At 10:34 PM 11/8/2002 -0600 Dan Minette wrote:
>But, they do; if you get down to the fundamental precepts of the religion.
>One's can go against the pope and be a non-sinning Catholic. One cannot
>violate one's own conscience.**
Right, but unless one has a grave reason to use contraception, it is hard
to envision a scenario in which not using contraception would violate one's
own conscience. Thus, the principle of obedience in this case would apply
- unless one is able to meet the very high standard of not using
contraception violating one's conscience.
JDG
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