Yes. But I'll be the first to admit I know very little about natural family planning or its place within Church teaching.

 

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Thanks, CCH, I needed some better info and you definitely came through.

 

 

And I was about to help you out! :lol:

I think the answer goes back to LBBC's question...which (as I understood it) was that he understood life to begin when the fertilized egg attached to the uterine wall. So, as I understand his position, THAT is the point at which it is considered conception. But, I think science itself backs up the Catholic Church's position that life begins at the moment of fertilization. There is a time between fertilization and the subsequent attachment to the uterine wall in which the fertilized egg is life. The attachment is what ensures continued life, growth and development.

 

This is NOT backed up by science, though. Conception IS fertilization. And...as someone commented in another thread...if we are not sure, shouldn't we err on the side of caution?

This is NOT backed up by science, though. Conception IS fertilization. And...as someone commented in another thread...if we are not sure, shouldn't we err on the side of caution?

 

 

:confused: I'm not sure what you mean....the Catholic church believes conception is fertilization...which is supported by science. :confused:

:confused: I'm not sure what you mean....the Catholic church believes conception is fertilization...which is supported by science. :confused:

 

I am evidently doing a terrible job expressing my thoughts/questions on this. The Catholic church would be the ONE church that I know of in which this is not a problem because they teach against all means of artificial birth control. To me, other groups that believe that life begins at conception and support oral contraceptive use have a contradiction.

I am evidently doing a terrible job expressing my thoughts/questions on this. The Catholic church would be the ONE church that I know of in which this is not a problem because they teach against all means of artificial birth control. To me, other groups that believe that life begins at conception and support oral contraceptive use have a contradiction.

 

 

I believe they don't understand exactly what conception is. Or, maybe they're using selective reasoning.

I believe they don't understand exactly what conception is. Or, maybe they're using selective reasoning.

 

I am afraid it is selective reasoning. Surely, if they understand the implications/science of abortion then they would understand the same of oral contraceptives.