Conservative
Repent, America!
artificial birth control (e.g. condoms, diaphragms, cervical caps, intrauterine devices, oral contraceptives, patches, sterilizations, spermicide (only), sponge, and injections) is always immoral and unnecessary.
everything that God created has a distinct and unique purpose to itself for the benefit of all of creation. From the trees, to the elements, to the metals, to the animals; each thing of creation has its own purpose and these things are also a part of a community of things purposed by God for the betterment of the whole, and, ultimately, the salvation of humankind. In other words, all of these distinct and unique things created and purposed by God are ordered to glorify Him.
Concerning the purpose of conjugal love (sex) – it was created by God for procreation of children and the well-being of spouses in marriage. Therefore, sex outside of marriage always violates the purpose for which the body and sex were created and ordered by God.
Likewise, artificial birth control is immoral because it inveighs against the natural order God’s design. It is unnecessary because God has already ordered the natural means for spouses to manage the size of their family and the frequency that they will bring new children forth.
It is difficult enough for us to always honor the purpose and order of those things truly created by God, but at least if we take the time to consider their Creator we might be able relearn and recommit ourselves to use what God have given us rightly.
For when we truly trust that God is Holy, we simultaneously trust that the purpose and order of things that He has made are also holy.
So what does it mean that artificial birth control is not a part of the natural order; meaning that it was not created by God?
The first answer to this question leads to three logical conclusions. (1) The first thing it means is that artificial birth control has no divine purpose or order; (2) That is does not have a divine purpose or order means that it is not ordered to God; that is, it is absent His protective grace; (3) Because artificial birth control does not have God’s protective grace means that it is harmful to His creation.
http://www.davidlgray.info/blog/201...icial-birth-control-is-immoral-and-unnecessa/
everything that God created has a distinct and unique purpose to itself for the benefit of all of creation. From the trees, to the elements, to the metals, to the animals; each thing of creation has its own purpose and these things are also a part of a community of things purposed by God for the betterment of the whole, and, ultimately, the salvation of humankind. In other words, all of these distinct and unique things created and purposed by God are ordered to glorify Him.
Concerning the purpose of conjugal love (sex) – it was created by God for procreation of children and the well-being of spouses in marriage. Therefore, sex outside of marriage always violates the purpose for which the body and sex were created and ordered by God.
Likewise, artificial birth control is immoral because it inveighs against the natural order God’s design. It is unnecessary because God has already ordered the natural means for spouses to manage the size of their family and the frequency that they will bring new children forth.
It is difficult enough for us to always honor the purpose and order of those things truly created by God, but at least if we take the time to consider their Creator we might be able relearn and recommit ourselves to use what God have given us rightly.
For when we truly trust that God is Holy, we simultaneously trust that the purpose and order of things that He has made are also holy.
So what does it mean that artificial birth control is not a part of the natural order; meaning that it was not created by God?
The first answer to this question leads to three logical conclusions. (1) The first thing it means is that artificial birth control has no divine purpose or order; (2) That is does not have a divine purpose or order means that it is not ordered to God; that is, it is absent His protective grace; (3) Because artificial birth control does not have God’s protective grace means that it is harmful to His creation.
http://www.davidlgray.info/blog/201...icial-birth-control-is-immoral-and-unnecessa/
