tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576985008275511255.post1942695463200796098..comments2024-03-24T12:20:39.636-04:00Comments on Lindsay's Logic: The Effects of a Contraceptive MentalityLindsay Haroldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13094965953749825163noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576985008275511255.post-4501422371276904662017-11-27T12:45:30.506-05:002017-11-27T12:45:30.506-05:00I have just found your site and am looking forward...I have just found your site and am looking forward to reading further but just to say on this subject that I agree with your statement that the Bible does not tell us not to prevent conception for a time, for an unselfish purpose consistent with a couples submission to God in marriage, a husband's duty to protect his wife and family or a wife's duty to submit to her husband. But I believe that contraception is invariably sinful, so that prevention can only come from a decision to abstain. S Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576985008275511255.post-56427134715002740892017-08-20T07:00:18.249-04:002017-08-20T07:00:18.249-04:00You're so right,Lindsay! I'm impress, I be...You're so right,Lindsay! I'm impress, I believed evangelicals where pro-contraception.. it's so good to hear that some are not :) (I'm Catholic) God bless you!<br /><br />JoséAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576985008275511255.post-29853293475185107432017-01-29T20:18:12.837-05:002017-01-29T20:18:12.837-05:00I believe the sin of Onan has been misinterpreted....I believe the sin of Onan has been misinterpreted. The problem wasn't that it was a one-time act of placing sperm outside a woman, but that Onan didn't ever plan to get Tamar pregnant, thus refusing to provide for her. I don't believe the Bible teaches that a couple can never try to prevent pregnancy for a time as long as they don't cause the death of any children that have been conceived. But a contraceptive mentality that views babies as an intrusion instead of a blessing and views the sex act as being sterile instead of meant to give life is wrong.<br /><br />I have written about Onan's sin on my other blog:<br /><br />http://therationalabolitionist.blogspot.com/2015/04/no-sperm-are-not-people-and-stop-using.htmlLindsay Haroldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13094965953749825163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576985008275511255.post-24287475386457496362017-01-25T15:20:48.124-05:002017-01-25T15:20:48.124-05:00The correct logical and theological conclusion is ...The correct logical and theological conclusion is that contraception is immoral and your essay makes that point really well by enumerating the effects of using contraception (despite saying it isn't inherently immoral). Contraception is an affront to God's intention that sex be for procreation; the use of contraception turns the marital act into mutual masturbation. In a biblical context, there is evidence that God does not approve of contraception and finds it a sinful act. See Genesis 38:9-10 (sin of Onan) and those New Testament passages that condemn sexual sins. Sometimes it seems that married couples believe that they get a free pass when it comes to sex when in reality we have a responsibility to practice chastity and continence. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com