Subject: How about common sense? |
Bible Note: There are very few birth control options that do not have the possibiliity of causing an early abortion. The only ones that are guaranteed not to cause early abortion are those methods that prevent the sperm from ever getting to the egg. This would include Natural Family Planning, barrier methods such as condoms or diaphrams, or sterilization. Other chemical forms work by 1)suppressing ovulation and as a "backup" measure 2) making the uterine wall unsuitable for implantation. Therefore, the "pill" and other chemical forms can not be used with a clear conscience. If you have a "health condition" that requires use of "the pill" (ovarian cancer), I'd hope that a condom would be used in addition in order to prevent the possibility of a fertilized egg from being aborted. As far as birth control is concerned, we should look at the heart, and whether we truly desire the blessings of children that God is giving us. Psalm 127 does an excellent job of describing this. To simply state that children were an asset in a farming community and a liability in an industrial society is to allow circumstances to alter our faith. Here's a new concept...maybe we should adjust *our* lifestyle if we find that the blessing of children makes our current one difficult. Move from the industrial job to the farm. Maybe this is easier said than done, but if large farming families can make it so much easier, then why not? (This is somewhat said in jest because I think there were plenty of large, poor, farming families as well - my grandfather's family in particular). The point that I make is that birth control was invented by a self-centered society and actually promoted by a woman (Margaret Sanger) who was an adamant eugenist. Birth control is an evil perpetrated upon our land by anti-Christian feminists for the purpose of blurring the lines between the traditional roles of men and women established by God, and for the purpose of eliminating "undesirables." For proof of Sanger's disdain of minorities, read her original writings. |