or having a complete hysterectomy due to the damage done from having too many children while using the rhythm method? xponent Loaded Question Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
