From: MarkA 

On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 07:01:19 +0000, H Dickmann wrote:

>
> "Ray Fischer"  wrote in message
> news:46036321$0$14089$742ec2ed{at}news.sonic.net...
>>H Dickmann  wrote:
>>>
>>>"MarkA"  wrote in message
>>>news:pan.2007.03.23.03.49.12.521900{at}nowhere.com...
>>>> On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:07:22 -0700, skyeyes wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Mar 22, 7:47 am, "H Dickmann"
 wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Tell me about social progress in 20 years from now
when 30% of women
>>>>>> chose never to have Children.
>>>>>
>>>>> Newsflash:  not all women want children.  Not all women *like*
>>>>> children.
>>>>> It's funny, if having children is so bloody wonderful,
why does the
>>>>> rate
>>>>> of childbirth go down whenever and wherever women have access to
>>>>> higher education and personal choice?  Do you think women are
>>>>> intended to be nothing but baby machines?
>>>>>
>>>>> Why do you want to force women to have children they
do not want?  Do
>>>>> you
>>>>> realize how messed up such children are?  Do you
realize that there
>>>>> are already 6.5 *billion* people on this benighted
planet already?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Catholics do not believe that there is any limit to how many people
>>>> the Earth can support.
>>>
>>>Not correct,
>>
>> No, it's pretty much correct
>>
>>>If you want to limit the worlds population start with poor countries
>>>where people deliberately have a dozen children so they have someone to
>>>support them in sickness and old age.
>>
>> The Catholic church is opposed to limiting the number of children.
>
> Must be the reason why they promote natural family planning. It's not
> perfect but it helps limiting the number of children.
>

They promote NFP because they recognize that people want SOME control over
their reproductive biology, even if they are not supposed to use barriers
of chemicals.  I have to admit that I have never understood why the method
was so important.  If you want to control your chances of getting pregnant,
what difference does it make whether you are checking your cervical mucus,
or inserting a diaphragm?

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MarkA
(still caught in the maze of twisty little passages, all different)

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