> From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > The Fool wrote: > > > > > From: Damon Agretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > Here's what I picked up from a Catholic friend... > > > > > > The reason why birth control is not accepted by the > > > Catholic church is because of the belief that sex is > > > to a) bring a man and a woman closer together and b) > > > allow life to be created, which is seen to be as a > > > gift from God. By using something that prevents > > > fertilization (like a condom), you are denying the > > > gift God gives to you. Other forms of birth control > > > usually prevent the fertilized egg from embedding in > > > the uterus, and is by default an abortion (Catholic > > > theology believes life starts at fertilization, and to > > > deny implantation is akin to an abortion). > > > > Never trust s Popist (or any Jeeb-O-Phile): Politician, Military Officer, > > Judge, Bureaucrat, Doctor, Or Nurse. They will put the Pope--or that > > book written by schizophrenics--over the law and constitution every time. > > I'd actually more readily believe that the folks refusing to dispense or > prescribe birth control pills (which was what started the thread) were > not Catholics, but fundamentalist/evangelicals.
I mentioned the Jeeb-on-a-Stick-O-Philes. > And how did JFK do as President, in your opinion? Some people say he had Marilyn killed. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l