Originally Posted by Sausagelink
You can really only control people through enforced law, and the only law involved in this issue is the new law that says religious organizations must provide birth control.

Now, about immorality today vs. immorality in the past, I'm not sure I understand what you're saying. Do you think it's different or do you not think it's different?


The church uses the threat of excommunication and various other threats of exclusion to control people (so do families to a degree), when your religion is an important part of your faith this emotional blackmail can be worse than flogging. In many cases the choice between following a relgious doctrine you don't fully agree with or leaving your church, friends and family... is no choice at all. This is way sects manage to keep their followers long after they have stopped believing in their leaders... they still love their family, friends and god.

I believe the vast majority are a moral law abiding lot.... as we have always been.

As far as contraception goes, the chruch should not be able to use religious moral grounds to deny their parishners the right to access the benifits of any form of contraception the way they have been.

And not just contraception any form of health impacting service or treatment....


Last edited by Noel Downs; 03/04/12 02:38 AM.


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