Go back about 50 years and you'll see that Catholics and Protestants stood shoulder to shoulder on the issue of the use of contraceptives during sex. The Catholic Church remains intransigent on this issue, but it seems that most mainline Protestants no longer speak out on this issue. It appears that they have abdigated this issue as one that is personal and requires no censure from the pulpit. This brings up a few questions.

1. If the moral issue of contraceptive use can be recategorized as a personal issue that the church cannot speak on, what trend does this set for other personal behaviors?

2. Is there any significant corner of Protestantism that still speaks boldly and expressly on this issue, not by just having it encoded in their platform, but actively opposed from the pulpit?

3. As the late Blessed John Paul's encyclical on the Theology of the Body beautifully illustrated the Catholic Church's position on contraceptives, can Protestants also form a compelling argument on which once again take a stand against the proliferation of contraceptives?

Also posted on:
http://forum.bible-discussion.com/s...st-Contraception&p=342932#post342932
http://www.lds.net/forums/general-d...ts-against-contraception.html#post597423

Last edited by via_dolorosa; Mon Jun 06, 2011 10:37 AM.
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