church versus contraceptive use
By glay22
@glay22 (512)
Philippines
August 18, 2008 2:52am CST
there has been an issue nowadays regarding the church's move to stop contraceptive use among couples. They also want congress to disapprove the bill on contraceptive use. what is your stand on this? is the church reasonable enough? how about the country's issue on poverty and overpopulation?
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6 responses
@joyadalia (1408)
• Philippines
18 Aug 08
The Church does not help the families who have more children to take care of and yet they are against contraceptives. That's more inhumane because the children are allowed to live but they are living miserably. It would have been best if they were not born than suffer in poverty.
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@glay22 (512)
• Philippines
18 Aug 08
hi joy, yes, that's my point.. i guess its more of a sin when parents are not able to support their children, not being able to send them to school, no proper shelter and good clothing. Hope the church would understand that parents do have a responsibility to their children.
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@rmuxagirl (7548)
• United States
21 Aug 08
My church doesn't have a issue with contraceptive use among couples. We see it as what the couple wants to do to help chances of not having children is their decision not ours. We also believe that if a couple needs to look to science for help in having a baby ie. IVF, then they need to do what they can to have the child they want.
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@mizzJhaded (244)
• Philippines
4 Sep 08
Our church fight against contraceptive but they don't help our couples..they don't even give seminars so that couples would understand them..they just say that they're against it...
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@magojordan (3252)
• Philippines
15 Sep 08
I think that being closed minded on this issue really doesn't help and that's what the church is doing. They keep on telling that it's a sin but wouldn't it be a more grave sin if they allow families just to grow and make them all suffer because they can't make ends meet? I think that it's about time that the church reconsider their stand on contraception.
@glay22 (512)
• Philippines
11 Dec 08
nowadays, there are a lot of incidences of annulment and divorce, because marriage didn't work. The children are much affected of the dysfunctionality of the family. Coz here in the Philippines, usually, when the girl gets pregnant, the guy is obliged to marry her, That's the real picture.
Now, on the other scenario, if we bann contraception, we must first see the status of families in the squatters area, the dumpsites. They always give birth and got nothing to feed their children. Would we allow this to happen for the next generations to come? 
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
13 Dec 08
Contraception should not be banned. It should even be encouraged where a couple is not ready or willing to have children that they want to take care of and love. Children need caring responsible parents.
Today marriage is not viewed as a permanent arrangement. People rush into marriages and then regret their decision. Unfaithfulness is common. God is left out of the marriage. Marriage is threefold arrangement (God, husband, wife).
Education on responsible relationships and marriages should be part of family training.
@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
15 Sep 08
I think the use of contraceptives is a personal decision that the couple would make and that everyone else should mind their own business. I do not see any commands in the Scriptures that forbid the use of precautions, except any contraceptive methods that would kill and egg once fertilized (now it is a life). But I do remember, 'that we should provide for our family or we are worse than those with no faith.'
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
15 Sep 08
Making love is not only for procreation but also for closeness and intimacy between marriage mates. It would be unwise and unloving to bring children into this world that one could not responsibly care for.
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@lovelyvelle (639)
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11 Dec 08
Even if the church would stop the contraception the couple are mature enough to handle things they should plan how many kids they can have because they are the ones who knew their limitations how many they can feed and provide their children's needs as well, such as education, clothing and other things. I would say the church is not reasonable enough, they don't see what's the consequences of those people who have too many kids and end up suffering in the streets.
