tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11538131.post114574474417189145..comments2023-11-11T06:44:14.098-08:00Comments on Living In The Bonus Round: Condoms for Catholics? Well, Yes. Er, No.Steve Schalchlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08151100118640317860noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11538131.post-1145864433319661942006-04-24T00:40:00.000-07:002006-04-24T00:40:00.000-07:00In the olden days they believed that babies came f...In the olden days they believed that babies came from sperm and that women were just baby ovens. (Thus the rule about not letting your seed touch the ground.) This could almost be seen as a predessor to the pro-life movement. Every sperm is sacred, every sperm is great... when a sperm gets wasted God gets quite irate.<BR/><BR/>They believed that sperm were little babies just waiting to happenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11538131.post-1145825259181870402006-04-23T13:47:00.000-07:002006-04-23T13:47:00.000-07:00According to the church condoms, along with IUDs a...According to the church condoms, along with IUDs and even RHYTHM interferes with God's plan for procreation, so all are verboten. Catholics aren't supposed to engage in sex which doesn't have some possibility of producing a new life. (I guess after menopause, you get to have sex because you've already paid your dues--and if God wants you to have a baby at age 70, he'll find a way, so long as Bev Sykeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16794928133704720689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11538131.post-1145824207178879392006-04-23T13:30:00.000-07:002006-04-23T13:30:00.000-07:00What's clear is that the RC has taken a VERY extre...What's clear is that the RC has taken a VERY extreme position on condoms, which makes no sense since it's not remotely the kind of issue discussed anywhere in the Bible. That they would take such a hard line makes absolutely no sense to me at all, especially given the lip service they pay to the sacredness of life. Their policies kill. This is what happens when people become fanatically religiousSteve Schalchlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08151100118640317860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11538131.post-1145818484077503182006-04-23T11:54:00.000-07:002006-04-23T11:54:00.000-07:00Wow, I had no idea.I mean, I've gotten kind of use...Wow, I had no idea.<BR/><BR/>I mean, I've gotten kind of used to the idea of being labelled "intrinsically disordered" and have started to wear it with pride.<BR/><BR/>But I'd no idea the Catholic church was so against something that could save so many lives!<BR/><BR/>That's appalling.Christine Bakkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14262976600427879137noreply@blogger.com