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Sexuality:
Modern View
vs.
Christian View
The Modern vs. Christian
View of Sexuality
• Professor Janet Smith and her associates
have created a set of PowerPoint slides to
accompany her classic presentation
"Contraception: Why Not“, for the use of
anyone who wants to use them for
marriage preparation.
• http://www.onemoresoul.com
Babies: Blessings or
Burdens?
World Population
Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects,
The 1998 Revision; and estimates by the Population Reference Bureau
God is Love
Male and Female He Created
Them
“It is not good that man should be alone.” (Gen. 2:18)
The Importance of
Marriage
Casual, Recreational Sex
Accidental Pregnancy
Contraception
Contribution?
Quiz (check one)
Q: What has contributed the most
good to our culture in this century?
 contraceptives
 cars
 computers
 T.V.s and V.C.R.s
Early Predictions
• Control the
population crisis
• Reduce the number
of unwed
pregnancies and
abortions
• Improve marriages
Teen Sexual Activity
70
60
50
40
Boys
Girls
30
20
10
0
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
Estimated Annual
New Cases of STDS
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Chlamydia
Gonorrhea
Syphillis
Herpes
Human Pampillona Virus
Hepatitis B
Trichomaniasis
HIV
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation and American Social Service
Health Association: Sexually Transmitted Diseases in America, 1998
Percentage of out of wedlock births
Out of Wedlock Births
80
70
60
50
White
Black
All Births
40
30
20
10
0
1960
1975
1990
1995
1997
Source: William J. Bennett, The Index of Leading Cultural Indicators
Abortions
19%
63%
11%
1% 6%
Never Married
Married
Divorced
Separated
Widowed
Contraception Leads to
Abortion
“In some critical respects abortion is of the same
character as the decision to use contraception.... For
two decades of economic and social developments,
people have organized intimate relationships and
made choices that define their views of themselves
and their places in society, in reliance on the
availability of abortion in the event that
contraception should fail.”
United State Supreme Court
Planned Parenthood vs. Casey
Contraceptives as
Abortifacients
The contraceptive pill works in three ways:
•Prevents ovulation
•Prevents sperm from meeting
egg
•As an abortifacient — prevents
fertilized ovum from implanting
in uterine wall.
Cohabitation and Divorce
Couples now live together before marriage and split up after marriage!
(per 1,000 married women)
Divorces
Divorce Rates
25
20
15
10
5
0
1960
1965
1970
1975
1980
1985
1990
1991
Single Parent Families
Percentage of All Families
with Children
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
1960
1965
1970
1975
1980
1985
1990
1991
Contraception’s Bad
Consequences
 facilitates sex outside of marriage
 increases incidence of sexually
transmitted diseases
 leads to unwanted pregnancy and
single parenthood
 causes and leads to abortion
 contributes to divorce
 contributes to social chaos
Pope Paul VI’s Predictions
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•
general lowering of
morality
less respect for women
coercive control by
governments over
sexuality
bodies become machines
(Humanae Vitae 17)
Oppressive Governments
and Population Control
Test Tube Babies
designer
genes
Humanae Vitae
Philippine Bishops Apologize
It is said that when seeking ways of
regulating births, only 5% of you consult
God. In the face of this unfortunate fact, we
your pastors have been remiss: how few are
there among you whom we have reached.
There have been some couples eager to
share their expertise and values on birth
regulation with others. They did not receive
adequate support from their priests. We did
not give them due attention, believing then
this ministry consisted merely of imparting a
technique best left to married couples.
Philippine Bishops Apologize
Only recently have we discovered how deep
your yearning is for God to be present in
your married lives. But we did not know then
how to help you discover God’s presence
and activity in your mission of Christian
parenting. Afflicted with doubts about
alternatives to contraceptive technology, we
abandoned you to your confused and lonely
consciences with a lame excuse: “follow
what your conscience tells you.” How little
we realized that it was our consciences that
needed to be formed first. A greater concern
would have led us to discover that religious
hunger in you.
Catholics and
Contraception
Catholics 1960:
66% did NOT contracept
66%
Philippine Bishops Apologize
Catholics 1995:
80% contracept
80%
Reasons to condemn
Contraception
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a violation of the good of a
woman’s physical and
psychological health
an impediment to the total
self-giving of spousal love
a rejection of God as Creator
of new life
Fertility is a Great Good
Violation of Physical
Health
Common Side-Effects
• increased irritability
• increased propensity
to depression
• weight gain
• reduced sex drive
An Insult to Women
Impediment to Total
Self-Giving
Babies are Bonding
God Creates Every
Human Soul
Contraceptive Thwarts
God’s Life-Giving power
Responsible Parenting
Natural Family Planning
• fertile mucus
Signs of fertility • rise in temperature
• change in cervix
Effectiveness of NFP
“…pregnancy rates [of couples using NFP] have depended
on the motivation of couples. Increasingly studies show
that rates equivalent to those with other contraceptive
methods are readily achieved in the developed and
developing worlds. Indeed, a study of 19,843 poor women
in India had a pregnancy rate approaching zero. Natural
family planning is cheap, efficient, without side effects,
and may be particularly acceptable to and efficacious
among people in areas of poverty.”
Dr. R. E. J. Ryder
British Medical Journal, Sept. 18, 1993
NFP vs. Contraception
Benefits of NFP
 No bad physical
side-effects
 Requires mutual sacrifice
 Enhances communication
between spouses and
strengthens marriages
 Strengthens couple’s
relationship with God
 No harm to society
Miracle at Cana
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