At 12:44 AM 8/11/2004 +0000 Alberto Monteiro wrote: >JDG wrote: >> >> ... and until the scientific discovery of ovum >> and sperm, there probably wasn't much theological difference between >> abortion and contraception. >> >I _think_ I read somewhere about roman condoms, made of some >animal internal body parts. I don't know how effective they were. And >there were anti-conception herbs.
Yes, but if you don't know that an "ovum" and a "sperm" exists, and rather think of things in terms of "seed" and "soil" - it can be easy to imagine why a theological distinction between abortion and contraception never really developed. JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l