Hi All!
Giju, do have the archive of the old PL discussion we had on JOYNet, If
so please try to post it here. (Or if anyone is having it, please send it to
me or Giju) I think it answers many question. (along with many unanswered
questions!!)
GIJU>1. If non abortive contraceptive methods are called as artificial and
they
GIJU>are forbidden, then is NFP too not artificial? For a couple, the
conjugal
GIJU>act is for sharing their love and if they abstain from it during the
fertile
GIJU>period with an intention of not having any offspring, why not it
becomes
GIJU>artificial?
GIJU>2. Is it not the intention of doing something makes it sinful or not ?
If at
GIJU>all it becomes sinful, why based on the method whether it is
artificial or
GIJU>natural? Does it not become sinful when the couple decide not to have
any
GIJU>children, no matter they use NFP or any artificial (non abortive)
method?
GIJU>(I agree abortive methods are sinful as it's murderous by nature)
I think the important point is the intention for using NFP. If you use
NFP for 'contraception' for the same reasons you are using the so-called
'artifical contraceptives', you are having 'contraceptive mentality' and its
against the teaching of the church!!
Am I right?!
Living by the 'rules' doesn't mean you are doing the right thing - but
its should be by 'rule' and 'fact'
People (experienced) say that NFP is 100% succesful. It is 100%
succesful under two conditions
1. The fertile period is identified with 100% accuracy.
2. You completely (100%) abstain from sex during the fertile period.
Gynecs generally say that NFP is not 100% safe because you might find it
difficult to satisfy the above conditions (due to many reasons) - Especially
the condition 1 for new married couple. It generally takes a few months for
a woman to properly learn to chart her fertile period. If you get a training
from a NFP trainer it would be very good (JY Prolife Ministry,- why cant you
think about this?)
What about using an "artificial" Fertility Monitor for this? Somebody please
comment.
I don't think that it will difficult to satisfy condition no.2 in a good
christian marriage! :) And my opinion is that you don't need to practice
100% safe NFP in a good chrisitan family life! We are only "Co-Creators"
along with God and no "Creators" or "Controllers"!!
Manoj Jons
Cochin/India
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