It's not a popular topic on this board because most Christians are guilty of overusing it. There was no widespread use of contraception when the Bible was written; that is why there is not much about it in the Bible. But there is some, and there are moral principles that must be considered. Contraception and abortion are twin evils of the same root and it takes serious study and prayer to find out why the Church is so strongly opposed to both. Bottom line: they generally undermine the sacred bond of the family, and contribute to the destruction of society. Further moral decay from these twin evils has led to euthanasia, or doctor assisted suicide because human life is not considered sacred in a growing number of countries.
Attacks on marriage, properly understood, are commonplace. So are efforts to protect the sanctity of life de novo. Campaigns against genetic engineering are similarly condemned. Benedict sees this as the work of the “spiritual power of the Anti-Christ.”POPE EMERITUS BENEDICT XVI SOUNDS OFF
Hi. Uv made some excellent points.
It isn't a popular subject cos i think we've probably all done it and that experience makes us too subjective to honestly interpret things
U referred to The Church and im guessing it's the RCC. One of the best things about being with the RCC is the CCC
Whenever i have this type of question i refer to the Catechism. I don't know if Protestant churches have Catechisms?
The Catechism gives us the interpretation of scripture. It puts everyone on the same page which prevents schisms
It addresses topics that the bible has no answer to. And it prevents people being blinded by their subjectivism to incorrectly interpret scripture
Both contraception and abortion promote promiscuity. It takes the responsibility away from the people having sex
Before you had to be careful cos of the risk of pregnancy.
Women were much more conservative cos they had to be sure they were picking a good man.
And so when man and woman united it was something much more precious, it was deeper, it had more meaning
Now sex is cheap. Both sexes sleep around which lowers our pair bonding abilities.
The more people someone sleeps with the harder it will be for them to sustain a relationship. High divorce rates are evidence of this
So contraception and abortion in society has only served to destroy the family unit