Trooperman said:
TV's Frink said:
Serious question now...if this is the case (and it does make sense to me, btw), what do so many religions have against birth control?
Well, it introduces something man-made and artificial into the sex act, which is natural, which makes it less about sharing with another person and more about self-gratification or mutual masturbation.
I've had lots of sex with condoms, while it is always nice to be in a monogamous relationship with someone you know and trust and can toss the condoms and use some other form of birth control with nothing between you, sex with condoms is still sharing something really incredible and pleasing with another person. I've had plenty of sex that was purely self-gratifying with women I've had no feelings toward, but the self-gratifying aspect of it had nothing to do with the prophylactic between us, but everything to do with the attitudes one of both of us had before the act took place.
Looking back on the best, sharing, and most loving sexual experiences I've had, I can't even remember if a condom was used or not. In the end it isn't important (in that aspect) and has zero bearing on any of that.
Trooperman said:
Antibiotics are moral because they save people from disease, which is good.
Condoms save people from disease too! So how are they immoral? In fact, antibiotics run the risk of "super germs" and are totally meddling with the body's natural immunity functions. Condoms just create a barrier preventing/minimizing contact with potential infections baring body fluids. I feel like antibiotics are much bigger offenders at changing the natural way things are suppose to work.
Think about it- through the millenia, why have different peoples from completely different backgrounds, livelihoods, times, and social status turned to God if He didn't exist?
Because the world and the universe is an incredible and complex thing, and up until relatively recently, "magic" was the best answer people could come up with to explain it.
A WIZARD DID IT!