Jordan Peterson on Contraception: "D*mn Catholics Were Correct"

[@TheologyoftheBodyInstitute]

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[@waynehajek839]

​@@MythwrightWorkshopVade retro satana. Nunquam suade mihi vana.

[@MythwrightWorkshop]

@@waynehajek839 thanks!

[@cheerfulturtlegirl]

Hi, friendly comment here from a Protestant lol. I have heard Catholics mocked for this my whole life, whether from the secular world or even from other Christian groups. When I was growing up, it seemed as if most people viewed contraception as a normal part of life. My situation is a bit unique. I was still a virgin when I put my faith in Christ and God quickly put on my heart that sex is meant for marriage. So I have never been on birth control by the grace of God. I still always figured I would probably use it if I married though. Then in the past few years I have really learned more about Biblical femininity and design. I have learned to actually value the differences between men and women. I have seen how God made both complimentary and that feminism has caused huge changes in society. I have heard women talk about how the pill has been harmful to them and that it can even cause an abortion. I have become so against the pill, but that has also made me question contraception in general. The more I think about it, the more I realize society has been taught to hate things that are natural. It is natural and beautiful for pregnancy to be the natural result of a loving marriage. Of course not everyone is able to have children, but being open to that is a blessing from God. So while there are some in my life who still view contraception as harmless, I have no problem admitting that I believe the Roman Catholics were right about this. I am truly grateful that God protected me and that I never used it. If I marry someday, I want to be open to having children. They are a blessing from God, not a curse.

[@jacksonhayes9850]

God bless you

[@yeetoburrito9972]

I'm in a similar boat :)

[@TheZealotsDen]

Perhaps consider if they were so adamantly right on such an important moral concept, what else could or are they correct about?? Food for thought

[@VaticanToo]

Ah! “The camel’s nose under the tent.” And so begins the journey home….

[@EpoRose1]

The beginning of Dr John Bergma’s journey into the Catholic Church was when he and he wife were looking for information about family planning without using contraception, and his father suggested “the Catholics.”

[@catholicmurph7707]

I had a bilateral salpingectomy (complete removal of both fallopean tubes) after my second child. Deep down, I always wanted a big family, but I had become convinced by the world that it was a selfish and foolish desire. So, after my second, I made sure I'd never be able to have another. A less than a year later, I rediscovered my faith in Christ and came back to the Church. Now, I live every day knowing exactly what I did and exactly why it was wrong and how I cheated my children out of siblings and how I made my willful "no" and the defiance of my Beloved God a permanent mark on my body. Thank you for explaining all of this so well. I hope and pray that many women will see these videos and not make the same mistake I did. God bless you.

[@hunterkarr5618]

Thank you for your humility 🙏

[@nicolamustard7232]

I'm so sorry for the lies you were told, and the resulting pain you experience. Thank you for sharing your testimony. If you need, go to confession and find peace. 🙏🏻🕊️✝️

[@simonslater9024]

Please watch the warning or illumination of conscience by Christine Watkins. Then Following Padre Pio. Always ask your guardian angel to help you and to communicate with your family’s guardian angel’s. God bless. Ps look up the book Prison to Praise by Merlin Coruthers.

[@simonslater9024]

Please watch the warning or illumination of conscience by Christine Watkins. Then Following Padre Pio. Look up Prison to Praise by Merlin Coruthers. God bless. Ps always ask your guardian angel to help you and to communicate with your family’s guardian angel’s

[@baseballmomof8]

God bless you ma’am. Isn’t God’s Mercy and His forgiveness awesome?

[@declancooney1029]

MAKES US SOOOOOOOO PROUD TO BE CATHOLIC

[@Celeste-dp5ur]

@@declancooney1029 ah yes, pride, that very Christian value

[@roeseldelgado]

@@Celeste-dp5ur fair play

[@JudithSanchez-ht6jn]

I only support abortion can cause the mother life and she can have more children but if the child if close to born I think me I will risk my life. Outside of that there no excuse to abort because there many way to avoid get pregnancy. Not excuses for abortion.

[@jonathanfairchild]

@@Celeste-dp5urnot what he meant and you know it.

[@Celeste-dp5ur]

@@jonathanfairchild i know, I was just being facetious...

[@MrsYasha1984]

The first thing where i had to concede that 'the damn catholics were right!', and quite in those words! Was on the matter of contraception. I had problems on the pill. It was not good for my body, but my Gyn did not believe me. So i stopped taking those things on my own, and still wanted a contraceptive. So i tried the copper iud. That thing was very, very painful for me, my body rebelled. In the end i gave up and we tried NFP. It was great learning about my body! I was so miffed to use the 'christian method', because i spent quite some time arguing with christians and defending the pill... heh... weird times. It was the first wall to crumble for me. Still took many more years for me to return to the Lord, but that happened in 2021. Now i don't think i know better anymore, i've been proven wrong too many times and i'm happy to try to be obedient to Mother Church

[@whimsicalaubrey1413]

Beautiful testimony! I am a convert too 🥰

[@Electric_]

The truth about contraception was hard to accept when I learned about it, but I couldn’t disagree with the Church’s stance. Even from a non-Catholic angle it makes perfect sense (using contraception is a failure to accept the other in their entirety). That said, over 10 years into being Catholic and doing NFP with my wife I feel bad for all the people out there who don’t know what they’re missing by not getting contraptions and pharmaceuticals out of the picture.

[@janed811]

Welcome home! ♥️

[@peaceandjoy2568]

Happens to all of us. We chafe at some Catholic teaching and after life has taught us a lesson we realize "The Church was right after all."

[@karmar22able]

It's Father God you need to be committed to.

[@manny75586]

Turns out 2000 years of practice taught us something.

[@oliverclark5604]

The roman catholic position on thinking mind/reason and having faith/heart until Pope Francis was contraceptive as not "of one heart and mind" (NIV Acts 4:32).

[@sk00k]

Practice makes perfect

[@eoinMB3949]

Strangely enough this was the catalyst that brought me to the Catholic Church. I was protestant but seemingly out of nowhere, i started to ask myself "If i get married will i use contraception?". This question disturbed me because i felt uneasy about doing this, i felt something was "off" about contraception. So i asked my pastor and got the most wishy washy, evasive answer you could imagine, he wasnt direct and clear on the issue. So then i spoke to a catholic friend and he was very direct and clear, absolutely not, was i to use contraception. And i was at peace with that answer. And looking back this was the first domino to fall and its what brought me to catholicism

[@campion04]

You’re very lucky your Catholic friend was firm. Wishy washy pastors aren’t a unique phenomenon exclusive to protestants.

[@megred7364]

In September 2022, I was convicted about taking birth control. I had been on the pill for 15 years. I had no idea it was immoral and couldn't understand why I was being convicted. It wasnt the first time but this time itstead of squashing the conviction, I started to do some research. I was appalled with what i found and immediately repented and stopped taking my birth control. In September 2023, my husband and i welcomed a beautiful little girl who has been such a blessing to our family and this September we start OCIA! It has been an unexpected whirlwind of a journey and God is so good!

[@sueseelie]

Thanks be to God 🙏🏻

[@heartofpuregold]

God bless you how lovely

[@supersaiyaneevee1573]

Congrats on the new baby! And hope you enjoy your OCIA classes. If needed, look into Natural Family Planning, specifically the Creighton method. Brings you closer with your husband and you will learn so much about your body that you will be upset that this isnt taught in schools to all young girls.

[@userxyz64]

Convicted by whom?

[@vfxtutswithdan1893]

@@userxyz64 And convicted of what?

[@Irisgomesjmjfaith]

Hello, fellow Catholics. Could i ask for prayers to save my marriage and my husband's spiritual and psychological healing. I also need a job badly. Thank you in advance.

[@baseballmomof8]

Will do.

[@Irisgomesjmjfaith]

@@baseballmomof8 thank you

[@andrewpatton5114]

What's your name?

[@Irisgomesjmjfaith]

@@andrewpatton5114 Iris

[@stephaniechan4714]

Just said a prayer.

[@Jesussavioursonofgod]

Fellow Protestants and Evangelicals, here's one area we ought to concede we can agree with Catholics on. God is a God of Life and children are a blessing.

[@PerlaKyraYasmine]

judgmentcallpodcast covers this. "Contraception: D*mn Catholics Correct."

[@JoanPrzada]

The world thinks the Catholic Church is behind the times . Its actually ahead of the times...to quote chesterton. Some days people will see this with abortion too and same sex marriage

[@JoAnnFuir]

I sure hope so! 😊

[@carolinpurayidom4570]

I don't know about same sex marriage but abortion definitley

[@MrSkeltal69]

​@@carolinpurayidom4570 What do y'all mean, are you really saying that killing chidren will be normalized? I refuse to believe that with all my heart.

[@McRingil]

@@carolinpurayidom4570yeah it’s hard to see anal sex is degrading

[@Kevin-sr8yx]

Truth is not temporal. If something is right, it cannot also be fashionable.

[@CristianaCatólica]

GOD BLESS HIS ONE AND ONLY CATHOLICH CHURCH ✝️

[@firangele8094]

Amen, 🙏🙏🙏

[@karmar22able]

They have hung on to some aspects of the truth 🙏🏻, but retain a lot of idolatry. Take care ✝️

[@Najmille]

Catholic means universal don’t ever forget that the body of Christ aka the church is all of us who believe in Christ we’ve built to reflect it 🙏🏼❤️ (I’m a catholic myself)

[@QuantumEffectResidue]

It's very simple, it's the oldest and first Christian denomination. But let's face it Satan infiltrated it a long time ago and broke it up in a different factions; that's basically what happened. I think now that a lot of Catholics have seen this and are trying getting all of these unbiblical ideas out of the church and that's what we needed.

[@Meraikie]

AMEN🌹➕

[@lety2467]

Yup, they’re turning the frogs gay

[@jessehermann7266]

AJ was right

[@lilianacotedebejarano5423]

@@jessehermann7266 not only frogs

[@Will-ge7ri]

Frog here. They did, in fact, turn us gay.

[@psychedelicdivinity2872]

@@Will-ge7ri😂

[@RGTomoenage11]

😂😂😂😂

[@2196logan]

I wish I had known a lot of this when I was younger. Please if you are young listen to this, otherwise, you will find yourself where I am, and wishing you had listened to this. Master yourselves now while you can. seek God while you still can. It's hard to find God and to master yourself when you are old.

[@cristianm7097]

There is no God.

[@Truthseekingcatholic]

Im in my 50s and used the pill for so many years. I didnt learn what the pill does, how it kills life until a month ago. I never really cared until I converted 6 years ago. God forgive me.

[@katdunn7934]

Cradle Catholic here. 55 years old. Only went on the pill a short time to help with heavy periods in my late 20s. About 3 months total. I stopped because I didn't like taking pills. I had no idea what it did to babies if they developed, until last year! I was so shocked, and I pray I didn't kill my own baby in my womb unknowingly. I asked God to forgive me after apologizing. I also asked if there was a child I unknowingly killed in my womb, that he or she forgives me and said I'm sorry. Boy, have we women been fooled!

[@adrianaansaldi9248]

We have been fooled, they sold the pill on the 60’s first to marry couples and Rockefeller went to talk with the Pope to try to convince him to liberate the anti contraception stance but the Pope said no. They then strategically sold the pill as “ never an abortion again”. So if we all have contraceptives abortion would disappear. We bought that too. All lies and it’s good we are talking about this things. Now I tell you that not only Catholics advice to keep yourself for marriage, other religions do to so I guess is a common sense. We go against nature when we don’t follow the Divine order and women are so detached of their biological imprint, sex leads to reproduction potentially and that is the purpose of it. It’s a mandate to reproduce and of course God made it pleasurable if not humans would not exist if sex would be painful. But love, sex and reproduction should be a combo, and everyone would be happy. We have natural methods to space up children too.

[@studentteacher987]

Speak up to others about it…share your experience with those close to you. Help.

[@savinggift158]

That’s the thing there is an information leaflet that gives you how they work but you shielded your eyes

[@savinggift158]

@@katdunn7934This info has been out there for decades in the public domain and I know longer believe women who say they didn’t know . They didn’t want to know. It’s an inconvenient truth that can wreck a marriage or relationship.

[@MM22272]

100% I remember in youth it seemed like teenage girls on contraception became very promiscuous and provocative, even aggressive and certainly careless, throwing their software here and there in the hopes of getting some hardware , but always coming your way depressed and without self-esteem. Their behavior basically taught me that women regard themselves as pleasure objects and not persons worthy of respect. Meanwhile, when I would go to mass, I always wondered why we would never hear that the resulting behavior was bad all bad or controversial. Aren't the priests and bishops supposed to be shepherding people with their words and warning them against such mortal sins?

[@francikoen]

Men were promiscuous even before contraception.

[@hunterkarr5618]

We were talking about this the other day. Great question! I don’t have the answer tho and could see a slippery slope

[@francikoen]

Men were promiscuous before contraception. #DoubleStandards have ruined the credibility of the Catholic clergy.

[@karmar22able]

The Bible makes clear that sin is sin. It's all the same. The Bible is above the church. Obey the Bible, not men. That is idolatry ✝️🙏🏻

[@francikoen]

@@karmar22able You clearly have NOT read the entire Bible. You just parrot the talking points your protesting Protestant pastors quote for you. The Bible explains there are sins that are deadly and sins that are not deadly. "If any man see his brother sin *a sin which is not unto death,* he shall ask and He shall give him life, for those who sin not unto death. *There is a sin unto death.* I do not say that he shall pray about it." (1 John 5:16) And the Catholic Church gave us the Bible in 382 AD at the Council of Rome. So the Church has authority over the Bible. The Catholic Church decided which books and letters and documents to include as Holy Scripture... and which documents to exclude. In fact, *the Bible says "the Church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth."* (1 Timothy 3:15) I bet your protesting Protestant pastors have never quoted those Bible verses for you. You protesting Protestants push your Bible Alone... but you don't read the entire Bible and you don't study the whole Bible and you certainly don't understand the whole Bible. You just regurgitate your vain Protestant man-made traditions of objecting to everything Catholic.

[@rebeccazens1564]

As much as people misunderstand or hate to admit it, Catholic teaching always ends up being right

[@oliverclark5604]

The roman catholic position on thinking mind/reason and having faith/heart until Pope Francis was contraceptive as not "of one heart and mind" (NIV Acts 4:32).

[@Peace-bwu]

​@@oliverclark5604Pooe Francis has been getting a bad rap. As much as Trump, but from the right as well. Watch Blue Collar Catholic. You'll have so much better and accurate information.

[@Kevin-sr8yx]

Always?

[@oliverclark5604]

@@Peace-bwu Thanks for this reference to "Blue Collar Catholic". In God, I can and must keep in uncertainty of my belief the inseparability and qualitative equality of my giving better and accurate information from my procreation gift mind and my need of union of my heart identity to withstand the extreme tensions of groomed occult as hidden, incest connected as substitute mate, separation of my and others "one heart and mind"

[@catherinebracy4332]

@@oliverclark5604 Please add some punctuation marks or something, I can't even decipher your comment.

[@geromeraccosta7769]

Been praying for a convo between JP and CW for a ling time now. In God's time.

[@holeymcsockpuppet]

I have been studying our modern problems since 2012. Psychology, sociology, early childhood development, s3x/sexuality, genetics, neurology, psychiatry, technology, love, marriage, dating, and relationships. All of our problems start in 1960 (except 1). The Pill set it all in motion.

[@461weavile]

​@Profit_is_Theft Is it lack of intelligence or ignorance? Perhaps you could begin to rectify that problem by insulting less and demonstrating more.

[@Celeste-dp5ur]

The real problem is our fallen human nature, which has been like that way way before the 1960s. The solution, of course, is in Jesus. But gaining the mastery of our God-given desire without the loving power and unfailing resource of Jesus is extremely difficult and almost impossible, and for a person who is away from Jesus, it just isn't of interest, because serving your own self always ends up as the priority. The Pill was the unGodly ticket to 'getting away with it' . Only, when we disrupt His plans for us and think we, the creature, knows better, all manner of things go wrong, as you said.

[@oliverclark5604]

The roman catholic position on thinking mind/reason and having faith/heart until Pope Francis was contraceptive as not "of one heart and mind" (NIV Acts 4:32).

[@rekindlefitness]

I'm a new Catholic, and this is the first video I'm seeing from this channel. So glad the KZbin algorithm recommended it!

[@bethanyparrish9279]

Welcome home to the catholic church!! The theology of the body can light your catholic faith ablaze! It's amazing! Keep digging into the content of the Theology of the body institute! It'll change your life for the better xx

[@CatholicSpartan]

Eventually with the help of the Internet and the spread of good information it will be more obvious that there is only one true religion.

[@hunterkarr5618]

Interesting idea. I keep wondering about that too. Am I naive?

[@karmar22able]

Yes, the Christian faith ✝️

[@QuantumEffectResidue]

Catholics and Protestants are the only facets of the Christian church that accepts the trinity. As an artist I can tell you this, if it wasn't for the Catholic church we wouldn't have all this Christian art from hundreds of years ago.

[@jackieo8693]

Yup, Catholics are getting the Word out!

[@jackieo8693]

​@@QuantumEffectResidueor even the Bible

[@mariemorrison6278]

Such wisdom from CW. And JPII should be a Doctor of the Church for giving us the Theology of the Body.

[@oliverclark5604]

The roman catholic position on thinking mind/reason and having faith/heart until Pope Francis was contraceptive as not "of one heart and mind" (NIV Acts 4:32).

[@ahilinsalazar5061]

Before Theology of the Body there was Humane Vitae. Thank you pope St. Paul VI & JPII.

[@RanMouri82]

Loving these comments where folks are sharing the beauty of truth in their own lives.

[@alwaysbekindlove]

I’ve been saying this for years. And so has RFK. It is no surprise that we have kids who think they’re women or men they literally could actually be experiencing the symptoms of those hormones. We have to be compassionate because it’s a toxic soup that we fed our children. We are drinking water with all of this toxicity.

[@sleepinglioness5754]

When you think of the number of decades women have been ingesting the bc pill and passing on those 'genes' to subsequent generations.

[@JNKJ_CiK]

I got a clearly filtered water filter which takes out hormones

[@catherinejoule2453]

Oh so having more mouths to feed than you can afford is so much better? Women being mere vessels for procreation? Wake up!!!

[@heartofpuregold]

The artificial hormones in food and all manner of stuff injected into people are ruining them slowly but surely. It takes years for liver to rid the body of all of these things and get back health and strength.Some medications are life saving but many are disguised poisons. Thank God we are wonderfully made to endure many things and He cares for us in sickness and health. He restores who is willing. Like Jesus did bring many back to life, through our faith proper habits and prayer and fasting, we are blessed to have great medical care which is universal. Stress prolonged and unmitigated is still the major contributor to diseases.. regardless but like the saying goes what doesnt kill you makes you stronger.

[@heartofpuregold]

​​@@JNKJ_CiK it does and flouride and other chemicals leach into food chain and water table from farms, factories, stormwater drains and sewers, very good idea to drink that proper filter water and give it to your family. Artificial prescribed hormones do more harm than good in most cases cause a lot of problems amd are hard for body to remove

[@peaceandjoy2568]

Of course the Catholic Church was right. She is the one true Church that the Son of God built.

[@oliverclark5604]

The roman catholic position on thinking mind/reason and having faith/heart until Pope Francis was contraceptive as not "of one heart and mind" (NIV Acts 4:32).

[@Liliana-of7ji]

As long as you leave out the idolatry. Praying to Mary or any other saint is blasphemy according to the Word. 1 Timothy 2:5 ‘For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus,’ 💛

[@gin1740]

patriarchal man-made guygod invented to control people thru war = men for cannon fodder & women = baby makers!

[@chrisver9913]

​@@Liliana-of7jiSola scriptura again and again until kingdom come?

[@Liliana-of7ji]

@@chrisver9913 I don’t even know what u mean by that. All I know is it wouldn’t be wise ignoring the bucket load of Gods word speaking against idolatry. The worst thing anyone could ever hear would be “depart from me, I never knew you”

[@KMF3]

It would be great for you and Jordan Peterson to have a talk sometime. He would be a great guest for your show

[@nicolamustard7232]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for this, Christopher!! I have been writing and talking about this for a long time now! 🙏🏻🙏🏻✝️❤️🕊️

[@maryferguson5475]

I am praying for Jordan to convert...he's pondering it since seeing the changes in his wife

[@pawelkotarba1572]

Hi. I thought about this issue about two years ago, talking to my friend and wondering where all these chemicals were going. They didn't disappear. Great stuff. Kind Regards from Poland

[@fionacarroll5562]

I grew up a Catholic and lived in a Catholic area. This was in the early sixties. Some families had 18 children. I was one of six which was not thought to be a large number. The mothers were worn out. The fathers had no self control . My own father would demand sex from my mother but refused to use contraceptives.

[@dramafreek92]

I believe it was relationships like that that inspired Pope John Paul II to begin his writings on The theology of the body.... Which heavily emphasizes the importance of mutual respect between a husband and wife.

[@CatholicTraditional]

@@dramafreek92A married husband & wife are dutybound to have sex as long as they’re healthy, accepting every or no children that are conceived from the union.

[@dramafreek92]

@@CatholicTraditional I'm a practicing Catholic with a loving husband. We live according to our vows, you don't need to lecture me. Can you not see the original comment has pain and frustration? The theology of the body has been an AMAZING gift to Catholic couples. During the sexual revolution in the sixties there was so much damage done to the sanctity of marriage and I drew conclusions from the original comment that the father wasn't treating his wife as a helpmate or with the respect virtuous men give their wives.... Thus I brought up Pope John Paul II motives for writing the theology of the body.

[@erinsymone1645]

yes i wonder why the church does not talk more about this. no contraceptives and sex on demand with no thought for how many children come about is just the male sexual imperative run completely amok. that isn't good either.

[@dramafreek92]

@@erinsymone1645 there are a lot of church dioceses that did away with the more rigorous marriage prep classes. I was lucky because my diocese had an extensive 9 months to a year course. You do learn all of the theology of the body things you also learn many other things dealing with marriage and the faith. My brother and sister-in-law on the other hand they asked for a course and there wasn't one given in their city, their approach was that people were more likely to get married in the church if they didn't have to go through a course and apparently it was more important for that bishop to just get them married as Catholic then to prepare them for marriage? I don't know the full motives but I do know the marriage prep courses are key to loving, understanding, and honoring your spouse.

[@emmah7465]

I've always been a Catholic and strong believer in the beauty of these teachings, and have wanted to have many children. I just had my first, and the birth experience was so traumatic, for the first time I feel scared to get pregnant, and wish I could use birth control just until I've forgotten the pain enough to want to do it again. I'm finding it hard to understand why its wrong to 😔

[@CarolynRobinson814]

I'm so sorry to hear of your traumatic birth! I pray for peace for you! I only became Catholic after already being married and had to come to the realization that contraception is wrong in my child-bearing years (currently pregnant with my 5th baby). There is a great book called The Catholic Women's Guide to Childbirth that is incredibly well researched and covers topics like traumatic birth, miscarriage, etc. The truth is the truth despite our experiences and just using contraceptives to feel like you have control back won't really solve the problem of your traumatic birth. Please continue to look into what the church teaches about why they are inadmissible. The reasoning is very sound. Motherhood is such a journey and I hope you can ground yourself in the love the Father has for you! 💖

[@JoAnnFuir]

I went through the same thing after the birth of my first child. I used Natural Family Planning. I have 3 adult children. I also had 3 miscarriages.

[@lytsedraak]

I never got over the traumatic birth myself. I never got myself to get pregnant again after the first. Is it possible God planted a seed of fear in my heart because I'm not meant for more children? God works in mysterious ways after all, and he has a purpose for all of us. Some are gifted with children because they were meant to have them, some desire children but don't get them, which if we believe in God's plans can also be due to a different purpose. While I believe the church has thought well about these matters, even they don't know what God has planned for every individual and in the end we must find our way in life through Jesus and with trust in God he'll lead us on the path meant for us.

[@lukerestlessstudios]

Other than the pill and other hormonal contraceptives that will throw your body into chaos, it’s not wrong. Husbands and wives are allowed to enjoy each other without wanting another child at that time.

[@JoAnnFuir]

@@lukerestlessstudios I used NFP.

[@JohnSmith-lm9gr]

LDS brother here. We need to stand together and hold the line on traditional family center values. Our preaching isn't as strong on contraception, but at least we have the birthrates. Unfortunately our women are poisoned. Thank you for calling us to repentance and holding the line. One more stands with you!

[@EpoRose1]

My mom told me probably 20-25 years ago- “What’s happening to the all the hormones the women are peeing out?” So the Catholics are like, “Well, yeah.” While the rest of the world has Surprised Pikachu face.

[@karmar22able]

😂

[@straightjak1t]

If I’m not mistaken, it’s not just the Catholics but the Eastern Orthodox agree on this as well.

[@sarahwong5592]

And Orthodox Jews also

[@MiminNB]

I've been doing so much praying and thinking about this in recent days and how all of the things that are going on now just turn on the whole question of contraception. It's not a question. It's a truth and people are just not willing to see it. It just amazes me how people like Jordan Peterson find this truth and all these other things come into focus and they realize so many things that they couldn't see before.

[@charlesthin4621]

To be fair, the Catholic Church never predicted (not magisterially anyways) any of the consequences of contraception. It just always taught that it was a sin. Now as a Christian one cannot ever be surprised that sin has evil side effects. And so here we are now.

[@sherryland3739]

🤔 I suggest you read Pope Paul VI encyclical, Humanae Vitae

[@AnnaMaria-sc7fu]

Sorry, but you are mistaken. The Catholic Church predicted many of the consequences, including the break down of the family, children being viewed as burdens and sex being reduced to a meaningless act.

[@HumanDignity10]

@@charlesthin4621 The Catholic Church actually did predict all of these negative consequences. There was a study commissioned by the Vatican on reproductive issues and in 1968 Pope Paul VI wrote an encyclical called Humanae Vitae in light of that study. Humanae Vitae included the negative ramifications to women, marriage, and society that come from artificial birth control.

[@debbiegum2226]

I have been saying this same exact thing regarding the environmental impact artificial birth control leaves. I think this is a huge cause of the rise in Autism and an increase in same sex attraction

[@carolinpurayidom4570]

Autism isn't intrisincally bad only on the extreme in the end of the day neuro divergent people are needed

[@georgewagner7787]

I doubt it causes autism. There's more research showing that's related to the gut. But ssa could be and also breast cancer which I got at 42.

[@savinggift158]

Not when a woman uses contraception she unknowingly is saying I don’t want to be a woman Break the chain

[@michaelcase8574]

The main reason why sexual activity is pleasuresble, is that if it wasn't, nobody would do it. Or at least see it only as a burden. Margaret Sanger once said that contraception should be used to keep the poor at useful levels. She was alive at the time that Eugenics was becomeing popular.

[@carolinpurayidom4570]

Its also to foster relationship between man and woman for family and community and to bring us close to God and for our overall happiness

[@busyb1513]

She was a proponent of eugenics

[@michaelcase8574]

@megangreene3955 You seem to have had a rough time of it. Probably makes you even more appreciative of your kids.

[@stevevrana3922]

Sanger also brought N@%is over to teach Americans how great eugenics was.

[@ahilinsalazar5061]

God knew the parents he was going to give me. I thank God and thank my parents for baptizing me in the Catholic Church. As a younger person, I have been studying more about my faith and if my vocation is to be married, I don’t want, need or desire birth control. I want as many babies as God will permit me to have. Please pray for me and for the vocation of all young people. We need lots of prayers. 👏

[@maryadjalal5435]

How can we minister to our friends who have brought children into the world through IVF, another form of transhumanism?

[@Foxie770]

The same as you minister to everyone else: with compassion and humility. The vast majority of people who have used IVF have NO IDEA that there is anything wrong with it.

[@461weavile]

​@@Foxie770 let me go a step further and say that one of the ways you can do that is by asking questions when the other person mentions it. "What is IVF?" "How did they do that?" And "what happened after that?" Are great questions, even if you already know the answer.

[@francestaylor9156]

It’s a total cycle with the pill. Most people I know that need IVF were the women that had been on the pill since they were teens…

[@kwkw5711]

Judge not that you be not judged to some extent we all try to bring about ends by our own means. Love, compassion, listening space, time. Pointing them to Christ if they are open.

[@WT-Sherman]

Seems like an area RFK Jr should be tackling, especially the effects on aquatic life. Is there still a correlation between the pill and breast cancer ? A few months ago, the Southern Baptist Convention admitted Catholics were right about IVF.

[@SaintSasquatch]

Wonderful work, as always. Understanding the Church's teaching on this was the last and hardest teaching for my wife and I to accept and understand when we converted, but it was one of the most life-changing!

[@TheologyoftheBodyInstitute]

Glory to God and praise God for your marriage @SaintSasquatch !

[@sleepinglioness5754]

Sharing your life means sharing the responsibility, wisdom and respect for each other. It creates a true intimacy between two people rather than one person using a substance/drug that will inhibit that intimacy. With so many who consider themselves 'green', it is illogical to use contraception since every device is harmful to the body and the environment.

[@kevinkelly1586]

In the late 20th century, a Scottish Presbyterian minister, David Prentiss, became convinced that the Catholic Church was correct about contraception, though not everything else. He was dismissed from his congregation and no other church in Scotland would hire him as pastor.

[@Vincenzo-wn1or]

The Catholic church would've welcomed him

[@kevinkelly1586]

@@Vincenzo-wn1or A Catholic pro-life anti-contraception organization in the Czech Republic hired him.

[@janetfontana6485]

Back in the 1980’s I chose to breastfeed with a lot of negative response from others. As long as I fully breastfed I did not menstruate and did not need artificial birth control . No one ever seems to talk about this.

[@Celeste-dp5ur]

@@janetfontana6485 in fairness there are some women for whom this does not work as their hormone levels are different, perhaps less sensitive, or their breastfeeding was less successful.

[@ireneklassen9905]

Didn't work for me though I breastfed for a full year. Menstrual cycle returned after 4 months.

[@sarahwong5592]

Many of my friends who breastfed exclusively - zero supplementation, not even once - had their cycle return VERY fast. One got her period back at 2 months! For me it was a year and a half, but this is not the norm.

[@sleeplesshead602]

Abstaining from sex is the only way to do contraception 🙂 it is also good to train your mental strength.

[@Heyblondie7]

I agree. I’m 22, no sex or masturbating.

[@burgerwilhelmoelofsen8670]

Great presentation. We all struggle to master our animal desires. Succeeding is key to being a better person

[@TheologyoftheBodyInstitute]

Thank you for watching!

[@kentfrederick8929]

My mother was rH negative, while my father was rH positive. After the first pregnancy, there is an elevated risk of birth defects. So, I'm an only child. I'm thankful. I got college and law school, braces, private music lessons and a very good stringed instrument.

[@mary-katezepf3751]

I’m a Catholic mother who has the same issue and I am about to have my fourth child. There is a rhogam shot for this condition to prevent blood problems in the child. Just wanted you to know that it is very safe today to have multiple children with this incompatibility. I’m sure your parents made the best decision they could at the time so I’m not commenting on their choice at all, just wanted to let you know. My mother also had this incompatibility and I am one of nine. The Catholic stance is that if there should be a health reason to stop having children, periodic abstinence accompanied by prayerful discernment is the answer (NFP). God bless!

[@HumanDignity10]

Yep, we Catholics have the most principled sexual ethics. Sex is for procreation and trying to sever it's procreative purpose hasn't worked and has been disastrous for families and society.

[@andrefouche9682]

If only more Catholics will follow these teachings.

[@461weavile]

​@@andrefouche9682 this, tbh

[@HumanDignity10]

@@andrefouche9682 Yep!

[@oliverclark5604]

The roman catholic position on thinking mind/reason and having faith/heart until Pope Francis was contraceptive as not "of one heart and mind" (NIV Acts 4:32).

[@sitka49]

How's NFP not BC, Because the church told you so? "Oh yes, we can carefully and deliberately have sterile sex for years and years but yet we don't believe in separating unitive and procreative act?" ( But because if the couple thought there was chance of achieving both functions they would back-off and not do it, that by definition - is BC ) and we can establish the intent is the grave sin in the church! Because, however, it's not in accordance with Humanae Vitae section 14, which uses such terms as "absolutely excluded" and "intrinsically wrong", and specifically rejects the idea of temporary contraception during a married life that otherwise involves procreation as normal. I honestly don't care what couples do in their sex lives - But don't tell me what its not, when it is. And plain hypocrisy.

[@JesúsLedezmaMontalvo]

This is one of the best Catholic channels, thank you for your time on making this videos.

[@TheologyoftheBodyInstitute]

Thank you for watching @JesúsLedezmaMontalvo !

[@evavanvollenhoven308]

Contraception is a terrible thing. When you are young, you don't understand how many people you will need in your life later to help you out as you get older. I wish I had more children!

[@jimferris9447]

I dated my wife twice before her first surgery to treat endometriosis. She was only 23. She had 5 total surgeries including complete a complete hysterectomy at age 31. She wanted nothing more than to be a mother. Fortunately we were able to adopt our daughter when she was 5 weeks old. We would have loved to have several children. A large family even. It wasn’t God’s plan for us. Still, it is difficult to see how so many people are so cavalier about sex and abortion because we know what a blessing a child and life is.

[@spocklover110]

No guarantee that your children will be around and still able to help. If you don't have kids, you can and should try to live as healthy for as long as you can.

[@FrankskinOrweed-ep4ij]

That’s like the most selfish reason to have children and like the other comment said, You do realise most in nurse homes have had children??! I can serve God in other ways than becoming a parent, and I certainly won’t have them to ‘help’ me in old age

[@jackieo8693]

Amen!

[@jackieo8693]

​@FrankskinOrweed-ep4ij not really selfish but normal. All societies have thought so.

[@sergii_i]

Yes, that's true! I completely agree with this. Thank you, Christopher, for your explanation. First, no one has ruled out the cause-and-effect relationship. If a person destroys his nature, it will necessarily cause the destruction of nature, as a minimum, around that person. Secondly, it is really a valuable idea that real freedom is not when we block or destroy human sexuality and say that we have dealt with it. No! True freedom is when I have a choice to do it or not and make the right decision, realizing the responsibility of my choice. Perhaps this is called maturity.

[@podawe8051]

Catholics live demonstrably different from the world. We are in it, but try not to be of it. Just like Christ. If the rest of the world thinks we're crazy then we're probably doing something right

[@oliverclark5604]

The roman catholic position on thinking mind/reason and having faith/heart until Pope Francis was contraceptive as not "of one heart and mind" (NIV Acts 4:32).

[@mickey30981]

God bless people of good will , like Peter Jordan and Mary Harrington. They have the courage to seek TRUTH wherever that leads, and to hold firm to the conviction of their findings! Whether Catholic , Protestant or atheist, I admire and congratulate them on their integrity! They should be held up as leaders by EVERYONE, but instead they are hated by nearly half the population.

[@Ancient_Lights]

That is interesting about the contraception affecting fish. I’ve also read that micro plastics in rivers, streams has a similar effect on fish 🤔

[@anessaleonard730]

Oh yeah plastics have artificial estrogens in them as well.

[@patrikpalenik2849]

I agree with Christopher, I would just add a simple thought: When we disregard the purpose of genitals, we are not just behaving like animals, we might be actually worse, because animals at least do not separate the unitive and procreative aspect of sex. People often do to our peril.

[@rinjaminbutton]

St. Joseph, terror of demons, shine light on darkness! Amen

[@TheologyoftheBodyInstitute]

Amen!

[@josiahgibbs5697]

My daughter is a civil engineer and the hormones from birth control pills in the water is an issue they are grappling with. Making sure people don't get cholera, but the hormones are on their list also.

[@phuacobasurto]

Awsome thinking!!! Bless you!!❤ Greetings from Peru!

[@TheologyoftheBodyInstitute]

Un abrazo!

[@stevevrana3922]

I interviewed a lady who was coming into the Church as a candidate in RCIA. She said it was odd but she agreed with the Church's teachings on contraception. My simple response was "Maybe because it is true."

[@cheerfulturtlegirl]

I truly believe we need Jesus and the Holy Spirit to grow in sanctification. All the glory goes to God. I cannot stand in this world without our holy Triune God. Abstinence really is a liberating thing despite what our society teaches. I really believe that this act should not be separated from love, commitment, marriage, and self-sacrifice. We are not made to be mere objects to be used by multiple people. We are made for relationship. This reflects a greater relationship: the eternal commitment between Christ and the Church. Real love (agape) is found in Jesus Christ.

[@wishIwuzskiing]

One of the mistakes in controlling and mastering our compulsions is to think WE can do this on our own. In humility and honesty we must pray for the strength, wisdom and understanding to master our desires . God will bless us with that control once we put ego aside, see that God designed it all and embrace the proper purpose and intention of the generative desire.

[@nicolamustard7232]

I am soooo excited to hear this conversation!! Exactly! I've been saying it for years now... Here is a comment I wrote a few weeks ago... "I have said this, and will keep saying it.... I truly believe the front line in these attacks on human sexuality is at the level of the 'contraceptive mentality'....the almost universal acceptance, (and even expectation) of artificial contraception in all forms. And yet, when it comes to the Church on this issue, most of the time it's....crickets. 🦗 Why isn't the Church talking about this? A lot? The connection between contraception and abortion, the breakdown of the family, the rise of the 'pride' agenda, confusion about gender identity and the rise in 'gender politics' (to the point where we can't even define what a woman is (!)), radical feminism, a lonliness epidemic among young men, immense struggles in the realm of male and female interaction, etc., can ALL be traced back to the contraceptive mentality. We have Humanae Vitae, an easy to read document that outlined so much of this so beautifully and succinctly, and even predicted much of what has occurred as a result of almost universal contraceptive use (although I think even Paul VI would be shocked and dismayed at how far things have gone in such a short period of time!). Yet so few in the Church talk about Humanae Vitae or the fundamental teachings found in it. With all that is going on in our culture right now, why isn't it being addressed? Why are we not shouting about this from mountaintops? We are not going to regain the culture unless we hit this thing at the source. I truly appreciate what you do in your ministry! But I feel there needs to be so much more said and done about this in our Church! I wish I had some influence and could speak out more about this. I feel powerless. Yet I pray....🙏🏻" Listening to your piece here today has made me feel more hopeful. Thank you! God bless you Dr. West! ❤🙏🏻✝️

[@oliverclark5604]

The roman catholic position on thinking mind/reason and having faith/heart until Pope Francis was contraceptive as not "of one heart and mind" (NIV Acts 4:32).

[@nicolamustard7232]

When on earth has Pope Francis condoned contraception?

[@oliverclark5604]

@@nicolamustard7232 RC "position... was contraceptive" "until Pope Francis".

[@nicolamustard7232]

​@@oliverclark5604 uhhh...Nope. The Catholic Church is the only Church that has always firmly held that contraceptive use is morally wrong. Period. Doesn't everyone know this?? 🤷🏽‍♀️ If you need to clarify, read Pope Paul VI's encyclical 'Humanae Vitae' from 1968, and read Pope John Paul II's lengthy study which has come to be known as "Theology of the Body".

[@oliverclark5604]

@@nicolamustard7232 What was contraceptive until PF on 17 June 2021 was the RC teaching at TTMHS, PCF, 1995, 35; cf. St Paul's opinion at 1Cor7:25-34, that consecrated celibate marriage vowed to man in Christ is a "higher vocation" than consecrated male female marriage vowed to God.

[@jaymcmurdo5584]

Evangelical Protestant (so-called) here. The non-Catholic churches were wrong, I think to cave in on this issue. Christians of all types need to tackle this issue and ask ourselves why we lost the battle over the sexual revolution and how we regain the initiative.

[@crimsonking7179]

No alot of Protestants disagree about that topic. They still debate to this day

[@kerwinfernandes9583]

I just hit the 1k like button 😂🎉 God bless the team for this video.

[@mnorth1351]

Christopher, you should really reach out to Jordan Peterson and see if you can get on his podcast, or vice versa. That's a conversation I want to watch!!

[@malwinakesicka3371]

Of course we are right 💪

[@robertsmithington8892]

You nailed it when you brought up wisdom. Wisdom is such an important role in the right kind of progress in a society. Wisdom is not arbitrary!! It's based on a collection of experiences over very long periods of time. It is based on evidence, even when the evidence is not fully understood

[@AP777-JC]

There is a great video of Chris Alar on the channel Divine Mercy-Explaining the Faith about contraception. ❤

[@katharina.magdalena]

Father Chris has a bunch of great videos, right? 😍

[@AP777-JC]

Hello. Oh yeah, love watching these. Greetings ❤

[@franciscocamarena8986]

It is not that something is wrong because it's forbiden, it is forbiden because it is wrong.

[@jeffreybrannen9465]

By the time conservative thinkers have concluded that contraception is wrong, the RCC will have become progressive enough to have embraced contraception. c.f. Ireland

[@juttapopp1869]

You mean the Vat2-church. Not THE Church.

[@461weavile]

Ireland was conquered by the prots, unfortunately. It's not a good example of the goings-on of the Church.

[@jeffreybrannen9465]

@@juttapopp1869 I couldn’t agree more. I have real issues of blindly accepting the authority of popes and councils because they have contradicted each other. Vatican 2 changed so much in theology, worship, and practice that the RCC today would be almost (if not entirely) unrecognizable to Catholics in 100 years ago. In fact, well… I’ll stop there. But yeah. Councils and popes contradict each other and I cannot implicitly trust them.

[@jeffreybrannen9465]

@@461weavile isn’t this happening throughout Spain, France, Italy, and Latin America? I’m not sure I can cite an example of the RCC continuing to hold the line on contraception. The President of the United States, a professing Catholic, not only supports contraception but abortion on demand and will not state when he believes life begins and abortion should be illegal. Yet, he is still given the Eucharist. As a Soldier, my priest friends spoke in hushed tones of the Lavender Mafia. The rot is deep. According to them, they can’t even begin to share how bad the problem is because it would shake the faith of the laity in the Church itself. Their advice was to find a parish that seemed trustworthy and to act as if the problems didn’t exist. They didn’t seem hopeful that they would be.

[@oliverclark5604]

The roman catholic position on thinking mind/reason and having faith/heart until Pope Francis was contraceptive as not "of one heart and mind" (NIV Acts 4:32).

[@qwerty90615]

I remember being in a college biology class in the early 70s, hearing about how safe and effective contraception had at last liberated humanity from unintended pregnancy. Talk about unintended consequences...

[@Matthew_Klepadlo]

Indeed, an extraordinary theorem proven by even the decent and admirable hyper-intellectual secularists is but a simple postulate even faithful simpletons easily observe and intuit. “To love is to will the good of the other.” -St. Thomas Aquinas “Love means putting others before yourself.” -My mom Doesn’t take a genius to know God and to know love…

[@oliverclark5604]

The roman catholic position on thinking mind/reason and having faith/heart until Pope Francis was contraceptive as not "of one heart and mind" (NIV Acts 4:32) including by Aquinas.

[@nickisunshine677]

truth is spoken here.... the damage done to me personally..😢 it made me into an object, it enabled my husband to shrug of adulthood and responsibility

[@Theresa-gz8gq]

Surprise, Surprise, Catholicism is always right about everything.

[@oliverclark5604]

The roman catholic position on thinking mind/reason and having faith/heart until Pope Francis was contraceptive as not "of one heart and mind" (NIV Acts 4:32).

[@nedlandry7424]

Catholicism is only right when they quote the Bible

[@michellechouinard4958]

You explain this philosophy so eloquently! I wish I'd looked into this sooner, as I've been on the pill for most of my life. Recently I have been struggling with the morality of birth control for a Christian woman, and in my heart I was sure it was something God wouldn't like (even though I am now happily married and have 2 kids). I'm no longer on birth control, but still struggling with the desire to be done having children even though my heart knows God should be the one to decide that. Need to pray on this some more. Thanks for the video!

[@TheologyoftheBodyInstitute]

Thank you for your honest and vulnerable comment @michellechouinard4958 ! If you'd like to go deeper into the topic feel free to check out this playlist: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXe6oaxsZ7mJnqc

[@davelipsiea1553]

Good Stuff!

[@nialeemaria]

We lost our first baby to an IUD that failed. Ineligible for hormones due to other health issues, we started using fertility awareness to plan our family as secular people. I interacted with Catholics for the first time in my life in online NFP groups and realized that they were the only group talking about this and being adamant about the truth. My husband became Catholic in 2017 and now have three beautiful children.

[@jims3075]

I love the Catholic church and their teaching on birth control confirms Papal infallibility. Almost all of the Bishops were against pope Paul the 6th. With that being said I have never heard a homily about this subject. The sheep were left to the wolves!

[@oliverclark5604]

The roman catholic position on thinking mind/reason and having faith/heart until Pope Francis was contraceptive as not "of one heart and mind" (NIV Acts 4:32).

[@jwonacott]

Glad you commented on this one. 👍

[@patrickcompton8024]

Great video

[@jaymewukmir2047]

God let me have all the sin I wanted until I didn’t want no more thank you for your patience and your mercy. I’m with you Jesus.

[@Tracy-k4i]

The birth control pill is responsible for the massive increased in sterility among women & men. Long term effects cause women to struggle getting pregnant. Like all other meds, humans pee out the residual meds into the water supply. These meds are not filtered out of the drinking water, causing additional rises in sterility in both women and men. Not to mention, the added feminization of men by consuming this water their entire lives. I wouldn't be surprised if this lifelong exposure is also causing all the gender dysmorphia taking place in society.

[@carolinpurayidom4570]

Yeah that could be a contributing factor to the decreasing testerone levels in men and I have noticed that even naturally the men of today look more feminine for some reason

[@thebootjournal6037]

Spot on.

[@Cathy1957]

I’m a Jordan Peterson fan so I watched this Video. I started chuckling at 6:25 and shook my head.

[@Mick-S2m]

*Larry Burkett's book on "Giving and Tithing" drew me closer to God and helped my spirituality. 2020 was a year I literally lived it. I cashed in my life savings and gave it all away. My total giving amounted to 40,000 dollars. Everyone thought I was delusional. Today, 1 receive 85,000 dollars every two months. I have a property in Calabasas, CA, and travel a lot. God has promoted me more than once and opened doors for me to live beyond my dreams. God kept to his promises to and for me*

[@Gabrielmichae]

There's wonder working power in following Kingdom principles on giving and tithing. Hallelujah!

[@Lau-rm7]

But then, how do you get all that in that period of time? What is it you do please, mind sharing?

[@Evelyn-f9x]

It is the digital market. That's been the secret to this wealth transfer. A lot of folks in the US and abroad are getting so much from it, God has been good to my household Thank you Jesus

[@Evelyn-f9x]

Big thanks to Ms. Susan Jane Christy❤️✨💯May God bless Susan Christy services,she have changed thousands of lives globally

[@Nicole-Hkn]

How can I start this digital market, any guidelines and how can I reach out to her?

[@sheepsick]

Intelligent, clear and interesting. Thank you. Catholicism makes more and more sense - the mockers may change eventually.

[@Cynane27]

Anyone seeking the truth will end up in Catholic teaching.

[@oliverclark5604]

The roman catholic position on thinking mind/reason and having faith/heart until Pope Francis was contraceptive as not "of one heart and mind" (NIV Acts 4:32).

[@sac1303]

So true. Wish I had have known this when I was younger.

[@Christiaan-w8p]

Please let them finish a sentence...

[@dsha2006]

Can't wait till Christopher goes on the Jordan Peterson podcast

[@StraightShot2977]

I think in a very real sense you're not an adult until you have kids. I'm a man pushing 30 not yet married and no family (yet). The crux is this: kids help save you from the hedonistic insanity of adolescence because now there's someone you love more than yourself who's going to have to deal with the consequences of your actions long after you're dead. Without kids, humans pretty much all just sink into doing whatever pleases them most in the moment. You wind up with people pushing 40 who still act 13. To be sure, kids aren't a means to correct our own moral failings, and people are just as fallen after kids as before. But a person who wants to to good in the world will almodt always be led astray without the weight of responsibility given by kids, which shifts your focus to a better place. I think a lot of our preoccupation with entertainment is a result of this meaningless void we fall into when we're cut off from the chain of life.

[@vickibarbosa5641]

Brilliant comment. Having kids made me grow up.

[@WT-Sherman]

A lot of these issues boil down to Trust. Similar to tithing. Most Catholics don’t tithe because they don’t trust God with their money. (. It’s actually His money ).

[@ramonlijauco7563]

Yes. The Catholic Church was, is, and will still be right. Someone 2,000 plus years ago said that the church He founded will stand even against the strength of evil.

[@Maaad-maaan]

The Catholic church’s view on this is hypocritical. The priests rape children, often times, boys. And then the church sends the priests away to protect them (the priests, not the children). And of course nuns have been sexually abused as well but they are not innocent either. The Catholic Church was also involved in Spain’s kidnapping of THOUSANDS of newborns from their mothers, claiming the child had died after birth, and then selling the babies to families abroad. All between 1936-1990’s. The Catholic Church has also killed people for reading or translating the Bible. The Catholic Church worships Mary as the mother of Jesus, but the Bible clearly states that we should not worship or pray to any false idols. That no man can forgive sins, but Catholic priests do just that. Jesus says that we should call God, “father”, yet priests call themselves “father”. Only Jesus, God, and the Holy Spirit should be worshipped and prayed to. Not Mary! We should not put any man before God. Including the Pope!

[@andrewpaul3130]

"In the end my Immaculate Heart will Triumph" Our Lady of Fatima

[@loesjedoherty9094]

All God’s laws are about love.

[@joan_007]

I'm so glad to know that i am not mad by choosing abstinence as the best contraceptive.

[@jacobgraf7284]

I find myself in an interesting position with denominations. I grew up Southern Baptist and for many years believed that Catholicism was heretical because that's what I was taught as a child and as a teenager. A couple years ago I started attending an Assembly of God Church because I started believing in the continuation of the gifts of the Spirit. Also, a few years ago, I first heard pieces of Theology of the Body and really loved what I heard. My heart has been a lot more open to Catholicism recently; I'm starting to attend Saturday night Mass while still going to my Assembly of God church on Sundays. I really appreciate the robust theology of sexuality that comes from the Catholic church. The sacramentality of the Eucharist is so amazing; the marriage of Agape and Eros on the Cross is pretty profound.

[@paulsacramento5995]

The seeds of division were sowed and they continue to be watered...

[@yvie0136]

Something I notice with my beef cattle is that they will jump on the back of each other when the female is not in oestrus but they do not follow through with the act but when the cow is in oestrus they do follow through with the act. I agree that contraception is bad for women and and men and the environment as is abortion bad for women and men and disastrous for society