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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 12:16:35 -0500
- From: Mark Beirne Lively <ml5a+@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Subject: Re: Science and god: Are they incompatible? If so, why?
- In-Reply-To: <1ef16kINNobt@gap.caltech.edu>
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- Excerpts from netnews.alt.callahans: 19-Nov-92 Re: Science and god: Are
- .. Abner J. Mintz@wag.calte (777)
-
- > Michael says:
-
- > > "To be fair, they're hardly saying that people should go
- > >around having unprotected sex. Their line is that the main point of
- > >sex is procreation within a monogamous marriage, and that sex which is
- > >_not_ directed towards that is sinful.
-
- > Abner blinks, looking startled. "Wait a minute ... If sex not directed
- > towards procreation is sinful, then does the Catholic Church officially
- > oppose sex after the wife hits menopause?" After considering a bit, Abner
- > is sure that he would have heard about any belief that silly. Still, that
- > means there must be a flaw in the logic chain somewhere. "If the Catholic
- > Church *doesn't* oppose sex after the woman hits menopause, how would they
- > make that consistant with sex being sinful if not aimed at procreation?"
-
-
- Obout the after menopause and the use of the rythem method. Both are
- allowable because it is still possible for a child to be born. There
- are at least 2 bible stories where a child was born after the woman was
- too old. So there is a possiblity that a child could be born if it was
- God's plan without too much difficulty or trouble onhis part. With the
- rytem method there is the same arguement. That the cycles are generally
- evenly spaced but it is a relatively common occurance for the timing to
- be off(at least thats What I was told in sex ed many years ago)
-
- -I remember the the glory days when we sat with the king.
- Dining on meh yams and washing it down with red rum.
- ML5A@andrew.cmu.edu Bear aka the Lord High Rulebender
-