Tonight’s planned material includes: Contraception.You can get more information at http://andrewtallmanshowethics.blogspot.com.
Links:
A Brief History of Church Teaching on Contraception
Theology of the Body by Christopher West (And other Articles)
Contraception: Why Not? by Janet Smith
The Case Against Contraception by W. Patrick Cunningham
Why Not Contraception by George Sim Johnston
The Case Against Contraception by Rachel Miola
A Critique of the Culture of Contraception by Chris Brown
Quotes on Contraception
A Full Quiver Book on Large Families by Rick and Jan Hess
Pandora's Pillbox Conference Tapes at One More Soul
Humanae Vitae by Pope Paul VI 1968
Castii Conubii by Pope Pius XI 1930
Populorum Progressivo by Pope Paul VI 1967
Griswold v Connecticut 1965 USSC Case
Roe v Wade 1973 USSC CaseNFP book
Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler
Pharmacists refusing to fill prescriptions by Washington Post
Under-Population, Not Over-population Real Problem by UN
Rude "When Are You Having A Baby?" Question by Dear Abby
Debate Over "Deliberate Childlessness" by Albert Mohler
Under-Population Worries Baptist Leader by Bob Allen
Pro-C: Contraception and Abortion Twins? By Wayne Jackson
Pro-C: Catholics for Contraception by Catholics for Choice
Pro-C: Christians and Contraception by Bart Garrett
Pro-C: "Full-Quiver" Theology Appeals to Race by M. Torre
Pro-C: Inconceivable: Couples Refusing Kids by V. Shodolski
Pro-C: HappilyChildFree.com
1 comment:
These were some of the questions that came to mind as I was listening to your show yesterday. You may not have time to address them here, but you might bring some of them up on the air the next time you are on this topic.
Would you see anything wrong with a Christian praying, “Lord, I am going to use contraceptives, and in so doing, I will be giving You the opportunity to do a miracle by bringing about conception”?
If you were debating pro, and later con, on the topic of contraception in a setting where only non-religious reasoning was allowed (some sort of college debate team setting, perhaps), would you find it easier to take the side that you actually do endorse?
My father came back from a trip to Colorado a year or two ago and said that bark beetles had really stripped the forests. If you see God having the role of determining whether conception occurs in the human sex act, do you also see Him determining just which beetle eggs will hatch? Or does God only involve Himself when the organism is Homo sapiens?
Do you believe that God micromanages human conception to the point where He determines which embryos will have trisomy 21 (Down syndrome)? Does He dutifully increase His percentage of such embryos based on the mother being more advanced in age? What reason might He have for doing that?
Would you advise married agnostics, Muslims, Hindus, and other non-Christians (perhaps living in the U.S., perhaps not) to avoid contraception, just as you do when the couple is Christian?
If it can reasonably be foreseen that a couple will need public assistance money to raise a child, do you still advise against contraception?
The IRS in our country gives income tax deductions for a taxpayer’s dependent children. I presume you are in favor of continuing that policy, but do you think the dollar amount that the IRS is granting is too high or too low?
The world population is around 7 billion. This may be unreasonable for me to ask, since it requires assuming lots of things, but I will ask you anyway: What do you see as an ideal world population?
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